Sexual Health: Here’s Why You Need To Invest In PrEP
South Africa is one of the many countries facing an HIV/Aids pandemic with a prevalence rate of about 12.8% of the total of the...
Contraceptives Shortages Are Devastating Women In KZN
Women in KwaZulu Natal have expressed concerns over shortage of injectable contraceptives from local clinics. This, after they had been turned away and told...
KZN Health’s LLETZ Procedure To Curb Cervical Cancer Deaths
The department of health in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday unveiled 15 new cervical cancer machine to help reduce the waiting periods for cervical cancer treatment...
KZN Health’s Prayer Solution For Healthworker And Student Deaths
On Monday, 26 March, the KwaZulu-Natal member of the executive council (MEC) for health Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo held a prayer meeting in Addington Hospital,...
David Mabuza Urges Leaders And Citizens To Stand Together And Fight...
On Thursday thousands braved inclement weather and gathered at the Cato Manor sports ground to be addressed by deputy president David Mabuza and Zulu...
A Tortured Wait For These Unplaced Medical Graduates
“My love for a challenge and working with people pushed me towards the field of medicine,†says Tanaka Gomba (23) in an interview with...
How Polony Is Made
The listeriosis outbreak in South Africa has taken the lives of 180 people so far and a further 948 have fallen ill. Last week,...
5 Alternatives To “Listeria Meat”
South Africans are suffering a polony panic. This came after an Enterprise Foods facility in Polokwane, Limpopo was pointed as the ground zero for...
Rwanda’s Healthcare Workers Determined To Save The Lives Of Newborn Babies
A new Unicef report reveals a horrifying statistic: in lower-income countries, 27 newborns out of every 1 000 die before they are four weeks old....
Listeriosis Is Over, Health Minister Says
UPDATE: Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi confirmed on 3 September that there is no longer a listeria outbreak in the country. In the past three...
Problems Persist For Gauteng Nursing Students
In January, nursing colleges in Gauteng made headlines when it emerged that there would be no intake of first-year bursary students because the department...
“There is something sick in the area”
Mpho Tshele is a 61-year-old grandmother living in Snake Park, in the heart of Soweto. She looks after her 11-old-grandson, Koketso, who suffers from...
Treatment Action Campaign not pleased with David Makhura’s absence at #LifeEsidimeni...
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) was not pleased when it learnt that Gauteng premier David Makhura, did not attend the #LifeEsidimeni arbitration hearings on...
21 tips for the privileged facing lifestyle shifts as #DayZero hits
As the water crisis in the Western Cape reaches increasingly worrying stages, it's become evident that #DayZero is almost inevitable. As a result of...
Gauteng health will provide nursing bursaries after all
The Gauteng department of health has rescinded their decision to stop the intake of first-year bursary nursing students. Prospective nursing students from Chris Hani...
Dispelling 6 common myths that stop people from donating blood
The South African National Blood Services' (SANBS) homepage states that there are currently only 2.4 days worth of blood in stock. This shortage is...
Students are on holiday, so KZN’s blood banks are running low
On 3 January, the KwaZulu-Natal department of health said that the blood banks in the province were running low since the main source of...
SA’s healthcare system is failing survivors of sexual violence
New research by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on 256 designated public health facilities has found critical gaps in the provision of comprehensive medical care...
#UnemployedDoctors: No posts for medical interns in 2018
There are not enough posts in the public health sector available for junior doctors to complete their internships in 2018. The Junior Doctors Association...
Young people encouraged to visit new Durban clinic without fear of...
On Friday, Lamontville Clinic in conjunction with the Durban Health Systems Trust launched a youth-friendly facility aimed at providing young people with their own...
