July 05

• South Africa: Nyaope Addicts Increase in Ermelo

  The notorious drug known as nyaope or whoonga has now made its way to small towns like Ermelo and it is currently consuming many lives of young people in this town. Read more »

• South Africa: Mothers Struggle As ECD Centre Closed

  The Geduld community, home to 18 impoverished families, recently saw a much needed early childhood development centre closed down. Read more »

• South Africa: Botched Abortion Sees Girl Die

  The Mukwevho family of Mulodi Village are mourning the death of their daughter Betty following a botched illegal abortion last week. Read more »

May 30

• Southern Africa: AZT Associated With Poorer Immunological Recovery in People Taking First-Line HIV Treatment in Southern Africa

  Aidsmap news 28 May 2013 -AZT-based antiretroviral therapy is associated with lower increases in CD4 cell counts than other HIV treatment regimens, according to a study published... Read more »

• South Africa: Smoking in South Africa

  Tobacco legislation in South Africa is constantly changing, and ignorant smokers may find themselves on the wrong side of the law with fines of up to R100 000. Here is what smokers... Read more »

• South Africa: Health-E Journo Scoops Award

  Health-e News Service is very proud to announce that our television producer, Fatz Simjee was named the Young Health Journalist of the Year last night, and our former radio... Read more »

• South Africa: UCT's Neliswa Gogela Gets R2 Million Award

  Dr Neliswa Gogela, a physician from the University of Cape Town, has become the first recipient of a R2-million grant that will enable her to study liver transplants at the... Read more »

May 29

• South Africa: Prof Defends Tobacco Packaging

  Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Friday health authorities are calling for tighter controls over tobacco advertising and branding. Read more »

• South Africa: Girls and Women - Drivers of Development [opinion]

  In development, there are lots of statistics. Sometimes, the digits start to cross in your head, but every once in a while a number jumps out at you because it expresses a... Read more »

• South Africa: Selling Sex to Support Her Family

  Yoliswa Mazibuko*, who lives in Bethlehem in the Free State has to put her health at risk to provide for her family. Being a single parent to three children has led her to a job... Read more »

• Africa: Gates Places Family Planning Top of the Agenda

  Leading health philanthropist Melinda Gates has appealed to the world to make family planning a top priority and appealed to the 3 000 delegates at the 3rd Women Deliver meeting to... Read more »

• Africa: Investing in Women

  Women remain the last to be fed, schooled and given access to healthcare, despite huge gains, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the 3rd Women Deliver meeting this... Read more »

• South Africa: The Union Supports Bans On Tobacco Advertising to Save Lives

  This year's World No Tobacco Day theme focuses on the need to ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship - or TAPS - as tobacco control advocates refer to it. The... Read more »

• South Africa: New School Toilets After Our Report

  Following a report by OurHealth in February about the disgraceful state of toilets at Matavhela Secondary School, new toilets are in the process of being built. Read more »

• South Africa: Melegi Milk Sold for R55

  Bisimillah Supermarket in Bethlehem is illegally selling Melegi Infant Formula marked with the stamp: "State use only, not for re-sale". Read more »

May 28

• South Africa: No Water At Tshilidzini

  A water shortage at Tshilidzini Hospital at Tshisaulu village outside Thohoyandou in Vhembe, Limpopo is posing a serious life challenges to the patients and staff members. Read more »

• South Africa: Bucket System Alive and Well in Modderpoel

  "Almost 20 years of freedom and democracy, and we are still stuck with a system from apartheid," says Katriena Baadjies,resident of Modderpoel in Victoria West. Read more »

• South Africa: ANCYL Threatens to Boycott Initiation Schools

  The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in Limpopo is threatening to boycott traditional initiation schools in the province if more lives are lost in these schools. Read more »

• South Africa: Mpumalanga Targets Medical Male Circumcision

  Mpumalanga provincial department of aims to circumcise 500 000 males for the financial year 2013/14. For the province to reach this targets, it needs to circumcised 75 000 males... Read more »

• South Africa: Baipeing Remains Neglected

  In March this year OurHealth reported on the poor water and sanitation in Bethlehem in the Free State that affects the Captain Charles community, better known as the Baipeing... Read more »

May 27

• South Africa: Parents Can Influence Teens' Smoking, Drinking

  Parents have more influence over their teen's smoking, drinking or drug-use behaviour than they think. Read more »

• South Africa: Ex-Con Struggling to Live With HIV and TB

  Sibusiso Mazibuko, 41, from Msukaligwa in the Gert Sibande district. “I was in prison for 12 years. In my first year of serving my sentence I was repeatedly raped and I was... Read more »

• South Africa: Amsterdam Community Protects Its Clinic From Burning During Protests

  When a service delivery protest in Mkhondo municipality, 40km from Piet Retief, brought the township of Thandukukhanya to a standstill, community members of Amsterdam, a small town... Read more »

• South Africa: Children in Kuruman Are Still Worried About Asbestosis

  Asbestos has been banned for more than 12 years and yet some areas still have asbestos houses and roofs. Exposure to asbestos dust causes Asbestosis , a harmful and incurable lung... Read more »

• South Africa: Limpopo Clinics Soon to Get Medicines Again

  The department of Health and Social Development in Limpopo is urging all people who were turned away from clinics and hospitals without getting medication they were looking for to... Read more »