April 29

• South Africa: Long Lines, Poor Service At Kgabo Health Centre

  The staff and patients at Kgabo Health Centre in Winterveld are unhappy with the conditions at the facility - the staff complain that do not receive support from the regional... Read more »

April 26

• South Africa: Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim Awarded the Order of Mapungubwe

  Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Associate Scientific Director of CAPRISA (Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa) is being bestowed with the Order of... Read more »

• South Africa: Stop Smoking to Reduce Risk of Pneumonia in HIV+

  HIV-positive smokers are at high risk of contracting bacterial pneumonia - a common and serious lung infection in people living with HIV - compared to their non-smoking... Read more »

• South Africa: E-Cigarettes Have to Comply to Medicines Law

  The Medicines Control Council (MCC) has refuted claims by electronic cigarette distributor Twisp that it does not have to comply with medicine-related laws, confirming that the... Read more »

• South Africa: Sms Reminders Help HIV Patients Take Meds

  The clinic management and staff at Matavhela clinic came up with a strategy to help their HIV/AIDS patients take their antiretrovirals (ARVs) regularly. Read more »

April 25

• Africa: H7n9 - No Evidence of Person-to-Person Transmission

  Scientists in China have confirmed for the first time that the influenza A H7N9 virus has transmitted from birds—specifically, chicken at a wet poultry market—to... Read more »

• South Africa: Youth Learn About Their Sexual Health Rights

  A youth camp with the theme: “Together taking responsibility to end HIV infection; ‘No' to teenage pregnancy, ‘No' to discrimination, and ‘No' to gender... Read more »

• South Africa: Clinics Without Family Planning Injections

  All twelve clinics in the Qaukeni sub-district here have had no family planning injections since December last year. Read more »

• Africa: World Malaria Day - Gold Speeds Up Malaria Diagnosis

  It's hard to imagine that gold is more than a rich person's trinket and actually plays a role in healthcare. But tiny nano-particles of gold are being used in rapid diagnostic... Read more »

• South Africa: No Immunisation At Limpopo Clinics, Hospitals

  THOHOYANDOU. - The Department of Health and Social Development in Limpopo is urging everyone who was turned away from clinics and hospitals in the region because of medicine stock... Read more »

• South Africa: High Rate of Tobacco Use Amongst Western Cape Students

  A third of high school pupils in the Western Cape are using tobacco, alcohol, and dagga, a survey by the Medical Research Council (MRC) revealed. Read more »

• South Africa: Community Fed Up With Uncollected Garbage

  TSHWANE. - The community of Soshanguve Block L is fed up with the foul smell coming off the heaps of garbage piling up in the area. Read more »

• South Africa: Three Men Suspected of Raping Young Girl

  With news about the gruesome rape and murder of Anene Booysen still fresh in the country's psyche, news about the gang rape of a six-year-old girl shook the community of Mulodi... Read more »

• South Africa: Sugar Drinks Increase Diabetes Risk By 22 Percent - Study

  MEDIA RELEASE: Drinking one (or one extra)* 336ml serving size of sugar-sweetened soft drink a day can be enough to increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 22%, a new... Read more »

April 24

• South Africa: Heavy Rain Affected Health Services

  Parts of the St Elizabeth hospital here were flooded during the heavy rain the Eastern Cape experienced recently. Read more »

• South Africa: Community Hopes Sanac Meeting Will Strengthen Commitment to HIV

  In April all eyes were on Mpumalanga as the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) held its first plenary meeting for the year here. Read more »

April 23

• Africa: MSF Calls for Cheaper Child Vaccines [press release]

  On the eve of the high-level Global Vaccines Summit hosted by Ban Ki-Moon, Bill Gates and General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, international... Read more »

April 22

• South Africa: Parents Educated About Raising Children

  More than 300 Soshanguve residents recently took part in a campaign, called Raising Roots, that gives parents, grandparents and caregivers all the advice and knowledge they need to... Read more »

April 19

• South Africa: Doctors Charged With Rape Dies

  A 43-year-old medical doctor who was arrested for raping a patient in his surgery has died. Read more »

• South Africa: Activists Demand Better Service

  A group of about 200 activists from the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) recently picketed at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital to demand better service. Read more »

• South Africa: HIV Positive Mom Feels 'Blessed' With New Medication

  MApril marked the start of a new era for HIV positive pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers. That was when the fixed dose combination pill for HIV was introduced in South... Read more »

• South Africa: Patients and Health Workers Excited About New HIV Treatment

  Phedisong 4 Clinic in Ga-rankuwa was abuzz with when the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, recently introduce the roll-out of the new one-a-day antiretroviral treatment for... Read more »

• South Africa: Patient in Hospital After Wrong Prescription

  A 38-year-old man became gravely ill and had to be hospitalised after receiving the wrong medication from the Bethlehem Clinic which caused his kidneys to stop working. Read more »

• South Africa: Patients Fear for Their Health After ARV Shortage

  While the rest of the country is celebrating the roll-out of a new HIV treatment, the Gabriel Dichabe Clinic has run out of antiretroviral tablets. Read more »

April 18

• South Africa: Health Services Don't Increase Along With Population

  The population of the small Mpumalanga town of Ermelo has grown rapidly over the last few years due to booming industries in the region. Read more »