April 18

• South Africa: Dept. of Health Withholding National Aids Vaccine Plan

  Civil rights groups and communities have expressed their concerned about the failure of the Department of Health to release the National Aids Vaccine Strategic Plan (NAVSP) for... Read more »

April 16

• South Africa: Sale of E-Cigs Illegal in SA

  Electronic, or e-cigarettes are sold illegally from many shopping centres across South Africa despite a change in legislation last year. Read more »

• South Africa: Simple Antiseptic Can Save Newborn Lives

  A cheap antiseptic ointment, used to cleanse a newborn’s umbilical cord, can reduce the risk of infection and death in the first few weeks of life by as much as 20 percent. Read more »

• South Africa: Health Systems Failing Newborns

  The global delivery goals for mothers and newborns are noble. No woman should die while giving life. Yet, 280 000 woman die annually during birth. Read more »

April 15

• South Africa: Saving Newborns

  Experts from around the globe are gathering this week to address the preventable and unnecessary deaths of newborns, which accounts for almost half of all deaths among children... Read more »

• South Africa: Roadmap to Tackle Newborn Deaths

  Each year, about three million of the 7.7-million children who die before reaching their fifth birthday are newborns who do not survive their first four weeks of life. This... Read more »

April 14

• South Africa: Limpopo Children Get Safe New Pre-School

  Matavhela pre-school made the news last year due to the poor, unsafe conditions at the facility, despite the principal’s request to the Department of Education’s to... Read more »

April 12

• South Africa: FS Private Doc Ban Criticised

  The South African Medical Association has criticised a decision by the provincial health department to ban government doctors from doing work in the private sector. Read their... Read more »

April 11

• South Africa: Villagers Taught the Importance of Treatment Adherence

  Communities living in the Dubana and Mevana villages here were recently educated on the importance of adhering to treatment regimens. Read more »

• South Africa: Limpopo Cholera Outbreak Under Control

  The Department of Health and Social Development in Limpopo is collaborating with the Zimbabwean government to curb a cholera outbreak in the region. Read more »

• South Africa: 'Patients Default Because of Nurses'

  Makazi Damane is a 42-year-old Lusikisiki man living at the low-income housing scheme in at Joe Slovo. He was diagnosed with HIV and started antiretroviral treatment in 2006, but... Read more »

• South Africa: Misery of a Young HIV-Positive Mother

  A young mother here is enduring a lot of hardship while waiting for the Human Settlement Department to construct housing as part of the Reconstruction and Development Programme... Read more »

• South Africa: Court Action Looming Over Ecape Tent Clinic

  Activists are threatening court action unless the Eastern Cape health department urgently address the dire situation at Village Clinic in Lusikisiki. The busy clinic has been... Read more »

• South Africa: Fewer Dying of HIV and Aids, More of Diabetes

  Government's annual death report has confirmed the trend that less South Africans have been dying of HIV/AIDS-related diseases. However, more people are dying of non-communicable... Read more »

• South Africa: Girl's Rape Video On Social Media

  Ayanda*, a 19-year-old girl from Joe Slovo Park, was drugged and then filmed while three men raped her. One of the men was her boyfriend, Siyanda*, who alledgedly said that by... Read more »

April 10

• South Africa: People On Art Have Near Normal Life Expectancies

  People living with HIV in South Africa, who access antiretroviral therapy (ART) before their immune systems are severely compromised, have life expectancies close to that of the... Read more »

April 08

• South Africa: Clinics' Services Run Skeletal Before Easter Holidays

  In the run-up to the long weekends in March and April, Clinic 2 and Maria Rantho were running with skeleton staff because most staff had gone on holidays already. Read more »

• South Africa: Sanac On Fixed Dose Combinations [press release]

  As of this month (April), some public sector AIDS patients will start to take simplified ARV treatment of just one pill a day to manage their infection. The South African National... Read more »

• South Africa: Combating TB in Msukaligwa

  Sesifuba TB hospital in the Msukaligwa Municipality is recording successes in the fight against tuberculosis despite some challenges. Read more »

• South Africa: UCT Researchers Contribute to Key Finding to Help Fight TB [press release]

  A team at the University of Cape Town has led research to pinpoint the transporter of vitamin B12 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB). Read more »

• Africa: Global Fund - Invest Now or Pay Forever

  The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced a goal of raising US$15 billion so that it can effectively support countries in fighting these three infectious... Read more »

April 03

• South Africa: Bill Imminent On Alcohol ADs Restrictions

  A Bill restricting alcohol advertising is likely to be presented to Cabinet next week, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi announced last night. Read more »

• South Africa: Madiba's Neighbours Are Worst Off

  One of South Africa's poorest districts and home to former President Nelson Mandela has scored bottom of the class when it comes to the delivery of health care services. Read more »

• South Africa: Unhealthy Climate

  Southern Africa is due to become hotter and drier as a result of climate change, and this is going to change the country's disease profile. Read more »

• South Africa: Or Tambo Bottom of District Pile

  Eastern Cape's Oliver Tambo district remains the worst place to get health services, in the District Health Barometer 2011/12, which compares health indicators in the country's 52... Read more »