Doctor’s secrets to a healthy and long life
This rural doctor is used to writing scripts for medication, but he has now written a manuscript.
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Food justice is a pipe dream without tackling industry
The lack of access to healthy food is a cause and a symptom of South Africa's inequalities which further proves the fight for affordable nutritious food is a social justice issue.
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Hypertension affects both young and old
Today marks World Hypertension Day, Health-e citizen journalists look at people who have managed the condition for years.
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The struggle for hypertension in South Africa
Tackling hypertension nationally and globally will require innovative thinking that looks at the condition as a socio-economic and systemic issue.
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Social media posts highlight challenges in EC hospitals
Eastern Cape communities are using social media to express their unhappiness with public health facilities.
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Obesity on the rise in rural communities
Obesity rates continue to soar but people in rural areas are most at risk, say experts.
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Baby is brain-damaged and blind after alleged antibiotic allergy
A five-month-old baby was left brain-damaged and blind after developing a severe allergic reaction from an antibiotic.
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New TB drug reduces treatment time
A major shot in the arm is set to boost South Africa's fight against tuberculosis.
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Will villages across SA remain without water after elections?
South Africans want actual change as the dust of elections settles, but will it come? Especially for those who live far from metropolitan cities where a perpetual state of "Day Zero" has become the norm.
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Tembisa hospice faces shutdown
Arebaokeng hospice in Tembisa has been providing palliative care for the terminally ill and their families for almost 20 years after founder, executive director and registered nurse (RN) Florah Modiba saw the need in her community.
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Teens’ ARV abuse shocks parents
Residents in Seodin, a village near Kuruman, are concerned that their children are stealing antiretroviral tablets (ARVs) to mix them with highly addictive drugs such as nyaope and whoonga.
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Let’s talk about sex, says Stop the Spot founder
LIMPOPO - To curb the spread of sexual infections and the high rate of teen pregnancies in rural villages in Vhembe district, 23-year-old student Avhasei Raphalalani is teaching young people about sex and hygiene.
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#SAElections2019: Should Motsoaledi stay?
Passionate and principled, the Health Minister has led massive victories over HIV during the past decade. But as South Africa attempts to introduce complex changes to our health system, is it time for an operations person rather than a firefighter?
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Condemned beds at Bara Hospital ‘unsafe for patients’
According to the Gauteng health department, incidents of patients falls have significantly decreased since the steel beds were replaced.
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Mpumalanga residents want emergency services prioritised
As the country heads to the polls, some South Africans have mixed feelings about service delivery and the quality of health services in their communities. Health-e asked Mpumalanga residents what they thought about the province’s public clinics and hospitals.
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