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OUR HEALTH. OurHealth is a project that trains and supports local activists and aspiring health journalists. Our citizen journalists (CJs) live in rural and poorly-covered areas in South Africa, and report on health issues affecting their communities. Molefi Sompane. /// News, Our Health.
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Over 1300 healthcare workers, including nurses, clerks, and cleaners, are facing sudden job termination after Covid-19 contracts were ended due to budget constraints. Six children in Naledi, Soweto, died after consuming snacks believed to be tainted with Terbufos, a toxic pesticide, leaving families devastated and with unanswered questions.
A year of heartbreak: Soweto families still seek Answers in …
1 day ago · On a late Sunday afternoon in October 2023, Dipuo Zikhali (52) gave her six-year-old granddaughter, Olwethu, R5 to buy snacks. Olwethu and her friends, Leon Jele (6), Neo Kgang (4), and Katlego Mbatha (4) went to one of the many spaza shops scattered around their Soweto neighbourhood of Naledi where they bought biscuits and cola ice-pops.
Flu cases are on the rise in SA: What you should know
Apr 30, 2024 · On average the influenza season starts anywhere between mid-April or at the end of May, then peaking in mid-June or early July, and ending in August. In some years the virus circulates through to October. We are starting to see influenza cases but the detection rate of influenza, across our surveillance programmes, has not yet crossed the ...
E-waste: A toxic threat but why don’t South Africans recycle?
Sep 30, 2021 · There's a burning issue affecting the entire planet: e-waste, a hazardous electronic waste which is increasing rapidly in the world and especially in South Africa. Yet, according to research, many South Africans don't recycle their e-waste and a lack of knowledge is the main barrier. The rapid growth of e-waste, which often has devastating effects on one's health, is a huge concern for South ...
Contraception in SA: What you need to know - Health-e News
Sep 27, 2021 · According to a 2017 study published by the South African Medical Journal (SAMJ), injectable contraception was by far the most common method, used by 25% of women. Other methods were less common and only a negligible portion were using an IUD (1.6%) while 8.6% were using a contraceptive pill. – Health-e News. Author.
Women's Health - Health-e News
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in South Africa accounting for 22.6% of all female cancers. Men can also get breast cancer, with approximately 1% diagnosed. Health-e News spoke with Dr Diana Pillay, a radiation oncologist at…. EC case study: How poor service in the public sector is pushing women to ‘backstreet’ abortion.
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The health compact is intended to unite various sectors of society in addressing South Africa's health challenges, but the lack of consensus highlights the ongoing divisions over the best approach to achieving universal health coverage. Gauteng Health summoned to legislature for failing to pay R1 billion to suppliers.
Flu season: Everything you need to know - Health-e News
Apr 26, 2022 · The World Health Organization (WHO) states that seasonal influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses which circulate in all parts of the world. It represents a year-round disease burden, causing illnesses that range in severity and sometimes lead to hospitalisation and death. – Health-e News.
HIV prevention injection: What you need to know about SA's …
Jan 31, 2022 · The HIV injection is a combination of two medications, cabotegravir, and rilpivirine. Cabotegravir targets a protein in HIV called integrase which is essential for viral replication. It also stops the virus from inserting itself into the DNA of human cells. Trial participants given Apretude had up to 90% lower risk of contracting HIV than those ...