Scholars will receive the HPV vaccine as part of government's School Health Programme from February next year, health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi announced in his budget speech. Read the full speech here.
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Pupils from five schools at Ha-Makuya in Vhembe were last week treated to painting, drama and workshops by students from the University of Johannesburg as part of a programme which attempts to affect social change through the arts.
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Non-smokers should give hotels that allow smoking in certain rooms a wide berth and instead choose completely smoke free hotels, suggests a new study published in the British Medical Journal.
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New research has shown that cigarette smoking among students may lead to marijuana use.
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Women are advised not to smoke during pregnancy as it can harm the baby's lungs and lead to problems such as wheezing and asthma. But if a pregnant woman can't quit smoking, taking vitamin C may help protect their baby's lungs, new research, presented at the Paediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting, suggests.
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Tobacco experts recently voiced their concern about the rising prevalence of smoking in the developing world, especially Latin America, which puts these populations at risk of being overwhelmed by a burgeoning cancer epidemic.
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PRESS RELEASE: Worldwide, tobacco use kills about six million people per year, and most of the deaths are in Asia.
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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 product is subject to medical scheduling and can only be sold at pharmacies.
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Older HIV-positive people use their influence to manipulate young girls into having sex.
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Bonginkosi Vincent Buthelezi is a 17-year old high school pupil. He shares the story of how he became HIV-positive.
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A well-known health supporter has been honoured by the department of health and social development in Vhembe for her outstanding community commitment in health-related matters.
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The Department of Health and Social Development in Limpopo is collaborating with the Zimbabwean government to curb cholera outbreaks in both countries.
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SOSHANGUVE - From outside, Leratong Old Age and Orphanage Centre in Block XX seems like an ordinary house, but inside thirteen pensioners are cared for 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with the aide of six caregivers.
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Eight people have been initiated into the new Fixed Dose Combination of ARV treatment at the Magwa Clinic. The new treatment uses one pill, which combines emtricitabine, TDF and efavirenz.
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Remunerative Work Outside the Public Service or RWOPS. It is a mouthful and as provincial health departments start tightening the screws it has become a hot potato, especially in Gauteng where some specialists are threatening to resign.
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Millions of people do not have access to proper sanitation and in South African schools the situation is especially dire. Health-e News Service conducted an informal survey of the state of 17 schools’ toilets that fall within four of the National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts. At all 17 schools the toilets were in a shocking condition. By OurHealth Reporters.
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SECTION27’s work to improve sanitation in schools is starting to pay off, but progress is slow.
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Health-e News Service conducted an informal survey of the state of 17 schools’ toilets that fall within four of the National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts. Read how each district performed.
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Regular exposure to secondhand smoke appears to lower teen girls' levels of the "good" cholesterol - the substance that reduces heart disease risk, researchers report.
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A poisonous snake slithering through a district hospital, badly cracked walls and rooms filled to the roof with broken equipment were some of the challenges facing researchers as they conducted the first national audit of public health facilities.
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BETHLEHEM. – A 27-year-old Bethlehem woman, Nthatisi Tladi, told OurHealth about the service she has experienced from the Mphohadi Clinic in the Free State over the last 10 years.
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GERT SIBANDE. - The Gert Sibande district municipality is working hard at implementing the National Strategic Plan (NSP) for 2012-2015 that promotes zero new infections, zero HIV/AIDS related deaths and zero stigma.
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TSHWANE. - 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 office while patients are concerned about the long waiting periods.
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MEDIA RELEASE: On the 27th April 2013 President Jacob Zuma honoured Wits Faculty of Health Sciences Professor Glenda Gray with South Africa’s highest honour - the Order of Mapungubwe - for her life-saving research focusing on the mother to child transmission of HIV.
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LUSIKISIKI. - All twelve clinics in the Qaukeni sub-district in the Eastern Cape are dispensing the new fixed dose combination pill (FDC) to HIV patients. This new pill is a triple antiretroviral that is believed to improve adherence as it only needs to be taken once a day. The fact that ARV treatment now consist of just one tablet will make it easier to dispense and prescribe, and make ordering and monitoring stock supply easier for clinics and depots.
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