Journalism For Public Health - Health-e News
WEBOurHealth 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. Montsho Matlala. ///.
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WEBThe Department of Health has been criticised for not appointing more nurses, administration clerks, or a clinic manager to ease the workload and improve patient care. Free State Health MEC vows to support foreign-trained medics get through board exams. The health professionals raised concerns that the exams required by the councils for ...
Childhood Immunisation: Everything you need to know
WEBMay 8, 2023 · Childhood immunisation is extremely important as it is life-saving. According to the World Health Organisation, childhood immunisation specifically saves at least 5 million lives per year. It is one of the most cost-effective ways to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, not only amongst children but in the community at large.
Flu season: Everything you need to know - Health-e News
WEBApr 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.
Fewer people living with HIV in South Africa, but new infections …
WEBJul 29, 2024 · Results from South Africa’s latest HIV prevalence survey shows some good news. There’s been a decrease in new HIV infections from 249 000 in 2017 to 232 400 in 2022. The number of people living with HIV has gone down from 7.9 …
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WEBHealth workers in Gqeberha complain of TB drug shortage. Clinics are issuing only seven days' worth of Rifinah, a crucial TB treatment, instead of the usual month’s supply due to stock depletion at the local medical depot. In March, the Gauteng Department of Health triumphantly declared it had cleared a surgical backlog of 37 000 cases.
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WEBThe Presidential Health Compact will be ‘meaningless’ without buy-in from all of society. Health, News. 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 ...
Contraception in SA: What you need to know - Health-e News
WEBSep 27, 2021 · SA and contraception access. The contraceptive prevalence rate among all South African women of reproductive age (15–49 years), who use a modern contraceptive method, is 64.6%, according to research published by BMC in 2019. Although this percentage is relatively high, it overshadows the problem of …
Bilharzia: A silent disease lurking in our waters - Health-e News
WEBSep 3, 2022 · Symptoms to look out for. After contact with freshwater bodies like dams, a rash or itchy skin (swimmer’s itch) may appear. This normally settles spontaneously. Within another month or two, a person who has been infected may experience fatigue, fever, chills, cough, muscle aches, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, dysentery and blood in the urine.
Our Health - Health-e News
WEBOur 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. The survey calls for targeted interventions for age groups most affected by HIV, particularly ...
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