Better, shorter TB treatment - thanks to SA scientists
22 July 2014 Health-e News Researchers from the universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and the Free State were part of the international team that recently discovered that a new combination of drugs...
View ArticleHIV/AIDS plan cited as fatalities fall
3 December 2014 BDlive The number of deaths registered in SA has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade, providing clear evidence of the effect of the government’s very large HIV/AIDS...
View ArticleRheumatic heart disease levels high in SA
12 February 2015 SABC South Africa’s cases of rheumatic heart disease are 25 times the World Health Organisation (WHO) rate.Source URL:...
View ArticleHealth professionals council probed
11 March 2015 BDlive Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has launched an independent investigation of allegations against the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA), including maladministration and...
View ArticleInnovations at Groote Schuur offer hope to patients and nurses
17 March 2015 GroundUp A year after receiving a kidney transplant, Vuyo [not his real name] travelled to the Eastern Cape to visit his grandmother. A young man of 19, Vuyo had been making good...
View ArticleCrisis? What crisis? Africa Check tests Free State health claims
12 June 2015 Mail&Guardian With last year's provincial medical services data now available, Africa Check questions the Free State health's assertions of "significant progress". When doctors...
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