Health

Mbeki is wrong about death statistics

AIDS has for many years been by far the largest cause of death

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Information | 14 March 2016

Clearing up two Mbeki misconceptions

There are two misconceptions by Mbeki and people defending him that I wish to debunk.

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Information | 13 March 2016

“No credibility as a researcher” - a letter to News24

A former Media24 journalist criticises the country's biggest online news publication for publishing AIDS denialism

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Opinion | 11 March 2016

UCT study finds TB urine test saves lives

Activists call for test to be used in South African public health system

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News | 10 March 2016

School students with allergies can’t always count on help

National policy necessary to ensure their safety at school

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Opinion | 9 March 2016

Inquiry shows all is not well in private health care

Medical schemes are shirking their responsibilities, possibly because of escalating costs

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Analysis | 24 February 2016

Rubbish piles up in Enkanini for nearly two weeks

Residents in the informal settlement in Khayelitsha have been forced to live with overflowing drains and rubbish

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News | 5 February 2016

Tygerberg Hospital without water for days

A burst pipe has left patients and staff without water since Wednesday

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News | 5 February 2016

Paarl shop bans breastfeeding

“No eating, drinking, smoking and breastfeeding in the shop please” - window sign

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News | 4 February 2016

Detainees go to court over conditions in Pollsmoor

65 people held in a cell meant for 25

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News | 3 February 2016

HIV-positive prisoner denied antiretroviral treatment

Pollsmoor detainees speak out

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News | 3 February 2016

Mbeki’s reputation is not in tatters because he was aloof

It's because his policies caused hundreds of thousands of avoidable deaths

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Opinion | 1 February 2016

How a rural hospital has become a model of good care

If all hospitals were like this we could implement National Health Insurance tomorrow

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Opinion | 28 January 2016

NHI white paper: the good and the bad

South Africa is one of the most unequal nations in the world, and despite having the highest GDP on the continent, it boasts poor health indicators and faces a high burden of disease, both communicable like HIV and non-communicable like diabetes; high rates of violence and injury and mortality.

Kathryn Stinson and the Writing Group for the People’s Health Movement South Africa

Opinion | 18 December 2015

Patients turned away from Mfuleni clinic

Mfuleni community clinic turned away some patients on Friday as staff went to an end-of-the-year function.

Thembela Ntongana

News | 15 December 2015