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. Thomo Nkgadima.
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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 cases are on the rise in SA: What you should know
WEBApr 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 ...
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.
HIV prevention injection: What you need to know about SA's …
WEBJan 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 ...
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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 ...
Healthcare workers: “We are living in the shadows of death”
WEBAug 18, 2021 · It’s been over a year since COVID-19 first hit South Africa. Since then, many people have been living in constant fear and many have lost loved ones. Frontline healthcare workers had no choice but to face their fears if they were to keep doing the life-saving work they were trained for. Amy Green, for Spotlight and Health-e News, and colleagues explore the emotional toll that South Africa ...
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 ...