Although not yet defined by the Health minister as a second surge, COVID-19 cases in the Eastern Cape now amount to well over half of all new infections in South Africa,...Harm Reduction
In a News24 article Alan Winde, premier of the Western Cape, draws on provincial research that illustrates the heavy burden of alcohol-related trauma on hospitals but...Addiction News
The Western Cape Health Department said that the only way to truly put a dent in drug abuse is through collaboration, writes Kevin Brandt for Eye Witness...Endocrinology
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes has 'increased hugely' in the Coloured population and may now outstrip its incidence in the Indian population, found a new SA...
August 17th, 2016SA Health is under pressure urgently to reduce the working hours of junior doctors nationally following Western Cape Health’s decision to slash maximum shifts from...
The at least 19 cases of typhoid reported in SA in January are part of an expected 'seasonal increase', says the National Institute for Communicable Diseases....Focus
SA Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi wants to 'rescue' poor Western Cape medical students who are the only ones deprived of provincial government funds for studies in...
