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SA government plans to tackle ‘lifestyle’ diseases
‘If we do not stop the scourge of lifestyle diseases we will not be able to implement the National Development Plan,’ is the warning...
‘Diluted human resources’ impacting on male circumcision care
SA vastly expanded male medical circumcision services since 2010, and while surgical efficiency and record keeping improved, the quality of surgical care, such as...
Contested theory on why many African Aids victims are women
Nearly 60% of Aids victims in Africa are women and a team of Norwegian infectious disease spec ialists think they may have the explanation....
NFP gets rights for promising HIV medicine
The not-for-profit (NFP) International Partnership for Microbicides has received worldwide rights to a promising HIV prevention medicine, called dapivirine, from Janssen R&D Ireland, reports...
Vaccination campaigns helping ease yellow fever burden
Yellow fever, an acute viral disease, is estimated to have been responsible for 78,000 deaths in Africa in 2013, reports Science Daily. Researchers from...
Overcrowded SA schools helping the spread of TB
Schools might be as dangerous as prisons and mines when it comes to contracting tuberculosis. The Times reports that a year-long study at an...
New evidence on causes of maternal deaths
Maternal deaths have fallen worldwide, dropping by 45% since 1990, reports BBC News. The World Health Organisation says most deaths in of women in...
WHO meets over polio emergency
The uncontrolled spread of polio from Pakistan led to a meeting of the Emergency Committee of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the first...
Researchers tackling baffling Central American kidney disease
A painful disease that affects the kidneys has killed at least 20,000 people across Central America over the past decade. But, reports The New...
US panel recommends fluoride varnish for infants
Paediatricians and other primary care doctors should apply fluoride varnish to infants’ teeth soon after they erupt, according to new cavity-fighting guidelines. Health24 reports...