Numbers from the National Institute of Communicable Disease and from some provinces show that TB diagnoses have dropped dramatically in 2020 – likely due to COVID-19 and the related lockdown. The Eastern Cape Department of Health has however declined to share information on the TB situation in the province and their catch-up plans. Some activists are concerned about the situation. Luvuyo Mehlwana reports.
With chronic health worker shortages and limited resources such as ventilators in rural public health facilities, how did Zithulele Hospital in OR Tambo District manage its COVID-19 cases? Tiyese Jeranji spoke to two doctors working at Zithulele about an innovative oxygen solution, infection control, and much more.
The dire state of health infrastructure and services in the Eastern Cape has made headlines during the COVID-19 pandemic and triggered promises of government intervention, but in some hospitals those providing and receiving healthcare note little to no improvement. Luvuyo Mehlwana reports.
[caption id="attachment_3511" align="alignnone" width="520"] Image: Robert Hamblin[/caption] In April 2010, South Africa launched an ambitious HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign. Apart from some concerning reports of forced testing, the…
April 2010, South Africa launched an ambitious HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign. Apart from some concerning reports of forced testing, the campaign was a success, testing over 10 million…
A new study is being planned for South Africa. The results from the study could change first-line treatment here and in other low- and middle-income countries. What are the new…
results in from the landmark START trial, all dials are aligning on how to beat back the HIV epidemic. Everything is set, but will there be lift-off? In July findings…
is an important drug for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB). Together with three other drugs, it makes up the four-in-one pill that people with drug-susceptible (DS) TB are treated with…
Most people who inhale the tuberculosis (TB) bug never get sick with TB because their bodies are able to contain the bug successfully. When the body controls TB infection like…
[caption id="attachment_3509" align="alignnone" width="570"] “In one of the cells, we noted 60 inmates with 24 beds.” [/caption] Constitutional Court Judge Edwin Cameron and his law clerks have published a scathing…
In 2012, 26-year-old Khululwa Bam went into labour at the Site B Hospital Midwives Obstetrics Unit. When her water broke, a security guard at the hospital told her she had…
In June 2015, 33-year-old Mirriam Senoe went into labour and was taken to Michael Mapongwana Day Hospital. On arrival, the nurses performed a full examination on her and the baby…