Cape Town comes out tops as the fittest city
An active nation is a healthy nation! Findings from the Discovery Health’s latest Fittest City Index have indicated the fitness habits of South Africans...
HIV project aims to reduce new infections among young women
Women in their late teens and early 20s make up a large percentage of new HIV infections in South Africa, despite ongoing awareness programmes....
Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital by the numbers
The Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital (NMCH) in Parktown, Johannesburg, is one of the greatest legacy projects in the former president's name. It will begin...
South African HIV/Aids research pioneer Glenda Gray on 2017 Time’s 100 Most Influential list
Dr Glenda Gray, the pioneering medical researcher, who specialises in the search for a vaccine for HIV/Aids, is the only South African to be...
Infographic: 10 things to know about TB
Since the discovery of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) in 1882, 24 March has been observed as World TB Day. We gather facts...
Trial in South Africa successful in treating XDR TB
March is Tuberculosis Awareness Month. A trial in South Africa to treat extensive drug-resistant tuberculosis has proven to be successful.
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A trial...
Mandela Children’s Hospital finally opens
The Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital, an idea that began with a vision by Nelson Mandela as far back as his presidency in the 1990s,...
Extensive HIV vaccine study planned in South Africa
American scientists are scheduling a major trial of an experimental HIV vaccine in South Africa
in 2016, "the most feasible vaccine ever developed". It will be one of largest single clinical
testing processes done in South Africa.
South Africa marks World Malaria Day
South Africa, along with the rest of the world, observed World Malaria Day yesterday. While significant progress has been made in combating and treating the disease, work is ongoing to reach the goal of zero infections of malaria in Africa and around the globe.
Health care goes high tech in South Africa
South Africa's Gauteng department of health is merging technology with patient care to improve overall delivery in its hospitals. After a successful trial phase, the Electronic Bed Management System was officially launched in Pretoria on 19 April 2016.
