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Pharmacy Month: Western Cape promotes responsible use of antibiotics and antimicrobials
The Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness said it prioritises providing antibiotic and other antimicrobial treatment that results in the best clinical outcomes with minimal side effects for patients and minimal impact on subsequent…
Western Cape Health and Wellness Department urges parents to consent to HPV vaccine administered at…
The department said cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women aged 15 and 44 in South Africa.
KZN MEC says striking health-care workers’ demands must be addressed at national level
MEC Nomagugu Simelane says it is difficult to negotiate in different corners on matters that are on a national level.
Cholera in SA: what you need to know and look out for
A 19-year-old woman from Benoni is the sixth confirmed cholera-related death in SA. The NICD has issued signs and symptoms on how communities can safeguard themselves against cholera.
Here are top tips to spot and prevent vascular disease
Thousands suffer in silence from vascular disease in South Africa.
Parents urged to vaccinate children as measles cases in South Africa climb to over 400
According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, more than 400 cases have been confirmed .
Have diarrhoea and dehydration? Get checked as Joburg records cholera cases imported from Malawi
The cholera cases have been confirmed in two sisters who travelled together from Joburg to Malawi for a funeral and returned by bus on 30 January.
Unsafe sex and alcohol abuse leading cause of SA disease, deaths – SAMRC
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) says unsafe sex and alcohol consumption are the top risk factors for disease and death in South Africa.
SA Diabetes Alliance calls for diabetes educational programmes to create more awareness about the…
The South African Diabetes Alliance has written an open letter to Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla calling on him to urgently implement education programmes to fight diabetes.
South Africa to pilot new HIV prevention shots that could prevent 52 000 new infections
Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI) and the national Health Department will provide the injections to young women as part of a small Unitaid-funded project.