Journalism For Public Health - Health-e News
WEBOurHealth is a project that trains and supports local activists and aspiring health journalists. Our citizen journalists (CJs) live in rural and poorly-covered areas in South Africa, and report on health issues affecting their communities. Thomo Nkgadima.
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WEBEpidemics and pandemics of new diseases arise in two stages. Firstly, the zoonotic spillover event introduces the infectious organism, in the main a virus, into the human population from an animal source. An archive of the insights and news from South Africa's award-winning print and television health news service.
Childhood Immunisation: Everything you need to know
WEBMay 8, 2023 · Childhood immunisation is extremely important as it is life-saving. According to the World Health Organisation, childhood immunisation specifically saves at least 5 million lives per year. It is one of the most cost-effective ways to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, not only amongst children but in the community at large.
Flu season: Everything you need to know - Health-e News
WEBApr 26, 2022 · The World Health Organization (WHO) states that seasonal influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses which circulate in all parts of the world. It represents a year-round disease burden, causing illnesses that range in severity and sometimes lead to hospitalisation and death. – Health-e News.
HIV prevention injection: What you need to know about SA's …
WEBJan 31, 2022 · The HIV prevention injection can be taken either once a month or every two months. Cabotegravir can stay in your bloodstream between five and 12 weeks and rilpivirine between 13 and 28 weeks. This makes long-acting treatment possible. The treatment starts with two injections delivered a month apart before moving to an every-other-month regimen.
Flu cases are on the rise in SA: What you should know
WEBApr 30, 2024 · On average the influenza season starts anywhere between mid-April or at the end of May, then peaking in mid-June or early July, and ending in August. In some years the virus circulates through to October. We are starting to see influenza cases but the detection rate of influenza, across our surveillance programmes, has not yet crossed the ...
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WEBThe Presidential Health Compact will be ‘meaningless’ without buy-in from all of society. Health, News. The health compact is intended to unite various sectors of society in addressing South Africa's health challenges, but the lack of consensus highlights the ongoing divisions over the best approach to achieving universal health coverage ...
Our Health - Health-e News
WEBOur Health. OurHealth is a project that trains and supports local activists and aspiring health journalists. Our citizen journalists (CJs) live in rural and poorly-covered areas in South Africa, and report on health issues affecting their communities. The old building has been standing empty and unused for 20 years and is rundown.
Opinion and Editorial - Health-e News
WEBOpinion and Editorial. The 2024 issue of the South African Child Gauge highlights how South Africa has sold its children short and failed to achieve what it set out to do almost a decade ago. The Gauteng health department's response to Tom London's video is surprising because there have been countless reports about the dire state of the ...
Health Systems - Health-e News
WEBHealth workers in Gqeberha complain of TB drug shortage. Clinics are issuing only seven days' worth of Rifinah, a crucial TB treatment, instead of the usual month’s supply due to stock depletion at the local medical depot. In March, the Gauteng Department of Health triumphantly declared it had cleared a surgical backlog of 37 000 cases.
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