Topic: Health | GroundUp

“Rebuild Pollsmoor prison” says TB expert

Prof Linda-Gail Bekker spoke at the first GroundUp/Bertha House Science for the People seminar

By Daniel Steyn

News | 30 January 2023

Getting a Covid booster shot is not as easy as it should be

Under-50s will be eligible in February for a second booster

By Daniel Steyn

Brief | 23 January 2023

Dust, flying rocks, deafening noise: blasting is a nightmare for people living near mines

Here’s what government can do about it

By Danjelle Midgley

Opinion | 20 January 2023

Operation Dudula chases immigrants away from Joburg clinic

Patients told to get health care “in their own countries”

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 18 January 2023

Stocks of snake antivenom are dangerously low, experts warn

Doctors wait at least six months for orders of vital snake polyvalent antivenom

By Liezl Human

News | 18 January 2023

Sewage on the seashore: Here’s what’s causing Cape Town’s beach closures

Loadshedding at pump stations blamed for most closures

By Steve Kretzmann

News | 13 January 2023

Gardening project helps patients recover from mental illness

The Spring Foundation at Lentegeur Hospital has several projects to rehabilitate patients

By Daniel Steyn

News | 11 January 2023

New medicines for drug-resistant TB will save lives. But will they be affordable where they are most needed?

Study, published today in New England Journal Medicine, shows that a new regimen is safer and more effective than the current standard of care.

By Daniel Steyn and Nathan Geffen

News | 22 December 2022

Tembisa Hospital CEO and senior officials must face disciplinary action, tribunal rules

Shonisani Lethole died after he had not been fed for days

By Tania Broughton

Law | 15 December 2022

Mothers speak out about traumatic births at hospitals

Social movement raises awareness about obstetric violence

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 9 December 2022

Man dies during eight-hour wait for an ambulance

Only one ambulance for hundreds of villages in Matatiele

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 8 December 2022

Student organisation SHAWCO bounces back to celebrate 80th birthday

The welfare organisation aims to be operating at 100% capacity by the end of 2023

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 7 December 2022

Injections against HIV could be manufactured locally and cheaply, says Aspen Pharmacare

Cabotegravir is still unaffordable after two years

By Daniel Steyn

News | 1 December 2022

Public sector workers call on government to return to negotiating table

Unions reject 3% wage increase

By Chris Gilili, Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume

News | 22 November 2022

Good news: HIV medicine prices have decreased dramatically!

Experts commend the Department of Health’s efforts to secure lower prices in new contract

By Liezl Human

News | 16 November 2022

Woman who survived mountain fall must wait six weeks for operation

Makemiso Ramabitle is in severe pain but her nearest hospital in rural Eastern Cape does not have capacity to perform the necessary surgery

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 15 November 2022