Johannesburg Health News

In last night's episode of Carte blanche, the M-net current affairs programme revealed shocking findings linking the pesticide DDT to intersex births. Date: 25 October 2009 07:00 Producer: Joy Summers Presenter: Bongani Bingwa Genre: Medical and Health There are few...

However, the Scorecard finds that three-quarters of countries are failing to report basic information on HIV services for women and girls. Globally, HIV is the leading cause of death in women of reproductive age...HIV data specific to women; progress in...

Billionaire chairman of drug developer Abraxis BioScience Inc. and philanthropist. Age: 57 Family: Wife Michele Chan and two children Home: West Los Angeles Hobbies: Boogie boarding and basketball How it all started: The son of a Chinese practitioner of traditional...

Good quality food aid can save billions of dollars that would otherwise be spent on saving lives, says a major report from the World Bank, one of two new studies that uncover some unsettling facts about food aid and malnutrition....

Doctors, nurses and pharmacists are refusing to work in South Africa's prisons, Parliament heard on Wednesday. Acting director of health and physical care in the Department of Correctional Services Maria Mabena said the turnover time for prison healthcare workers ranged...

In the 17 low-income countries included in the analysis, 87 percent of HIV funding came from international donors, with bilateral assistance financing 53 percent of antiretroviral treatment. Middle-income countries that rely mainly on domestic budgets to fund their HIV programmes,...

The South African cabinet has approved a new policy prohibiting discrimination against soldiers and would-be recruits on the basis of their HIV status...HIV-positive soldiers and recruits, but in October one of the men, Sergeant Sipho Mthethwa, became the first known...

South Africa during a National Church Leaders Consultation held here October 27 and promised to work together among themselves and the government. Most Active Stories: Religion Most Read Most Commented Most