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Why fixing primary health care is crucial to making South Africa healthier

11th April 2019 Bob Mash 0

By some measures – healthy life expectancy, obesity and depression, among others – South Africa is the unhealthiest country on earth. That’s a sobering fact to […]

The silent death of workers in India

8th April 2019 Equal Times 0

Every morning, groups of men squat on the pavement in the streets of Delhi and wait for a truck to pick them up and bring […]

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Hearings on work conditions at Khayelitsha District Hospital bring no changes

8th March 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Last week, Nehawu and other witnesses raised concerns about victimisation of staff and poor working conditions at the Khayelitsha District Hospital.

How environmental health workers can help climate change mitigation

26th February 2019 Busisiwe Shezi Caradee Yael Wright Renee Street 0

All the evidence tells us that the world’s changing climate will affect more than the environment. It will have serious consequences for people’s health too. Southern Africa is […]

Overcoming the real – and perceived – barriers to HIV testing

3rd December 2018 Linda Gail Bekker 0

There was a time when HIV was untreatable, heavily stigmatised, and the benefits of testing weren’t as clear as they are now. But that was […]

Access to clean and safe toilets still a challenge for women in informal settlements

26th November 2018 Okuhle Jafta Aphiwe Mngenela 0

A survey by Elitsha reveals that women in informal settlements in Khayelitsha use toilets that lack privacy, safety and are not clean.

Why, even with more access to toilets, women in a Kenyan slum avoid them

22nd November 2018 Samantha Winter 0

About 2.3 billion people around the world lack access to basic toilets. This leads to poor sanitation and about 280,000 people per year die as […]

France’s mental health professionals are on the verge of a breakdown

7th November 2018 Equal Times 0

With a megaphone in one hand and leaflets in the other, Isabelle Bouligaud walks back and forth in front of a crowd of nurses and […]

Care-workers march for better salaries

4th October 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

About 100 community health workers marched through the streets of Cape Town to the Western Cape Department of Health to demand better working conditions.

Venezuela: where a crisis and a “gold rush” are creating an environmental disaster

13th September 2018 Equal Times 0

Under glass displays, nappies and coffee are sold as luxury items in the supermarkets of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. Customers’ baskets are mostly empty. […]

Syria: being a mother in times of war

3rd September 2018 Equal Times 0

In Syria, most babies are born by Caesarean section. There is no time for natural deliveries under the shelling. There are not enough doctors. Mothers […]

Inquiry sets out how parts of the private health care sector in South Africa can be fixed

22nd August 2018 Frederik Booysen 0

A Health Market Inquiry into South Africa’s private health care sector has established that the market is dominated by a few players. In such an […]

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