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Global leaders sound alarm on Antimicrobial Resistance as silent pandemic claims more than one million lives each year

Global health experts have issued an urgent call for coordinated action on antimicrobial resistance at the 5th Annual Global Media Forum. The gathering, held ahead […]

Prioritise health spending says RHAP to Parliament’s Special Appropriations Committee

The boost of R754 million to the health sector through the Special Appropriations Bill this year has been welcomed by the Rural Health Advocacy Project. […]

Rural Health Conference 2025: Voices, activism, and action for equity

With the theme ‘Rural Health in Real Life’, the 28th Rural Health Conference brought together health professionals, policymakers, researchers, and communities, to once again tackle […]

Marathon runner helps fight period poverty in rural Eastern Cape

By: Health-e News In the rural town of Ngcobo in the former Transkei in the Eastern Cape, an athlete turned philanthropist is working to alleviate […]

Resilience in Healing: Hombakazi Mercy Nqandeka on indigenous medicine and African heritage

Growing up in Xhora, Elliotdale in the Eastern Cape, Hombakazi Mercy Nqandeka was surrounded by healers. “My grandmother was a fertility herbalist, helping women struggling […]

Dr Nicole Fiolet leads the charge against cervical cancer and diabetes in rural Mpumalanga

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among South African women. Every year in South Africa, approximately 10,700 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer, […]