HEALTH
CHWs reject Legislature’s proposal to drop case
There has been a long and intensified mass struggle to force the Department of Health and Smartpurse to take the CHWs struggle seriously. On 8 November 2016, the Gauteng Community Health Care Forum (the Forum) decided to take the struggle…
South African study offers hope against drug-resistant TB
The results of a study led by South African researcher Dr Francesca Conradie offers hope for patients with strains of tuberculosis (TB) that have been extremely difficult to treat. Conradie presented the findings of the NIX-TB trial in Seattle…
Health MEC Mahlangu resigns as Esidimeni Report is Released
The Health Ombudsman’s Report into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of mentally ill former-Life Esidimeni patients was finally released on 1 February, stating more than 94 patients have…
Health care workers organise
From 26 to 31 January 2017, the Gauteng Community Health Care Forum (the Forum) held a capacity building workshop, facilitated by Khanya College in Cullinan, Pretoria. 64 Community Healthcare Workers (CHWs) attended the workshop from clinics all over…
