with South Africa mirroring this alarming trend. To delve deeper into this pressing issue, Independent Media Lifestyle spoke ...

health” in the Sesotho language — had been transformed into a mobile health facility. It circulates throughout South Africa for much of the year, providing medical attention to the sick, young and old ...

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 7 (Reuters) - South Africa is moving ahead with implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) bill, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, despite strong opposition from within ...

This was the core message of South Africa’s delegation at the Nutrition ... sugar-tax on small-scale farmers and unpacked how SA's health-promotion levies help reduce obesity.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

PRETORIA, South ... Africa’s capital is home to dozens of people with drug addiction. They inject themselves and each other with heroin-laden mixtures, some of them sharing needles. A group of ...

has been appointed Minister of Health for South Africa. He is the first Jew to hold a cabinet post in this country. Dr. Gluckman, who is 52, was born in Russia and came to South Africa as a child.

All of those outbreaks are linked to the one in Congo. In Ivory Coast and South Africa, health authorities have reported outbreaks of a different and less dangerous version of mpox that spread ...

However, the mental health struggles of South Africa’s youth extend far beyond matric results. They encompass unemployed graduates, rural youths and young people in townships who face relentless ...

Pregnant women in South Africa face significant barriers to getting ... resource constraints and the broader social determinants of health, such as poverty, food insecurity and a lack of transport.