The well-being of a nation is made up of a myriad of elements, ranging from the calibre of its healthcare system to the daily habits and diets of its people.
Since the beginning of 2023, the Gauteng Department of Health (GDH) recorded 9,390 serious adverse events (SAEs) at hospitals and clinics.
Uber, the Department of Health, and Mastercard are working together to give people two free Uber trips, each up to the value of R100, for rides to and from vaccination sites.
Meet Pelo, the Nguni cow donning a doctor’s coat and spectacles that cost us all a pretty penny.
Oops – it looks like the Department of Health can’t tell fact from fiction when it comes to tweets about the coronavirus.
You might expect that the Department of Health’s headquarters in Pretoria would be a healthy place to work. You would be very wrong.
Imagine your child going in for an operation, and the hospital performed an incorrect arm and leg amputation? Yes, for real.
The Department of Health has released the results of a study completed earlier this year that paints a grim picture of both Cape Town and the Western Cape’s rampant use and abuse of alcohol. Long story short, the study concludes that Cape Town is South Africa’s drunkest city, and the Western Cape its booziest province. Er, yay?
About 1,35 million condoms are being recalled as we speak. They were handed out at the recent ANC centenary celebrations. The reason? The have been found to break during intercourse and others are “porous”.