President Cyril Ramaphosa says in the next three months government will launch a massive cancer campaign similar to the HIV counselling and testing campaign. The campaign will involve the private sector as government aims to mobilise all resources to fight the scourge of cancer. The President said this when he tabled his State of the

The community of Bela-Bela, in Limpopo, has signed a pledge to raise awareness about Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and to support pregnant women and girls. The pledge is part of the 999 Campaign launched by Social Development Deputy Minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu over the weekend. The campaign aims to create awareness and educate communities about the

In a bid to address mental healthcare in the Eastern Cape Health Department, the ministry has announced that a budget of R10 million has been set aside to recruit health practitioners. “The plan includes recruitment of mental healthcare practitioners and expanding scope of mental health service providers to include community based mental health care programme.

Pharmacy professionals implicated in the unlawful manufacture and sale of unregistered weight-loss medicines could face…