Health and wellness

Poisons Centre advisory: Beware of the dangers of street pesticides in the WC

The Poisons Information Helpline of the Western Cape (WC) has attended to more than 1000 calls regarding poisoning exposures to pesticides...

The Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness and City of Cape Town (CoCT) have appointed a senior technical commissioning team who are...

Teenage pregnancy can have a profound impact on your future. Without the proper support and help, a teen mother is less likely to finish...

Karl Bremer Hospital has achieved Gold Status in the 2023 World Stroke Organisation (WSO) Angels Awards. The hospital is the first in the...

Provincial Department of Health and Wellness (WCGHW) will have to freeze 2 362 posts if public sector wage agreement goes unfunded I will be...

The second Presidential Health Summit ended on Friday and on behalf of the Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness, we look forward...

Healthcare workers who are putting their health first by quitting to smoke urge the community to do the same ahead of World No Tobacco Day...

With almost R150 million of infrastructure projects currently in progress, Minister Nomafrench Mbombo had an opportunity to inspect the...

Too many children in the Western Cape are being left without protection against measles and other preventable diseases. As a result, the...

With mental health and the wellness of our communities being a priority for the Department of Health and Wellness, I was pleased with the...