Urology Hospital

Gender dynamics and South African societal roles can hinder women’s healthcare as one-in-three women suffer from urinary incontinence, and one-in-four have pelvic floor disorders, conditions often overlooked, leaving many to suffer in silence. Additionally, CANSA reports breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers as the top three cancers affecting women. “At Urology Hospital we aim to dispel the myth that only men need to visit urologists,” says Dr Marinka Hoek, Urology Hospital.

This Mandela Day, Urology Hospital (UH) in Pretoria will once again partner with African Synergy Health (ASH) for the ASH Mandela Week Surgical Marathon. From July 15-19, they’ll perform life saving surgeries using cutting-edge robotic surgery.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD), a gradual and irremediable loss of kidney function (kidney failure), affects up to one in eight South Africans, more than 850 million people worldwide, and resulted in over 3.1 million deaths (2019). Fundamentally, untreated kidney failure can be life threatening.

To commemorate Mandela Day 2023, The Urology Hospital (TUH), Pretoria, partnered with African Synergy Health (ASH) for the Inaugural ASH Mandela Week Surgical Marathon.

HIV prevention in men through safe voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) has been implemented since 2007 and research now indicates it may help reduce women’s risk of STIs and cervical cancer.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated 500 million individuals globally suffer from chronic kidney disease and an estimated 5 million South Africans over 20 years of age have chronic kidney disease (CKD).