Health-e News is a non-profit health newsroom focused on public health issues affecting people who rely on South Africa’s public healthcare system. Its reporting aims to advance health equity by placing patients and communities at the centre of stories and highlighting how social conditions shape health. The newsroom publishes free journalism, encouraging readers to share its work and support its reporting.

Its coverage includes health news, explainers, features, opinion and editorial articles, multimedia, and special series. Topics span child, women’s and men’s health, mental health, health systems, gender-based violence, food insecurity, and other determinants of health. Through community-based reporting, Health-e News documents local experiences and examines barriers to care, including hunger, water shortages, unsafe routes to clinics, and gaps in health services. Its series and projects also explore issues such as elections and municipal accountability, disability, and access to treatment. The organisation offers information about its team, board, donor partners and annual reports, and invites readers to support its journalism or contribute by writing for the publication.