Yogan Pillay
Health activist; co-author of 'Textbook of Global Health' (OUP, 2017)
How do we reduce new infections by 60% in a mere three and a half years?
Today, SA boasts the world's largest HIV treatment programme, but 3.2-million people who need ARVs still aren't on them. Here’s how to fix that.
This is putting SA’s women in the grave, so what’s health department doing about it?
Pregnancy in South Africa is getting safer, but still not safe enough. Here’s what the health department says they’re doing about it.
This kills more than 700 of us each day. Now, the UN wants to do something about it.
In a historic first, the UN just held a high-level meeting on TB. There was one on lifestyle diseases too. But did these sittings achieve anything?
Abortion: Government to get tougher on doctors with moral objections
Draft guidelines will look to balance a doctor or nurse's right recuse themselves from performing abortions with a person's right to choose.
Time to accelerate the pace toward a TB-free South Africa
New national plan will have great impact, but implementation is key
We can achieve a TB-free South Africa, but it’s time to pick up the pace
Today, SA is seeing fewer new TB cases and deaths than ever before.
United Nations’ first high-level meeting on TB could usher in a new world order
The global body heeds calls by SA health minister Aaron Motsoaledi for high-level meeting on age-old killer.
Will South Africa reach its 90-90-90 HIV targets?
The country has made progress with its plans to prevent, treat and monitor HIV but still has a long way to go.
Comment: Government tackles TB in prisons
Initiatives in the past four years have greatly increased inmates’ access to healthcare.
Staunching SA’s pregnancy wound
Unless the state's plan to curb maternal deaths is wholly implemented, it won't make a dent.
Comment: Superfood for Babies
It's World Breastfeeding Week and government and Save the Children have joined forces to promote breastfeeding to save children's lives.
Contraceptive policy overhauled
A new look at family planning, especially among teens in South Africa, is on the cards.
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Absa Rewards puts cash in your pocket
In addition to the cash benefits, you will receive special offers and exclusive deals from selected Absa Rewards partners
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Municipal audit outcomes reveal public sector financial management must be professionalised
SAICA calls for a review of the mandatory minimum skills and qualifications required for all key financial management positions within the public sector
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Eleven ways to protect yourself against fraud
While financial services firms work continuously to improve security, fraudsters are always devising new plans to circumvent the latest safety measures
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Security and Compliance Evolution in the Data Revolution
Organisations must adopt a risk-based approach to compliance and rely on technology to mitigate that risk and on people and process controls as well
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Covid-19 vs Child Nutrition
Children are being impacted severely across the world because of things such as reduced immunisation as health services prioritise treating Covid-19 cases
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MTN’s network innovation sees 5G launched at 100 sites countrywide
MTN South Africa has launched its widely accessible 5G network – the first of MTN’s 21 operations across Africa and the Middle East
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Economic ramifications of Covid-19
There is an opportunity for business and government in collaboration to galvanise and work together, and present ourselves as a viable destination for investment
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BCX empowers its finance staff with professional accounting qualifications
'For the finance function to go beyond the numbers we need to be professional and we cannot leave out the financial control experts'
