Ndiviwe Mphothulo, a medical doctor and president of the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, is trying to make sure the Trump administration’s funding cuts don’t collapse South Africa’s HIV programmes
Claims of poor standards at South Africa’s government health facilities are often bandied about — and get hackles raised when the National Health Insurance is mentioned, to boot
Fifty 50 teenage girls and young women from communities with high rates of HIV, early pregnancy and school drop-out rates spoke about what’s stressing them out, and how they are keeping it together
If the food labelling regulations under review are enacted, bold warning signs on packaging will let shoppers identify foods high in sugar, salt or unhealthy fats
The health department has R622 million extra to prop up South Africa’s HIV treatment programme in the wake of foreign aid cuts, but it’s only about a fifth of the total gap
Antimicrobial resistance threatens global health and economic stability. Urgent investment in surveillance, innovation and stewardship is critical to containment
The $400 million the United States congress removed from a list of funding programmes the Trump administration wants to cut doesn’t cancel the cuts to HIV and TB programmes made in February
Women and young people don’t need foreign experts to tell them what their communities need; they need resources and support to implement locally developed and relevant solutions
Medical school coursework includes teaching Western medicine’s standard ethical principle including discussions about patients’ rights, but what is not talked about is what death and dying can feel like for the patient, their loved ones or the healthcare provider
The country isn’t getting extra money from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria; it has to use cash from a grant it has already been awarded and was cut by 16% in June
Lonely and isolated people are not just experiencing emotional states — these can be lethal
Misinformation fuelled by the US health secretary is creating a dangerous – and growing – lack of trust in vaccines
A throat ulcer. Bloody urine. A sick baby. That’s what smokers in other countries see. In South Africa? For now, it’s a tiny black box
Little has been invested in mining and exploration, and that includes in social compacts
If one looks at the unchecked abuse of resources, then it is not surprising that the continent’s health system is struggling
African countries, including South Africa, have limited waste infrastructure and uneven water treatment systems, which exacerbates the problem of antibiotic resistance
Telling most South Africans they can’t drink is a nonstarter, but we need to acknowledge just how dangerous it is, and what we can do to curb it
With fewer people smoking cigarettes globally, the tobacco industry is using its well-honed tactics to increase sales of electronic devices like vapes and heated tobacco products
Francois Venter talks about his unorthodox inaugural lecture, his work during the Aids crisis and his shoot-from-the-hip fix of our healthcare system
The key assumption that municipalities would raise enough revenue to fund most of their operational expenditure needs to be revisited
Hunger, exclusion from education and Africa’s debt is more than policy failure, inequality and poor planning, it is the theft of dignity, potential and oppression
Under SA’s latest proposed food labelling regulations, 100% fruit juices won’t have to show a high sugar warning because their sugars are “naturally occurring”
Ketamine has been used for decades as an anaesthetic drug, but in the past few years, more and more psychiatrists have been using it for hard-to-treat depression
Last month, the health minister said more than half a million previously diagnosed people with HIV have been started on treatment since the end of February
Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder affects 5% to 7% of schoolgoing children, but doctors can only prescribe treatment for a month at a time, so don’t get too much medication regularly
The association argued that the Bill is not fiscally feasible and would have adverse effects on the economy and healthcare system
With the 12 specialised key population clinics in South Africa funded by the US government, and now shuttered, getting treatment at government clinics has been difficult, if not impossible
Conditions in South Africa’s many informal settlements cause health and environmental problems too
More than a quarter of children under the age of five in the country are chronically malnourished
The study highlights the need for more research to focus on African demographics on the continent to personalise treatments
As government clinics take on HIV patients who were previously treated by Pepfar-funded projects, the treatment of conditions like diabetes and heart disease will come under pressure
About 50% of the continent’s children have experienced violence – emotional, sexual, physical and the added dangers of war