The climate crisis is fuelling illnesses such as malaria, cholera and dengue, causing food insecurity, malnutrition, miscarriages, heart ailments and mental health problems
Instead of the Aids denialism of decades past, it’s US funding cuts that could lead to up to 300 000 more HIV infections in the next four years. Activists like Sisonke Msimang say the past has answers for the present fight
After 45 years of independence, issues such as the disintegration of the country’s monetary system are illustrative of the crisis.
Scientists warn of a health disaster as high numbers of schoolchildren and university students turn to vaping, despite the dangers
It is women and girls who will suffer the most from the funding crisis caused by cuts to development aid.
A modelling study released in March gives a clue at which price the jab, lenacapavir, would be worth the health department’s while
The study found 20% of women who took a drug intervention that included antibodies remained virally suppressed without antiretroviral therapy after 18 months.
You might think of snakebite as a niche issue rather than a devastating one. But it is thought to kill somewhere between 80,000 and 140,000 people a year.
Adolescent girls and young women are blamed and shamed for falling pregnant, which affects how they are treated, the support they get, and the health services they reive
When nations develop and implement self-sustaining policies, they build resilience against external shocks and gain the capacity to determine their own futures
The termination of research finance puts pressure on South Africa’s response to tuberculosis and could slow down the capacity to develop new tests, one expert said
Residents living beside an old mine dump face health problems as floods and heatwaves worsen the dangers of mining pollution
Cancellation letters, which end millions of rands of South African universities’ US-government funded HIV and TB research grants with immediate effect, started to roll in over the weekend
The Constitution says it is not only government but all of us – individuals, NGOs and businesses – who must ensure our rights are protected
This is despite vacancy rates of 5% to 22% in government clinics and hospitals
Budget choices must empower the poor and end socio-economic exclusion
In December, the Global Fund and the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief committed to funding the roll-out of lenacapavir in countries they support
The NHI Act says funding healthcare for all should come from tax but economic growth is in a vice and many people are without jobs
Since Homo sapiens became a thing about 300 000 years ago, we have never breathed more carbon dioxide, absorbed more industrial toxins or processed more privatised propaganda
The city’s car-free day is going into its ninth year, far outlasting most initiatives like it around the world, including in South Africa
Until recently, the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief funded nonprofits in South Africa to help provincial health departments test people for HIV and put them on treatment
About 60 000 South Africans die in a year from diseases that are not caused by tuberculosis or HIV before they turn 70, and about a fifth of these are from diabetes
The US president’s cutting of financial support has cut life-saving treatment for many in SA
In sub-Saharan Africa, patients face a ‘wild west’ where treatments for snake bites cost the Earth or don’t work
A federal judge has enforced a temporary restraining order blocking Donald Trump from freezing federal grants
Such programmes still qualify for a limited waiver, which will expire towards the end of April, but only for approved activities
Tight public purse strings inevitably causes greater overall inequality
In his 2025 State of the Nation address the president promised improved healthcare access and infrastructure
Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer and a leading cause of death among South African women
‘Nnomakhayas’ understand a community’s values, practices and problems, as well as modern medicine, making them effective carers
However, restrictive policies, stigma, discrimination and financial hardship can stand in the way of girls continuing their education
The US has said who qualifies for a waiver during the Trump administration’s pause in foreign aid but it doesn’t allow for anti-HIV pills, unless for pregnant women