The country’s medicines regulator Sahpra says it’s on track to announce its registration decision by the end of October
According to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids…
The shot, called Lenacapavir, has a 100% success rate in preventing young women from getting HIV through sex
The Special Investigating Unit has seized luxury vehicles and artworks worth millions from businessman Hangwani Maumela’s Joburg mansion as part of an R820 million asset recovery
Researchers say part of the problem is the lack of coordination across the nation’s sprawling multi-agency system
ARV drug dolutegravir will become the go-to drug in all treatment plans next year. Here are 7 things you should know
A combination of failures by the municipal, provincial and national government left a hospital in the south of Johannesburg without water and electricity for parts of November
The Special Investigating Unit has a year to track down lawyers and patients who file fake medical negligence claims
The former health minister and ANC contender for a top six position claims the Special Investigating Unit distorted facts.
Abortion services only got a national “how to” document for doctors 23 years after termination of pregnancy was legalised in South Africa. And although the new rules go a long…
South Africa’s laws allow the government to implement mandatory Covid vaccinations but, if it chooses this path, it must do so responsibly
The SIU told parliament the health department was so desperate to give Digital Vibes a communications contract that it flouted government procurement policies and allowed a 104%…
People who have had Covid-19 in the past 30 days or who have had a flu shot in the past 14 days will be vaccinated at a later date
South Africa has doubled the interval for the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. We take a look at what other countries have done and the evidence for the move
More than half a million basic education-sector workers are set to receive the vaccination in the next two weeks
With about 1.5-million infections and 54 000 deaths, Covid-19 is still very much part of our lives as the state works to boost vaccinations
The department of health briefed parliament on South Africa’s readiness for a possible third Covid-19 wave, as members’ expressed concerns in light of India’s surge in…
In the absence of action from the health department, South Africa’s community health workers are once again having to fight for their rights, with a nationwide strike planned…
A report has criticised the sector but experts warn that the status quo will likely remain
Hlongwa was implicated in a report by the SIU into corrupt activities to the tune of R1.2-billion during his tenure as health MEC
