President Cyril Ramaphosa said it was about the rapid spread of the disease across the continent, which reflected a ‘concerning shift in the epidemiological pattern’
The African Centres for Disease Control said so far in 2024, 13 countries had confirmed 2 863 cases and 517 deaths from the viral disease
Twenty-eight years after the first South African students left for Cuba to study medicine, an increasing number are in senior leadership positions in healthcare
Having diabetes is bad enough but heat waves, floods, air pollution and infectious illnesses make dealing with it harder and increase rates
The Clade Ib strain has already jumped borders, with cases being reported in Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and Kenya in the last two weeks
But regardless of whether it is sniffed, sucked or chewed, the plant is still bad for people’s health
The international community can support the continent through, for example, the transfer of technology to enable drugs and vaccines to be produced on African soil
Lenacapavir drug can be made for as little as R740 per year for each patient
CAB-LA virtually eliminates someone’s chances of contracting HIV, but costs about four times more than the government can afford to pay
Tilana Alida Louw said Dr Stephen Paul Grobler had verbally abused her, hurled profanities, insults, and used blasphemy, in front of other staff and patients
Section27, representing 44 of the bereaved families, has called for those responsible to be charged with culpable homicide
After 2022, the Ngcobo Community Health Centre in the rural Eastern Cape ceased operating 24 hours every day because spiralling crime and dry taps made it impossible for workers to operate at night
The health department said it is investigating the local transmission of the disease after the infected patients were found to have no travel history
After eight years at the helm of the University of Cape Town’s department of medicine, Ntusi says it is ‘time for somebody else to come and lead’
The digital solution was designed to inform patients, improve healthcare outcomes and protect doctors
If the circumstances in which a health system has to work aren’t fixed, simply passing a law to give everyone access to healthcare won’t change things for the better
Limpopo consistently ranks as one of the provinces with the lowest reading outcomes in Sepedi
Deputy Minister Parks Tau reiterated the government’s stance that medical aid tax breaks will be forfeited to fund the proposed universal health care plan
Despite being a preventable and curable disease, about 150 people died from TB every day in South Africa in 2022
About 83 out of every 100 people in our country depend on the public sector for their health care
People often rely on antidepressant medicine alone, when the power of collective song and dance is a neglected channel for increased endorphins, dopamine and lowered cortisol
A proposed treaty and law changes would compromise national and health sovereignty
We can tackle inequality in access to medicines by reshaping the systems, policies and practices under which life-saving medicines are produced, priced and distributed
People who live close to coal-fired power plants continue to fall ill from breathing in dirty air
There is some reason to celebrate the latest version of the draft Pandemic Accord, a deal drawn up to prevent a repeat of Covid’s worst effects. But it’s still too soon to look away
The health of young women and girls is shaped by gender-based inequalities and violence
About 3.9 million people in South Africa are beneficiaries of the grant, which is currently at R2 080 per person a month
An innovative digital locker means that thousands of public health patients won’t wait for hours in a clinic queue to collect medication
Still, the South African Medical Association says government doctors in the country aren’t paid enough
The service provider, LNG, has been ordered to pay back the profit earned from the R113.2 million contract
Unregulated tariffs and the lack of low-cost benefit schemes drive up the price of medical aid premiums, causing patients to feel the pain
The Foundation for Professional Development has harnessed local ownership to provide quality care