Dr Thembisile Xulu, the newly appointed chief executive of the Sanac Trust, tells Nicolene de Wee about a new plan to fight HIV, TB and STIs — and her hip-hop dance moves
It is imperative that we train healthcare workers and participate in continent-wide collaboration
With doctors in short supply, healthcare employers need to invest in intelligent technologies to make the experience of accessing healthcare as good as it can be, for all involved
Development has been set back by two decades, says the Gates Foundation Goalkeepers report
Pontsho Pilane speaks to three women who have found it difficult to access quality healthcare because of medical professionals’ weight bias
Almost 70% of the world’s maternal deaths happen in Africa. Now there’s coronavirus — and with poor prenatal and postnatal care on the continent, expectant mothers and children under five are even more vulnerable.
Xenophobia stalks us in this moment of crisis; our hope lies in humanity’s capacity to rebuild
The party released its plan for the reconstruction of the country’s post-coronavirus economy on Friday. This would involve changes to Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act
‘Modernity has been an interminable war on life. And it is far from over.’ We need to start anew; reclaim the oxygen that belongs to all on Earth
The DRC has systematically gone about strengthening health infrastructure, engaging the community and doing better research
What happened to the once universally accepted idea of healthcare for all?
Discerning leadership is critical in the time of Covid-19 and John Magufuli’s decisions — or lack thereof — have put Tanzanians at greater risk
Now is the time to examine how reproductive health in South Africa is riddled by inequities based on race and class
South Africa won’t have enough hospital beds, intensive care or otherwise, to treat Covid-19 patients, official predictions reveal. But there’s still time to act, say experts
Health, debt and hunger are huge threats to the continent’s stability
Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis was a textbook example of what not to do, you will have to do it all differently
Will it be assumed that those with disabilities do not deserve life-saving care?
It was hailed as a revolution in private investment in healthcare in Africa, but almost a decade after it was opened, Lesotho’s only specialist hospital takes up almost a third of the country’s entire health budget. Now, we may finally know why
Now is the time to rewrite a collective script of Africa’s development agenda and the well being of its people
Having access to care is not a promise of health
In less than a week, 16 000 Somalis called into the government’s new coronavirus hotline. Dr Jihan Ali works there, advising callers and collecting and providing data to colleagues
The president’s R500-billion economic package offers a new deal for desperate South Africans across the class divide
President announces an ‘extraordinary coronavirus budget’ with R20-billion for healthcare and spending on the pandemic equal to 10% of national GDP
By violating basic human rights, governments risk inflicting a double tragedy on their most vulnerable populations
While Sierra Leone was grappling with Ebola, there was a spike in deaths from another disease – malaria. We need to make sure this does not happen again
Jakkie Cilliers’s book about igniting a growth revolution in Africa has some timely lessons as we seek ways to mitigate the economic effects of Covid-19
The country’s elites, including the president, travelled abroad for treatment but now they must use the country’s neglected health system
Framing coronavirus as a security threat is not the only possible approach
But to do so, it will have to provide genuine universal access to marginalised communities, including refugees and migrants
We should look to the Philippines, where barangays, or neighbourhood governments, help to empower communities
Western media has racialised the coronavirus outbreak, leading to increased Sinophobia in several countries. Such dehumanisation of a race has no place in functioning democracies
State health facilities and the school curriculum have failed the youth, forcing young mothers into unsupported single parenthood