Medicine

Spend less on arms and more on science

Analysis Julie Sunderland - 14 Feb 2020

We dedicate a lot more time and money to military defence than we do on health responses to deadly pathogens

The coronavirus is a disease of Chinese autocracy

Analysis Minxin Pei - 3 Feb 2020

An outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan has already infected over 4000 people – mostly in China,...

The past, the present and the future at UP

Article Tawana Kupe - 20 Sep 2019

The university is launching four transdisciplinary initiatives to harness knowledge in the 4IR era

Prioritising an overarching approach to medicines regulatory systems strengthening

Article Advertising Supplement - 17 Oct 2018

The aim is to improve access to quality, safe and efficacious medical products

How biobanks can help improve the integrity of scientific research

Article Carmen Swanepoel - 12 Aug 2018

Most biobanks, whether small or large, have high quality assurance and control measures in place

Missing medicines and missing money: Why a bigger crisis looms in North West

Article Russell Rensburg & Bhekisisa Team - 19 Apr 2018

Provincial medicine shortages may be just the beginning.

State capture strikes again? Why 95% of medicines are missing at North West clinics

Article Nelisiwe Msomi & Bhekisisa Team - 13 Apr 2018

Striking workers say a go-slow at the province's central depot will continue until their demands are met.

We need our foreign doctors

Article Palesa Lebitse - 6 Apr 2018

Yet these skilled professionals are discriminated against by their colleagues

Malawi’s drone battlefield is on the humanitarian front

Africa Raeesa Pather - 29 Jun 2017

The government, in partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund, has opened the first humanitarian drone corridor in Africa.

South Africa is placed on alert for ‘superbug’ as drug-resistant yeast infections rise globally

Article bogdan TagDiv - 29 Sep 2016

Health experts warn of a potentially fatal fungal infection that is said to be spreading in hospitals.

Reckless farm meds feed superbugs

Article Lynley Donnelly - 8 Jul 2016

The overuse and abuse of antibiotics strengthens lethal, drug-resistant bacteria.

Forever young no longer just a dream

Article bogdan TagDiv - 20 Mar 2015

American researchers think it will help to get rid of senescent cells, that were previously thought of as inert instead of trouble-causers.

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