Mauritius has an array of sponge species, offering the opportunity to discover bioactive agents
WHO red list fails to prevent rich countries from poaching healthcare workers from countries where those workers are in short supply
Artificial intelligence can predict disease before it emerges, and the rich and poor should have access to such medical advances
Drug trials to test a new HIV prevention method was trialled in South Africa but now the country won’t be able to afford to buy it for the people who need it most. Here’s how to change this.
Jane Kubai ran away from home to avoid FGM. She then worked day and night to obtain a qualification. Now, her father advises other families against child marriage
Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya among 27 countries yet to sign the treaty for the establishment of the African Medicines Agency.
Dr Zolelwa Sifumba went from being a frontline healthcare worker to stepping back from clinical work. She speaks to Elna Schütz about her shift into more open spaces
Only 18 countries are using dexamethasone, while tocilizumab and sarilumab can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars a dose
You can start palliative care at any stage of a serious illness, even as soon as you receive a diagnosis or start treatment, says Dr Linda Holding
Twenty pharmacies in KZN have been looted and damaged, while one was burned down and several others closed their doors as a precaution
Selling medication without a license to prescribe or dispense it is illegal, and can lead to a hefty fine or imprisonment
Professor Salim Abdool Karim talks to Nicolene de Wee about his responsibility as head of the ministerial advisory committee tasked with guiding the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Medical science has developed hugely powerful technologies that can be used for social purposes. But to achieve this, it needs to be clearly on the side of the people
We dedicate a lot more time and money to military defence than we do on health responses to deadly pathogens
An outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan has already infected over 4000 people – mostly in China, but also in several other countries, from Thailand to France to the United States – and killed more than 100. Given China’s history of disease outbreaks – including of severe acute respiratory syndrome […]
The university is launching four transdisciplinary initiatives to harness knowledge in the 4IR era
The aim is to improve access to quality, safe and efficacious medical products
Most biobanks, whether small or large, have high quality assurance and control measures in place
Provincial medicine shortages may be just the beginning.
Provincial medicine shortages may be just the beginning
Striking workers say a go-slow at the province’s central depot will continue until their demands are met.
Yet these skilled professionals are discriminated against by their colleagues
The government, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund, has opened the first humanitarian drone corridor in Africa.
Health experts warn of a potentially fatal fungal infection that is said to be spreading in hospitals.
The overuse and abuse of antibiotics strengthens lethal, drug-resistant bacteria.
American researchers think it will help to get rid of senescent cells, that were previously thought of as inert instead of trouble-causers.
Several initiatives are under way to stop the abuse of antibiotics.
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Some have lauded the draft policy, saying it could make medication cheaper, but others say it is "unimpressive" and "almost contradictory".
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A draft intellectual property policy has been lauded by rights groups who say its repercussions on drug patents could make medicines more affordable.
A new set of initiatives in South Africa plans to situate the field of arts-in-medicine and the "medical humanities" within an academic context.
Wits takes first steps in framing a much-needed conversation between the sciences and the arts.
VIDEO: Sizwe Nzima is an entrepreneur assisting his Khayelitsha community by delivering medicine by bicycle. He is an M&G 200 Young South African.