At the UN General Assembly high-level meeting in New York next week, South Africa is expected to join other countries in signing a watered down declaration meant to curb diseases such diabetes, cancer and heart disease around the world
As government clinics take on HIV patients who were previously treated by Pepfar-funded projects, the treatment of conditions like diabetes and heart disease will come under pressure
Today, people over 50 make up the second largest group of South Africa’s HIV-positive population — 20 years ago, they were the smallest proportion
The city’s car-free day is going into its ninth year, far outlasting most initiatives like it around the world, including in South Africa
While progress has been made in some sectors, there are critical gaps in the healthcare infrastructure
Climate action will help avert ‘the biggest threat to humanity’, say global health organisations
Comorbidities, particularly noncommunicable diseases have been put into the spotlight during the Covid-19 pandemic. How we approach preventing NCDs in the future will depend on how the effects of the coronavirus are framed