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public health policy

SA gets R520 million to buy the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab – but there’s a snag
Health
/ 16 July 2025

SA gets R520 million to buy the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab – but there’s a snag

The country isn’t getting extra money from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria; it has to use cash from a grant it has already been awarded and was cut by 16% in June

By Mia Malan
If a cigarette box isn’t disgusting, it’s not doing its job
Health
/ 14 July 2025

If a cigarette box isn’t disgusting, it’s not doing its job

A throat ulcer. Bloody urine. A sick baby. That’s what smokers in other countries see. In South Africa? For now, it’s a tiny black box

By Zano Kunene
It’s the ‘Donald disease’ that’s making us sick
Health
/ 5 June 2025

It’s the ‘Donald disease’ that’s making us sick

With the 12 specialised key population clinics in South Africa funded by the US government, and now shuttered, getting treatment at government clinics has been difficult, if not impossible

By Tanya Pampalone and Mia Malan
Fighting stunting in children is key to South Africa’s future prosperity
Thought Leader
/ 4 July 2024

Fighting stunting in children is key to South Africa’s future prosperity

The new government must make zero stunting a funded national priority

By Edzani Mphaphuli
Cannabis legalisation in Africa: Economic opportunities versus public health risks
Opinion
/ 26 June 2024

Cannabis legalisation in Africa: Economic opportunities versus public health risks

Interest in the economic benefits of a cannabis industry far outweigh that of research into issues such as cannabis use disorder

By Musa Aminu and Duyilemi Chris Ajonijebu

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