Public Health – The Mail & Guardian

/ 5 November 2024

Delays in producing water Drop reports spark outrage

Water and sanitation department is under fire from water experts for contract process that has held up the production of the water quality reports

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 10 October 2024

SA’s landmark youth-led climate case challenges new coal power plans

Applicants in the Cancel Coal case say the state’s plan threatens several constitutional rights, including the health and well-being of present and future generations

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By Sheree Bega

Health

/ 18 September 2024

One in seven mothers in South Africa are teens, data shows

Nearly 365 teenagers give birth in South Africa every day, with 10 of those daily births to mothers younger than 15

By Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Linda Pretorius and Laura Grant

Health

/ 10 September 2024

Big Tobacco tries to stop SA’s anti-smoking Bill from becoming law

The Bill says the same rules should apply to vaping and traditional cigarettes and that both should be sold in plain packaging and banned in all public spaces

By Christina Pitt

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

Health

/ 9 September 2022

Take action on suicide prevention instead of just talking about it

World Suicide Prevention Day raises awareness, but there is still much that can be done to stop unnecessary deaths

By Jason Bantjes

Health

/ 20 July 2022

Naeemah Abrahams and the secret to defeating evil – do something

In the hospitals of 1980s South Africa, Naeemah Abrahams saw how often women showed up battered and bruised, a phenomenon her colleagues didn’t make much of. Three decades later, she’s one of the researchers turning the tide on gender-based violence

By Khadija Patel

Opinion

/ 8 February 2022

Global leaders must implement their climate commitments

As the just transition gathers momentum and renewable energy becomes more affordable, countries around the world taking climate action. South Africa must follow suit

By Pètra de Beer and Sibusiso Mazomba

Coronavirus

/ 3 February 2022

Covid-19 in South Africa: Which approach should we take now?

The trick to tackling Covid-19 at this stage is to be adaptive. The government’s one-size-fits-all approach is broken; we need to be more flexible. But we should not throw away hard-won lessons

By Philip Machanick

Health

/ 18 December 2021

WHO director-general gives African public health conference thumbs up

Ghebreyesus says Covid-19 pandemic highlights the importance of nurturing strong science and research on the continent.

By Marcia Zali

Health

/ 17 December 2021

It’s doable: Africa wants 60% of locally manufactured vaccines by 2040

The next three to five years will require the continent to ensure there is sustainable business beyond Covid-19.

By Marcia Zali

Coronavirus

/ 20 November 2021

The uncertain consensus around vaccine mandates

Lawyers agree that the issue is inevitably heading for constitutional challenge, but not all accept the mainstream view that the limitation of rights is justifiable

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By Emsie Ferreira

Health

/ 4 November 2021

Health professionals call for new systems to reduce food insecurity

Health professionals have called on leaders at COP26 to prioritise changing food systems to reduce their effect on the climate, as well as to prevent deaths

By Marcia Zali

Politics

/ 17 October 2021

Mabuza’s Russian jaunts and the slippery consequences of medical tourism

For more than five years the deputy president has remained steadfast in his right to travel abroad to receive medical treatment

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By Luke Feltham

Opinion

/ 11 October 2021

World Mental Health Day: Poverty should not determine quality of care

The Life Esidimeni tragedy is a stark illustration of how people’s socioeconomic standing affects the mental health services they are able to access

By Samke Ngcobo

Health

/ 7 October 2021

WHO announces first global malaria vaccine for children at risk

After 30 years of research, the World Health Organisation is finally recommending the widespread use of a malaria vaccine

By Eunice Masson

Coronavirus

/ 27 September 2021

Covid-19 vaccine mandates: A constitutional balancing act

South Africa’s laws allow the government to implement mandatory Covid vaccinations but, if it chooses this path, it must do so responsibly

By Safura Abdool Karim

Health

/ 21 September 2021

The sugar tax is working. Experts say we should double it to WHO-recommended levels

The financial and public health cost of diabetes, as well as diabetes-related blindness and kidney failures, is being overlooked, health advocates say

By Adèle Sulcas

Politics

/ 11 August 2021

TAC spends the night outside Makhura’s office in protest

Hundreds of Treatment Action Campaign members braved the Joburg cold to camp outside David Makhura’s office on Tuesday night, demanding Charlotte Maxeke Hospital reopens

By Chris Gilili

Health

/ 6 August 2021

Treatment Action Campaign demands Makhura fix Gauteng’s health system ‘mess’ now

The TAC wants the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, closed after a fire in April, to reopen fully as soon as possible, because other hospitals are overburdened.

By Chris Gilili

National

/ 4 August 2021

Long arm of the riots still affecting health sector

The tumult in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng has forced people to go without chronic medication and check-ups, caused shortages at the blood bank and disruptions in the vaccine roll out

By Zandile Bangani

Coronavirus

/ 4 July 2021

Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng: Why it’s essential to decolonise public health

The fact that access to quality healthcare is determined by race, gender, geography and power is proven, as is healthcare’s shameful history of exploitation of those with less power for ‘research’. The future must do better

By Tlaleng Mofokeng

The Green Guardian

/ 2 July 2021

Using ‘rubbish’ instead of stone makes concrete greener

The University of the Free State’s green project aims to curb environmental impact of concrete by using industrial waste and by-products

By Chris Gilili

Coronavirus

/ 19 March 2021

Condom crisis hits safe sex during Covid-19

Pandemic disrupts the supply of external condoms — and inner ones are unknown and in short supply

By Pontsho Pilane

Africa

/ 21 February 2021

Sierra Leone: Drugs + HIV or Aids + Covid = deadly mix

People living with HIV in Sierra Leone who use drugs are facing grim challenges during the pandemic

By Abdul S Brima

Africa

/ 10 February 2021

African Union wants vaccine patent waiver

The continental body has thrown its weight behind calls to improve access to Covid-19 vaccines

By Solomon A Dersso

Coronavirus

/ 29 January 2021

The vaccines arrive on Monday: Who will protect them and who will get them first?

The first batch of vaccines is almost here, but a top government adviser says achieving herd immunity by the end of the year is ‘unrealistic’

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By Chris Bateman

Africa

/ 12 January 2021

Covid-19’s second wave hits Sudan harder and faster

The pandemic has helped to expose the dire state of Sudan’s healthcare system, which lacks both equipment and medical personnel

By Ayin Network

Health

/ 8 December 2020

The global HIV response needs to get back on track

After missing the global HIV/Aids targets, new benchmarks that put people at the centre, especially those most at risk, need to be set

By Webster Mavhu

Africa

/ 8 December 2020

It’s time to fight Covid fatigue in Africa

There are signs that the continent’s population is relaxing risk-reducing measures (masks, physical distancing, washing hands), which could push 40-million people into extreme poverty

By DaCosta Aboagye and Steve Hamill

The Green Guardian

/ 3 December 2020

No country, rich or poor, is immune from the health effects of climate change

A changing climate threatens to undermine the past 50 years of gains in public health

By Sheree Bega

Africa

/ 2 December 2020

Battery acid, cassava sticks and clothes hangers: We must end the global gag rule

COMMENT: The US’s global gag rule blocks funding to any foreign NGOS that perform abortions, except in very limited cases. The Biden-Harris administration must rescind it

By Nelly Munyasia and Womba Wanki

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