People who are self-isolating — the middle and upper class, especially — must take care not to endanger other lives in the process. We must all be human to the humans around us
We need to resist the patriarchy, racism, sexism and capitalist greed that is still prevalent on the globe
According to UN figures, some 3 400 migrants and refugees remain detained in Tripoli, which has seen a surge in fighting since early April
Community health workers need to be supported so that policies can be tangibly effective
South African scientists need to develop health technologies that respond to our society’s most pressing needs
One in four people carry this potentially deadly bug? Now a new shorter treatment can prevent it from making you sick.
It is not just the person who drinks alcohol in excess who is harmed; the family suffers too
South Africa boasts the world’s largest HIV treatment programme but are provinces ready to take the lead?
#TrackingTheNSP: Ahead of World Aids Day, hear just how far provinces have come putting the national plan into practice.
That tot or two might be putting you at risk for…an infectious disease? Find out what you need to know.
When the US went to bat for Big Pharma in the fight against this killer disease, South Africa wasn’t having any of it. Here’s what happened next.
Scroll down to read the latest trial results as part of our live blog from the UN’s recent high level meeting on TB
Ramaphosa and Motsoaledi are expected to draw high praise at a UN meeting this week. Find out why.
Heads of state discussed one of the world’s biggest killers in New York this week — and it was Aaron Motsoaledi who got them together.
Our Laura Lopez Gonzalez takes you inside SA’s national HIV and TB plan in just two minutes.
It’s been a steep learning curve for districts that sometimes don’t have the know-how — or the data — to write and track local plans.
SA has a chance to lead the world in realising Madiba’s dream this September as the United Nations convenes its first high level meeting on TB.
When TB strikes, the fight to live can come at the cost of a way of life for the country’s nomads. This could help ease the pain.
It’s World TB Day. Here’s why human rights and TB responses go hand in hand.
How community health workers and data can help South Africa get more TB patients on treatment.
The loss of one of SA’s most longstanding HIV activists comes when politics and dwindling resources are pitting stalwarts against each other.
A new pilot programme launched Friday will allow at least 200 people to access the latest treatment worth hundreds of thousands of rand.
New drug combinations tested in the country may be a lifeline to those with TB most unlikely to survive it.
Every year, almost 500 000 people in South Africa develop TB and only half will ever be cured – see why.
Today, SA is seeing fewer new TB cases and deaths than ever before.
Home is where the heart is, they say – it could also be the future of HIV testing.
Patients were no longer infectious after just two months of treatment — faster than almost all drugs ever recorded.
The global body heeds calls by SA health minister Aaron Motsoaledi for high-level meeting on age-old killer.
A high court has ruled that compensation to women who have to take care of sick miners could ease the gendered harms imposed by the industry.
Gold mining giants are beginning to negotiate with mineworkers and their families.
Former detainees tell of being denied chronic medication and contracting diseases like TB while incarcerated in the overcrowded Cape Town facility.
The regimen for children is bitter adult drugs, which are taken over an extended period – and it’s worse in cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis.