As the Earth becomes hotter, we’re seeing more floods and droughts. Flooding can make superbugs spread faster and further. And heat helps germs adapt faster
The same structural failures that sustain the HIV epidemic also sustain tuberculosis
Eight years of violence and displacement but the lives of the people here do not make headlines
From discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients
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…
If all of its National Institutes of Health funding falls away, the country could lose 70% of its medical research capacity
Cancellation letters, which end millions of rands of South African universities’ US-government funded HIV and TB research grants with immediate effect, started to roll in over…
The suspension and withdrawal of US support for people’s rights in Africa is a setback
In December, the Global Fund and the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief committed to funding the roll-out of lenacapavir in countries they support
Sources that are unrestricted, aligned with South African law and human rights, and without political interference, must be found as an alternative to the US
About 60 000 South Africans die in a year from diseases that are not caused by tuberculosis or HIV before they turn 70, and about a fifth of these are from diabetes
The US president’s cutting of financial support has cut life-saving treatment for many in SA
A federal judge has enforced a temporary restraining order blocking Donald Trump from freezing federal grants
Such programmes still qualify for a limited waiver, which will expire towards the end of April, but only for approved activities
In his 2025 State of the Nation address the president promised improved healthcare access and infrastructure
Prof Patience Mthunzi-Kufa’s work illuminates the future of healthcare
Antagonism and tension are inherent in our being but we can change the conversation
Despite being a preventable and curable disease, about 150 people died from TB every day in South Africa in 2022
Africans need to be fully involved in drug discovery and development research for tuberculosis on the continent
The need for a new tuberculosis vaccine is as urgent as ever, and now a local pharmaceutical company is joining the race to find one
