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Lockdown is wrong for Africa

Article Alex Broadbent - 8 Apr 2020

In Africa, more people will die as a result of what we are doing to prevent Covid-19 than will be saved by doing it

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Covid-19 leaves SA at the mercy of overseas drug exporters

Article Heather Dugmore - 25 Mar 2020

Scientists are seeking to manufacture key medications in South Africa, saving on costs and shoring up decreased supplies

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Pandemics: A social justice issue

Article Ayesha Jacub - 25 Mar 2020

Framing coronavirus as a security threat is not the only possible approach

Changing our world requires insubordination

Article bogdan TagDiv - 1 Aug 2019

We need to resist the patriarchy, racism, sexism and capitalist greed that is still prevalent on the globe

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UN attacks ‘ghastly’ conditions in Libya migrant detention centres

Africa Agency - 10 Jun 2019

According to UN figures, some 3 400 migrants and refugees remain detained in Tripoli, which has seen a surge in fighting since early April

Hachimoji DNA: Stirring debate

Article Donrich Thaldar, Bonginkosi Shozi & Michaela Steytler - 29 Mar 2019

South African scientists need to develop health technologies that respond to our society’s most pressing needs

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This kills more South Africans than any other disease. There’s a new way to stop it

Article Bhekisisa Team - 28 Mar 2019

One in four people carry this potentially deadly bug? Now a new shorter treatment can prevent it from making you sick.

A poison by any other name

Article Ellapen Rapiti - 22 Mar 2019

It is not just the person who drinks alcohol in excess who is harmed; the family suffers too

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WATCH: How far is South Africa in the fight against HIV and TB? Find out.

Article Bhekisisa Team Author - 13 Nov 2018

South Africa boasts the world’s largest HIV treatment programme but are provinces ready to take the lead?

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Bhekisisa presents: From paper to provinces — tracking SA’s HIV/TB plan

Article Bhekisisa Team Author - 24 Oct 2018

#TrackingTheNSP: Ahead of World Aids Day, hear just how far provinces have come putting the national plan into practice.

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Why this legal drug may put you at risk for a killer infectious disease

Article Laura Lopez Gonzalez - 8 Oct 2018

That tot or two might be putting you at risk for...an infectious disease? Find out what you need to know.

Showdown: SA takes on the US for cheaper drugs

Article Laura Lopez Gonzalez - 28 Sep 2018

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.

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SA experimental TB vaccine is the first in almost a century to slash new TB cases

Article Laura Lopez Gonzalez - 25 Sep 2018

Scroll down to read the latest trial results as part of our live blog from the UN's recent high level meeting on TB

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What to expect from the world’s first high-level UN meeting on TB

Article Laura Lopez Gonzalez - 25 Sep 2018

Ramaphosa and Motsoaledi are expected to draw high praise at a UN meeting this week. Find out why.

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How South Africa convinced the world to take TB seriously

Article bogdan TagDiv - 25 Sep 2018

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.

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