According to UN figures, some 3 400 migrants and refugees remain detained in Tripoli, which has seen a surge in fighting since early April
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.
A play about coming to terms with living with serious illness is an indictment of society
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.
Angelina might just have saved a life. But is there science to prove it?
The new strategy is the first in a decade that does not advocate for the decriminalisation of sex work.
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.
Today, SA is seeing fewer new TB cases and deaths than ever before.
Every year, almost 500 000 people in South Africa develop TB and only half will ever be cured – see why.
A deal brokered with the health department guarantees free access but for how long?
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.
South Africa needs to increase its investment in science — if not, the country can’t beat HIV
Activists fear regulatory delays will come too late for many people who need delamanid and will also stall its release in neighbouring countries.
Tastier kid-friendly tablets will help take the guess work out of treating Kenya’s tiniest TB patients.