Healthcare Inequality
latest news & developmentsHere’s what’s on South Africa’s 2026 public health agenda
We talked to experts in obesity, tobacco, artificial intelligence, HIV, TB and the NHI to find out what we can expect — and what we can’t — this year
Anatomy of a hospital: Groote Schuur in a time of budget and staffing cuts
From porters to engineers, hospital staff navigate chronic underfunding and staffing shortages while maintaining world-class care at one of South Africa’s most storied medical…
The new snake oil: Antivenoms that are as useless as water
In sub-Saharan Africa, patients face a ‘wild west’ where treatments for snake bites cost the Earth or don’t work