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The community of Kabwe, Zambia, still awaits justice
Decades after the closure of the Broken Hill Mine, the people of Kabwe, Zambia, are still seeking justice and remediation from Anglo American as toxic lead contamination…
Would homegrown LEN cost more? Why SA should still make the HIV prevention jab
South Africa aims to manufacture the revolutionary six-monthly HIV prevention injection lenacapavir locally. Experts weigh the need for rapid, affordable access against building…
Mental healthcare needs our support
Medical doctor and advocate Dr Samke Ngcobo shares how combining clinical expertise with lived experience is essential to reforming mental healthcare systems and ending stigma.
Raslouw Private Hospital Achieves Landmark Medical Milestone with First Successful Living Donor Liver Transplants
Raslouw Private Hospital has marked a major medical milestone by successfully performing its first two living donor liver transplantations in Centurion.
EU pesticide rule changes raise concerns for South Africa
Scientists warn that proposed rollbacks in EU pesticide regulations could have far-reaching effects, weakening international safety standards and impacting South Africa as it…
For 20 years, Kwanele Asante told health systems to listen to patients. Then the UN gave her the mic
South African lawyer and bioethicist Kwanele Asante transformed her personal health challenges with breast cancer and chronic illness into decades of fierce advocacy for people…
Long Before the Classroom, Learning Has Already Begun
Breastfeeding is far more than just a nutrition practice; it serves as one of a baby's earliest developmental building blocks, laying vital foundations for learning, trust, and…
Africa faces tens of thousands of additional heat deaths as El Niño intensifies
A report from the Climate Impact Lab warns that an intensifying El Niño could cause tens of thousands of additional heat-related deaths across Africa's Sahel, with Nigeria and…
Outdated staffing model may understate Gauteng nurse shortage
Gauteng's official shortfall of 15,820 nurses may severely understate the true gap because public hospital staffing structures haven't been updated since 2006, the provincial…
Cost blocks public access to RSV protection for babies
High costs are preventing newly approved maternal vaccines and antibody treatments for RSV from entering South Africa's public healthcare system, leaving vulnerable infants…
From Backyard Remedies to Hospital Wards: Why Science and African Medicine Must Work Together
As South Africa observes Heritage Month, bridging the gap between traditional healing and scientific research is essential to ensure indigenous medicinal plants are safe,…
To stop violent men, look at the boys they were
To end South Africa's crisis of violence against women, research shows we must look at the boy before the violent man and intervene where childhood trauma, poverty, and…
Sweden, SA bring youth voices into climate, health policy talks
The Embassy of Sweden and UKZN brought together youth, diplomats, and policymakers to address the critical intersection of climate change, gender equality, and reproductive…
Want the six-monthly HIV jab? Here’s your nine-step clinic cheat sheet
A step-by-step guide to what really happens at the clinic when you go for lenacapavir, the new six-monthly HIV prevention jab, from initial testing to injection day.
As Europe retreats on pesticides, South Africa has a choice
As the European Union reconsiders pesticide safeguards, South Africa has a crucial window to reform its nearly 80-year-old regulatory framework and protect public health and…