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At 16, he mediated a highjacking. Now he’s negotiating for the survival of HIV programmes
Ndiviwe Mphothulo, a medical doctor and president of the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, is trying to make sure the Trump administration’s funding cuts don’t collapse…
From the hospital to the lab: How we reported the snakebite scandal
You might think of snakebite as a niche issue rather than a devastating one. But it is thought to kill somewhere between 80,000 and 140,000 people a year.
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
Rural areas need community health workers — and so does the NHI
‘Nnomakhayas’ understand a community’s values, practices and problems, as well as modern medicine, making them effective carers
Giving the gift of sight in rural Mpumalanga
Doctors take a ‘leave of purpose’ from their normal jobs to experience a stint at the Tshemba Foundation that will change their patients’ lives, as well as theirs