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Has Africa taken its foot off the pedal in the race to secure enough Covid-19 vaccines for all?
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Covid-19 booster shot possibly on cards for South Africans

The country’s health products regulator has received an application from vaccine manufacturer Pfizer for third-dose approval

  • Marcia Zali
2 min read
We danced that night: Funiwe with photographs of her with her late twin sister Funeka at their matric ball in 2008.
KHAYELITSHA

Countering TB resistance was futile – but no longer

New drugs are working on XDR-TB – but must be strictly controlled to prevent further resistance.

  • Bhekisisa Team
12 min read
Doctors will need to pay attention not only to a patient’s physical health but also the person’s emotional, social and psychospiritual aspects.
AARON MOTSOALEDI

Foreign doctors hold out a lifeline

Without their presence South Africa’s national health insurance cannot be implemented successfully to provide quality healthcare.

  • Comment
5 min read
BROOKLYN CHEST

Dilemma as SA faces drug resistant TB epidemic

A guard in a surgical mask patrols a wire fence designed to keep dozens of patients with a lethal form of tuberculosis at Cape Town’s Brooklyn Chest hospital isolated from the…

  • Mariette Le Roux
5 min read