Tuberculosis
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Superbugs plus climate change equals double trouble. Here’s why
As the Earth becomes hotter, we’re seeing more floods and droughts. Flooding can make superbugs spread faster and further. And heat helps germs adapt faster
Decriminalization – a prerequisite to ending Aids and TB
The same structural failures that sustain the HIV epidemic also sustain tuberculosis
Cabo Delgado: The Mozambican people forgotten by time
Eight years of violence and displacement but the lives of the people here do not make headlines
Building toilets, fighting TB: Candice Andisiwe Sehoma’s life of activism
From discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients
Trump’s HIV funding cuts will also hit diabetes, cervical cancer and depression hard
As government clinics take on HIV patients who were previously treated by Pepfar-funded projects, the treatment of conditions like diabetes and heart disease will come under…
The US’s NIH funds R6.65 billion of research in South Africa
If all of its National Institutes of Health funding falls away, the country could lose 70% of its medical research capacity
Trump ends SA’s HIV and TB research grants
Cancellation letters, which end millions of rands of South African universities’ US-government funded HIV and TB research grants with immediate effect, started to roll in over…
In wake of US cuts, SA must step up to protect LGBTIQ+ rights in Africa
The suspension and withdrawal of US support for people’s rights in Africa is a setback
The Global Fund will roll out the twice-yearly anti-HIV jab — with or without Pepfar
In December, the Global Fund and the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief committed to funding the roll-out of lenacapavir in countries they support
Trump’s cuts show the need to democratise reproductive health funding
Sources that are unrestricted, aligned with South African law and human rights, and without political interference, must be found as an alternative to the US
Why SA needs to get a grip on diabetes – fast
About 60 000 South Africans die in a year from diseases that are not caused by tuberculosis or HIV before they turn 70, and about a fifth of these are from diabetes
Trump’s funding cuts hit HIV, GBV services hard
The US president’s cutting of financial support has cut life-saving treatment for many in SA
Some Pepfar projects can now restart in full, without a waiver
A federal judge has enforced a temporary restraining order blocking Donald Trump from freezing federal grants
UPDATE | Embassy confirms Pepfar projects will restart, despite Trump aid ban
Such programmes still qualify for a limited waiver, which will expire towards the end of April, but only for approved activities
Ramaphosa reaffirms NHI commitment but is silent on private medical aids
In his 2025 State of the Nation address the president promised improved healthcare access and infrastructure