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ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA

Conventional and complementary healthcare professionals need to work together

An inter-referral system between conventional and complementary medical practitioners is essential to giving patients optimal care in our diverse society

  • Tebogo Tsele-Tebakang
5 min read
AARON MOTSOALEDI
Video

The case of the minister and the HIV activists: Are we entering denialism 2.0?

Activists say the health minister is in denial over the impact of US funding cuts and accusing them and the media of overblowing the crisis and spreading disinformation

  • Mia Malan
15 min read
Vaccines are not just medicine. They are mirrors. They show us who we are, what we value and whose lives we’re willing to protect.
AFRICAN VACCINATION

Vaccines: The US is endangering children while Africa leads the way

Countries on the continent are not waiting to be saved, they are paving the way with community-led, astute, innovative and independent immunisation programmes

  • Tian Johnson
11 min read
The Health and Human Rights Oral History Project’s video testimonies that capture three decades of health activism from around the world, might provide a blueprint for the next wave of HIV activism. (Bhekisisa)
AIDS DENIALISM
Video

Fighting for funds: A new era of HIV activism

Instead of the Aids denialism of decades past, it’s US funding cuts that could lead to up to 300 000 more HIV infections in the next four years. Activists like Sisonke Msimang…

  • Ida Jooste
9 min read
The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/Aids says the crisis is not an isolated supply-chain issue but a ‘systemic failure’ that demands urgent government intervention
GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS

US funding cut for HIV and TB research spells global health disaster, experts have warned

The termination of research finance puts pressure on South Africa’s response to tuberculosis and could slow down the capacity to develop new tests, one expert said

  • Aarti Bhana
5 min read
The continent must come up with long-term solutions to wean countries off aid dependency. Photo: Guillem Sartorio/AFP
AFRICAN HEALTHCARE

How Africa can recover from the disease of aid dependency

In a changing world order, the continent must make urgent moves to wean itself off handouts

  • Father Stan Muyebe
3 min read