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Hasina Subedar, who is overseeing the health department’s introduction of pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP medication, lenacapavir, has a more informal title: South Africa’s queen of PrEP roll-outs. Photo: Jay Caboz

Somebody call Hasina

Amid the mostly depressing HIV headlines of recent times, concerned as they mainly are with the deadly impacts of donor defunding, South Africa’s imminent roll-out of a…

South Africa may have attained political emancipation but economically the chains largely remain.  (File photo)

Covid-19 draws the bulk of health sector’s focus, at the expense of children

Children have accounted for a relatively low number of coronavirus cases, but other facets of their healthcare and wellbeing have suffered

Prevention and treatment: Selena Bishop attends a consultation at Sorgin Health Centre in Nsanje, Malawi. Bishop is HIV positive is collecting her ARV refill. New research has found a bimonthly injection to be highly effective in preventing new HIV infections. Photo: Luca Sola

Six injections a year could stop new HIV infections

New research from seven countries in Africa signals the future of HIV prevention — but what can it learn from its past?

How community health workers and data can help South Africa get more TB patients on treatment.

Data-driven TB: Using the numbers to find SA’s missing patients

How community health workers and data can help South Africa get more TB patients on treatment.

Motsoaledi launches free HPV vaccine for schoolgirls

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has launched an HPV vaccine programme for grade four girls in all government schools.

Help’s at hand for connected moms

Simple phone services are stepping in to help women who can’t seek clinical advice in person.

Breastfeeding benefits mom and baby

Comment: Superfood for Babies

It’s World Breastfeeding Week and government and Save the Children have joined forces to promote breastfeeding to save children’s lives.

Five Lives at Noon by Brent Meersman.

Contraceptive policy overhauled

A new look at family planning, especially among teens in South Africa, is on the cards.

Life saving cancer vaccine will be difficult to implement

While HPV vaccines will save lives, target schoolgirls will be hard to reach.

Improving health through infrastructure

Improving health through infrastructure

For Thabo Rakoloti, the work the DBSA is doing with the Department of Health could be used as a model for other government departments.