HIV-infected South Africans on ARVs could double
New World Health Organisation guidelines recommend anyone infected with HIV is put on ARVs, regardless of their CD4 count.
3 ways COVID sped up SA’s medicine approvals process — and how it can...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) was forced to speed up its review of new medicines such as vaccines, while still ensuring that they were safe and effective.
On the road: Lifeline for sex workers and truck drivers emerges along trade route
A chain of clinics is helping to save lives on Malawi's border with Mozambique.
It’s your last shot at getting a Pfizer vaccine. Here’s how South Africa’s roll-out...
Just under a third of South Africa’s remaining COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer are set to expire by July. After that, any unused doses will have to be destroyed. Until then the health department is trying to increase uptake of the doses and donate spare shots.
An inconvenient truth: The real reason why Africa is not getting vaccinated
Pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer have said low vaccine uptake in Africa is due to increasing hesitancy on the continent. But the truth is inequitable distribution of COVID vaccines have left Africa as a vaccine desert.
More than just a footnote: ‘African authors are under-represented as first authors — positions...
A survey of 198 global health organisations showed that nearly 90% were headquartered in North America or Western Europe, with boards dominated by men.
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ICYMI: President Cyril Ramaphosa extends coronavirus lockdown until end of April
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This is putting SA’s women in the grave, so what’s the health department doing...
Pregnancy in South Africa is getting safer, but still not safe enough. Here’s what the health department says they’re doing about it.
The world could see a COVID-19 vaccine by next year — here’s who will...
Even if a jab is shown to work, there won’t be enough doses for everyone. Countries such as South Africa would need to make tough decisions about who it would give the vaccine to — and more importantly how to create a system to get it to them.
What developing countries can teach the Global North about how to respond to a...
When it comes to leadership and innovation, there's much that industrialised nations can learn.
Nine months into the pandemic, Europe remains one of...
The rise of anti-vaxxer bots: Fake news is going viral — & it’s bad...
How do you outrun a lie when science shows misinformation spreads faster than fact?
New medical school slated for Eastern Cape
Another school could be on the cards for the North West province as well.
#FreeToBleed: Here’s why Mboweni’s announcement of free & tax-free pads matters
Choosing between eating & bleeding through your uniform has a cost. Take a look at the reality behind the budget in this one from our archives.
How not to run a vaccine clinical trial – The Sputnik case study
Russia’s COVID vaccine, Sputnik V, is plagued by a series of red flags and question marks surrounding its clinical trials and results. Here’s how the jab took a shortcut and created sceptics about its underlying science.
Fishing and family planning – how the two are linked
Sometimes, delivering mixed messages is a good thing, as an integrated project in the Lake Tanganyika region has proved.
How the death of two Ugandan mothers is helping entrench the right to health...
The case has already contributed to improved jurisprudence on socioeconomic rights in Uganda