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Close calls: Sello Mokhalipi says two attempts were made to force his car off the road.

Road worrier: TAC activist ‘targeted’

The pressure group has accused the Free State’s health MEC of being behind the intimidation.
Unequal: Only 16% of the population have medical schemes and private healthcare. The rest must make do with public hospitals when they fall ill.

Restore medical aids to good health

Private healthcare is meant to support public health, but it must be kept in check.
Saving lives: Circumcision clinics help men to take responsibility for their sexual health

Safer, due to unforeskinned circumstances

Voluntary male circumcision has made huge strides in reducing the rate of HIV infections.
Children who are exclusively breast-fed are less likely to become antisocial teens.

New breast-feeding policy for HIV moms pays off

Exclusive breast-feeding, introduced in line with WHO guidelines, has proven safe for babies if the mother is on antiretroviral treatment.
Budget on wellness: Bill Gates says Africa should invest in high-quality primary healthcare systems.

How can Africa settle its health bill?

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates speaks to the Mail & Guardian about Africa's health challenges.
The favelas are served by teams of community workers

SA can learn from Brazil’s health model

The favelas are served by teams of community workers, who are the doctors' eyes and ears.
Stereotyping prevents men who sleep with other men from accessing proper treatment and prevention of HIV infection.

Double stigma leaves gay men with little hope

Stereotyping prevents men who sleep with other men from accessing proper treatment and prevention of HIV infection.
French scientists have singled out a mechanism that spontaneously 'cured' two people of HIV

HIV treatment needs a shift in thinking – researchers

Experts say more focus on early treatment rather than waiting for CD4 counts will dramatically reduce viral replication and new infections.
Critical care: A local clinic is being built in Mvezo

Too much stick, not enough carrot

The state’s proposed certificate of need will not address inequities in rural healthcare.
The NPA offered to drop charges against community health workers if they admitted guilt

Layoffs prove to be a bitter pill to swallow

Ill residents may suffer most after the axing of Free State community health workers.
Motsoaledi: What the NHI will mean for you - and your tax credits

Motsoaledi reveals ‘progressive’ HIV treatment plans

New treatment schedules for pregnant women and other patients are set to bring South Africa in line with the World Health Organisation’s guidelines.
If African countries wanted to rise from low-income to middle-income status

Africa’s growth path: Reduce diseases, Bill Gates cautions

The philanthropist says the rise of the continent will depend on whether its leaders are open to learning from each other, and from their own people.
The SA government needs to make a back-up plan for spending on HIV/Aids

HIV infections in children under five down by over three quarters

A study has found that child-focused interventions have significantly reduced HIV-infection rates in children under the age of five.
The activists are demanding

Free State’s Malakoane calls activists’ slogans insulting

The province's health MEC has condemned the slogans marchers on the department have been chanting, calling them insulting and inappropriate.
A group of Free State community health workers alongside HIV lobby group TAC were charged for protesting the poor state of health services in the province.

Free State healthcare workers march for Malakoane’s head

In a TAC march, workers in the province's crisis-hit health sector say they will hold a night vigil every Wednesday until demands are met.
South African patients qualify for HIV treatment if their CD4 count – a measure of a person’s immunity – is 350 or lower.

Study: ARVs have “no effect” on mortality for patients with higher CD4 counts in...

Research suggests that taking HIV medication while CD4 counts are higher than 350 does not reduce mortality in those who are co-infected.