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Why linking pads to sex may speak volumes about how we stigmatise menstruation
Anna Dahlqvist reflects on a short history of a messy 'problem', or how the world taught you to fear your period.
Four lessons from 40 years of HIV: Why COVID doesn’t end with equitable vaccine...
Inequity in COVID vaccine access echoes mistakes from the HIV response. In the forty years since Aids was first identified, there have also been several lessons on how to contain a pandemic. Starting with equity and supporting health systems.
Will South Africa reach its 90-90-90 HIV targets?
The country has made progress with its plans to prevent, treat and monitor HIV but still has a long way to go.
Disorganised documents: How bad record keeping will set back the NHI
The majority of South Africa’s public hospitals have a problem with tracking the costs of patient care, this study found. This poses a problem for the country’s plans for a National Health Insurance as hospitals could operate at a loss and face reimbursement challenges.
What did this former Sars official know about Big Tobacco’s dodgy dealings?
When state capture crippled Sars, Big tobacco made its move. A new book unearths never-before-details about the industry & its Take Back the Tax Campaign.
Old habits die hard: J&J’s failure to deliver COVID jabs to SA is nothing...
South Africa is still awaiting millions of COVID vaccines from Johnson & Johnson even though the country contributed to its COVID research through the Ensemble and Sisonke studies.
COVID-19 has increased hunger in SA. So what works best to improve access to...
South Africa’s expansion of social grants during lockdown was a good move — new evidence shows such cash transfers are effective in reducing food insecurity. But the country may need more of these and may also have to increase their amounts.
Vaccine misinformation: What to do when it’s coming from leaders
Refuting lies about vaccines peddled by those in leadership positions may be less about trying to change their minds and more about protecting those who might be listening.
Life Esidimeni patient deaths are a wake up call that came too late
The callous disregard shown at many levels for the wellbeing of vulnerable people proved fatal.
Border walls don’t stop viruses. But this might
Both the United States and South Africa have punted increased border security as a way to curb the coronavirus outbreak. Here's why South Africa should be thinking less about walls and more about amnesty as cases mount.
It’s time to get tough on crime … in our maternity wards?
Women – many of them mothers – constitute more than half of the population. What should moms think of before casting their vote?
Can HIV lessons tell us why SA men are so slow to get a...
Only 40% of South Africans vaccinated against COVID are men. Their perceptions of masculinity, health spaces and their risk to contract the coronavirus, may explain why.
People still have sex during outbreaks — forgetting it can be deadly
Planning for the pandemic has to include sexual and reproductive health services. If not, we risk saving women from the new coronavirus but leaving them to die during childbirth, unsafe abortions or at the hands of their partners.
A sarmie, a sweet and a cigarette? How to make sure Africa doesn’t become...
Smoking in the west is declining. So the tobacco industry is looking to untapped markets in lower-income countries to hook new smokers.
If you were a girl: Men, this is what you need to understand about...
The body swap is an old Hollywood trope: Boy meets girl, boy swaps bodies with girl, boy has an epiphany about love, life and patriarchy. Too bad that in 2019, this kind of empathy is still just the stuff of movies.
What sex workers and clients really want you to know about the business of...
Making sex work safer can lead to less HIV infections and gender-based violence, studies have shown.