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The United Nations will bring together 192 countries for the fourth high-level meeting on tuberculosis in 2018.

#Unmask TB stigma with a selfie

Opinion Dalene von Delft -
Fearing social rejection, many patients don't seek treatment. To show your solidarity, don a surgical mask and post a selfie on World TB Day.
Educated girls have children later in life and are less likely to die during childbirth.

Education is the foundation for young girls’ future

Opinion Graça Machel and Erna Solberg -
Along with better access to health services and reducing child marriage, education can save many lives.
Lesotho is battling to find ways of paying the specially trained HIV and TB counsellors who help people with the virus to adhere to the antiretroviral treatment.

Funding crisis looms large

Opinion Indira Govender -
HIV counsellors play a vital role in Lesotho's health system, but the money is running out.
Nearly 80% of first-line ARVs used in the developing world are produced in India

Cheap drugs a bitter pill for the West

Opinion Mara Kardas-Nelson -
A global squabble over property rights could see the price of medicine soar in poor countries.
Over-treatment of malaria can lead to an unnecessary waste of antimalarial medication.

Why over-treating malaria in Africa is a problem, and how it can be stopped

Opinion Eleanor Ochodo -
Malaria medication is being accidentally wasted on other conditions.
Making pretty: Occupational therapists and psychologists have found that colouring-in – alone or in a group – is good for people of all ages and health stages.

Colouring-in lightens grey matter

Opinion Nicola Plastow -
Colouring-in is for adults too and brings balance, mindfulness and helps the unarty to be creative.
“We did not identify any source of funding. We have just identified several methods of financing the NHI

NHI: Let’s talk about this revolution

Opinion Chris Archer -
Minister, please sit down with the private health sector before the NHI has us paying more but getting less, writes Dr Chris Archer.
It takes an average 26 weeks to analyse the alcohol blood test results from the time they are dispatched by a police station.

Promoting good health makes cents

Opinion Savera Kalideen -
The establishment of a health promotion body in SA would save lives — and billions of rands.
South African patients qualify for HIV treatment if their CD4 count – a measure of a person’s immunity – is 350 or lower.

A chink in the armour of HIV

Opinion Sharon Lewin -
Media reports about HIV-infected people being cured of the virus should be read with caution but could these cases give us clues about an antidote?
Skin cancer places a burden on the South African healthcare system.

The cost of skin cancer: South Africa is spending more than it should

Opinion Caradee Yael Wright and Louisa Griffin -
Sunny weather in South Africa makes skin cancer a risk for many people.
Diseases in Dadaab refugee camp can spread quickly

Camp closure is next health crisis

Opinion Melat Haille -
Sending Dadaab's refugees back to Somalia will become the next health emergency.
South Africa is making progress in treating drug-resistant TB.

SA makes great strides in treating ‘strong’ TB

Opinion Jennifer Hughes -
The country has one of the highest tuberculosis burdens. But it is rapidly gaining access to new diagnostic tools and medicine for drug-resistant TB.
Minimal: Many elements in clinical care are routine and should be standardised.

Simple logic saves patients’ lives

Opinion Paul Levy -
Doctors and nurses don't need a miracle drug to prevent the massive number of premature deaths.
Bhekisisa bagged five awards at the Discovery Health Journalism Awards on Wednesday night. From left: Amy Green, Mia Malan and Ina Skosana

Bhekisisa: Help us choose a winner

Opinion Staff Reporter -
One of our reader letters will win a one-year digital subscription to the Mail & Guardian. Help us decide who deserves it.
Draft national health department guidelines will look to balance a doctor or nurse's right recuse themselves from performing abortions with a person's right to choose.

Preventative care will lower costs

Opinion Neil Nair and Bhekisisa Team -
Better-quality primary healthcare would result in lower medical aid premiums.
An open letter to ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe

We should be allies, not enemies, Gwede Mantashe

Opinion Mark Heywood -
An open letter to ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.
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