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How do we reduce new HIV infections by 60% in a mere three and...
Today, SA boasts the world's largest HIV treatment programme, but 3.2-million people who need ARVs still aren't on them. Here’s how to fix that.
The joke’s on us, South Africa. The cruel logic of Omicron travel bans –...
Wealthy nations were quick to ban southern African nations from entering their borders when the Omicron variant was identified – but not against each other. Unfortunately, this type of discrimination is nothing new.
Inequality kills: How race, money and power affect who survives COVID
The data from 440 000 COVID patients reveal that non-white people in South Africa were far more likely to die than their white counterparts. These researchers argue it’s not about genetics or biology.
‘Add human rights defender to your resume’: How Tlaleng Mofokeng uses medicine to treat...
When doctors treat women as people, rather than a collection of organs and ailments, the practice of medicine can be a powerful tool to restore people’s dignity.
Can you be convicted of attempted murder if you expose someone to the new...
The virus at the centre of South Africa’s coronavirus outbreak may be new, but the idea that criminalising a disease can stop its spread isn’t — and we’d do well to heed the history books.
The health department responds to Bhekisisa’s HIV testing article: ‘Services are adequate’
Earlier this month we published some of the damning results from a leaked report on the state of HIV testing in South Africa. Here’s the health department's deputy director general for communicable and non-communicable diseases’ response.
‘Academic boys’ to ‘sex jaros’: What it means to be a Black boy in...
Toxic masculinities help drive everything from HIV infection rates to gender-based violence. But before we ask, what does it mean to be a ‘man’ in South Africa, should we wonder what it’s like to be a boy?
What the field of psychology owes Black patients
Psychological research has mostly focused on white people. New research shows, however, that mental health support works better when it’s adapted to suit people’s cultural context.
The oldest trick in Big Tobacco’s playbook nearly derailed SA’s TB conference. Here’s why
The Foundation for Professional Development, one of South Africa’s oldest nonprofits and the main sponsor of the TB conference in Durban, accepted a R2-million research grant from an organisation that’s widely regarded as a front group for Philip Morris International.
Rape, time & place: How to understand SA’s geography of violence
Simply identifying hotspots doesn’t explain why some places report more gender-based violence than others. This limits our understanding of the problem, and our ability to find a solution.
Missing medicines and missing money: Why a bigger crisis looms in North West
Provincial medicine shortages may be just the beginning.
When climate change & health collide: Will SA’s policy have the teeth — or...
Previously, the health department dedicated about R180 000 per year to respond to what is arguably the greatest threat humankind has ever faced.
Unconscionable: Health workers’ right to refuse abortions vs women’s right to choose
When religion trumps science in medicine, women's bodies and Constitutional rights may be caught in the crossfire.
Codeine abuse is a habit, but how should South Africa deal with it?
All codeine products might soon require a prescription, taking them out of the reach of people needing only a mild pain killer.
‘We can’t accept the new HIV, TB plan’ – Treatment Action Campaign
The country's strongest HIV lobby group won't back South Africa's HIV and TB plan just yet. Here are their demands.
More than just a footnote: ‘African authors are under-represented as first authors — positions...
The foreign gaze: Academics from the Global North are more likely to be cited as first authors on papers — and sit on the editorial boards that accept them.