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Mia Malan: Eight lessons COVID taught me about journalism
During a crisis such as the COVID pandemic, people have simple demands of the media: how to protect themselves, which government rules they have to follow, and what the future holds. Mia Malan gives eight lessons COVID holds for newsrooms.
Rape increases your long-term risk of contracting HIV. Here’s what could fix that
Trauma care for rape survivors in South Africa has been crucially underfunded — and now there’s evidence of the HIV-related consequences.
We’re launching new medical schools but will we have jobs for their graduates?
The future of South Africa's doctors rests on provincial purses.
Exhausted doctors endanger health
Medical interns are leading the battle to reduce the dangerously overlong working hours that compromise the safety of patients.
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.
Will the National Health Insurance Bill go far enough to prevent corruption?
The National Health Insurance Bill was released on 8 August but a look at how well our mothers – and our finances – do in the public health sector does not bode well. Uncover the figures and the power structures that will shape the future of healthcare in South Africa.
Climate change turns dehydration into a deadly epidemic
A new kidney disease is striking down labourers in what could be one of the first epidemics caused by global warming.
Who should get the COVID-19 vaccine first in South Africa?
Now that the world has its first effective COVID jabs, the next challenge we have to tackle is who gets them? Here’s why the public could be key to answering this complex question in South Africa.
More food rations could devastate these refugees. Here’s why
Prevented by Bangladeshi authorities from working, refugees in the Cox’s Bazar camp are dependent on food aid, which is being cut again and again. “We cannot carry on like this,” writes Yasmin Ara.
When violence begets violence: Men, trauma & HIV in South Africa
Young men living in urban informal settlements have experienced a huge amount of violence and trauma in their own lives. This may not come as a surprise to some, but within the HIV research world, it is rarely discussed.
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.
#AIDS2016: Medical male circumcision saves millions in lives and costs
Statistics show that voluntary male circumcision is a crucial weapon in the fight to control HIV.
Reality check: Women are victims twice over. Here’s why, says Tlaleng Mofokeng
High rates of sexual and gender-based violence and low access to safe abortions prove deadly for South Africa's women, writes activist Tlaleng Mofokeng.
Helen, listen to Charlize. Inequality and poverty don’t cause HIV but they do fuel...
More than 30 years into the epidemic, HIV continues to hold a mirror to society and exposes our prejudices and injustices
Pills and phone calls: How COVID restrictions forced us to conduct abortions telephonically
COVID-19 forced many people’s jobs online – even for doctors who provide abortions. Read what Marie Stopes learned when they helped nearly 50 patients terminate pregnancies over the phone.
How wearing a mask can slash COVID-19 deaths
The more people wear masks, the safer everyone will be, shows this modelling study.