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Your guide to side-effects: What you can expect after a COVID jab
Vaccines are our most powerful tool to fight the COVID pandemic. Soon, South Africa will start with its mass roll-out. We take a look at what to expect when you get vaccinated.
From the frontlines: Which type of health worker is most likely to get COVID-19?
Despite being among those at highest risk of contracting the new coronavirus, information about infections among healthcare workers in South Africa has been scarce. But Health Minister Zweli Mkhize recently released new numbers detailing how the outbreak has impacted health workers across the country.
[READ] The Presidential Health Summit report
Find out which issues have been prioritised after the Presidential Health Summit.
What does moral injury feel like? A guide for health workers
South African health workers have to make difficult treatment decisions every day, but epidemics make it worse. Go inside the moral distress of working on the COVID-19 and HIV frontlines with two doctors who saw it first-hand.
SA is not reaching herd immunity. Our new goal is containment – here’s how...
The stop-start nature of South Africa’s roll-out is not the only reason herd immunity is an unrealistic goal for this year. A scarce supply of vaccines and new variants of concern circulating in the country play a role too. Find out more.
Are you stuck at home with your abuser? This tool can help
This free tool will point you to gender-based violence services closest to you – no mobile data required.
Asked and answered: Six things you need to know about the new COVID variant...
In December 2020, scientists announced that a new variant of the coronavirus had been identified in South Africa. Here's a look at what we've learnt in the past month about the new variant that is driving the country's second wave of infections.
Vaccines, mutations and data: Reporters, all your COVID-19 questions answered
Cochrane South Africa answers health reporters’ COVID questions in the fourth installment of their evidence-informed health media reporting webinar series.
SA’s lockdown liquor ban: All the spats and stats
Take a look back at all our reporting on the alcohol ban, whether it helped, and why it was necessary.
World Health Organisation guidelines for managing and treating latent TB
A consolidated look at the World Health Organisation’s latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) guidelines.
South African guidelines for the testing and treatment of the new coronavirus
Author(s): National Institute for Communicable Diseases (David Anderson, Lucille Blumberg, Cheryl Cohen, Tendesayi Kufa-Chakezha, Shaheen Mehtar, Natalie Mayet, Jeremy Nel).Publication date: 27 MarchWhat:These are...
The SHINE trial – hope for shorter, kinder TB treatment for children
Bhekisisa speaks to researchers from the SHINE TB trial on advances the study has made in shortening treatment periods for children with minimal TB.
No cloth mask, no entry: Rules for restaurants, hotels and casinos under level 3...
Tourism directives allowing certain hospitality services to reopen their doors. These include restaurants, hotels, conference venues and casinos.
Seeing the forest for the trees with Cochrane South Africa: Forest plots and systematic...
A gentle introduction to forest plots and systematic reviews. Courtesy of Cochrane South Africa and the South African Medical Research Council.
Level 3 lockdown: You can buy booze again, but there’s a catch. Read the...
On 1 June, South Africa will move to a level three COVID-19 lockdown. What does it mean for you? Read the regulations.
Coronavirus testing criteria: A quick reference for South African healthcare workers
An updated version of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases’ (NICD) reference guide for health workers testing for the new coronavirus.