How Gordhan’s expenditure cuts could affect health targets
Finance minister Pravin Gordhan’s "careful control of the wage Bill" will impact negatively on health service delivery, says a health economist.
Green rooibos takes fight to diabetes
An antioxidant found in tea brewed from the indigenous plant offers hope for new treatments.
Brazil’s sick of patent exploitation
The country is fighting the intellectual property laws that hiked up the cost of its HIV programme.
Bring back the lost girls
This country must find ways to keep girls in school and educate them about HIV prevention.
Government to take over Durban’s McCord Hospital
McCord Hospital in Durban will be sold to the government in a deal that will be concluded next year.
Harsh price of HIV-linked longevity
HIV+ people on ARVs are now living longer lifespans. But the virus's associated diseases could put an unbearable strain on the health system.
Patient fees cripple Zim’s healthcare
Skewed state funding has left many centres dependent on fees that patients can't afford, writes Mara Kardas-Nelson.
Staunching SA’s pregnancy wound
Unless the state's plan to curb maternal deaths is wholly implemented, it won't make a dent.
Medical back-up in Pondo initiation
Eastern Cape royals are campaigning to use medical circumcision in traditional rituals.
Nursing Zim prisons back to health
One man's mission to bring sanitary sanity and dignity to those kept behind bars.