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Nation of the hour: South Africa took on the United States when it went for the mat for affordable medicine access in the world's first UN declaration on TB.

[EXCLUSIVE] Motsoaledi: ‘I can’t prevent health crises because my hands are...

Mia Malan -
Cervical cancer patient Alice Sibiya has waited more than one year to receive treatment.

Cancer treatment waiting times in KZN increase by almost 30% as...

Joan van Dyk -
Could the Presidential Health Summit reveal new developments with regard to the NHI? Find out as we stream live from the meeting.

​Does SA’s private healthcare sector only provide care for 16% of...

Liesl Pretorius -
Specialists are fleeing the under-resourced public sector – and it's about to get worse

Recession risks hitting healthcare where it counts

Joan van Dyk -
Solutions: A health technician analyses blood samples for tuberculosis in a high-tech TB lab in Lima

Is ‘all-in-one healthcare’ a dream?

Mia Malan -
Where will newly qualified doctors go if provinces are being told to scale back staff under budget pressures?

Curing a sick system: Doctors and nurses must speak out for...

Samantha Khan Gillmore -
In the Eastern Cape’s OR Tambo district

SA doctors demand shorter hours, saying their 30-hour shifts put patients’...

Koot Kotze -

​Government disputes drug stock-out survey: ‘Far fewer clinics run out of...

Mia Malan -
Maternal mortality in Uganda continues to be a development challenge.

Save a little money, save a little life

Amy Green -
A study on the incidence of child sexual abuse in South Africa reveals the extent of these crimes committed against local youth.

Four things parents can do to keep their kids’ kidneys healthy

Christel du Buisson -
At least one in four children in Africa is still not receiving the vaccinations they need.

SA must close the immunisation gap that parallels class

Helen Rees and Shabir Madhi -
Reportedly up to 80% of women infected with HPV don’t develop cancer with their “immune systems clearing it out naturally”.

Cervical cancer’s deadly contradiction

Mia Malan -
Fight the rot: With both her feet now amputated

When hospitals don’t make the cut

Paul McNally -
Abandoned: The closure of the GF Jooste hospital has left the community in the lurch

The helpless have lost a lifeline

Shahra Sattar -
Ray of hopelessness: A health practitioner will see you after you have waited at least 170 minutes. Probably longer.

Publicly waiting for x-rays, privately abandoning all hope

Ina Skosana -
Impressed: Researcher Ché Makanjee is counselled before his HIV test at Charlotte Maxeke hospital.

Private sector lags in HIV testing

Amy Green -
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