South Africa: Did US Aid Cuts Break Precisely the Things We Need Most for the Lenacapavir Rollout?

With a new six-monthly injection, South Africa last week launched the most promising new HIV prevention tool in years, but much of the infrastructure that made HIV prevention… Read more »

South Africa: SAMRC Rolls Out Rescue Grants - What Next for Research Projects Hit By Us Funding Cuts?

Cuts in United States funding for global health research over the past year dealt a heavy blow to South Africa's health research ecosystem, which has historically been heavily… Read more »

Africa: The Hunt for a New TB Vaccine - Why We Are Now So Close, and Why It Matters

The only tuberculosis vaccine we have is a century old and offers only limited efficacy in children. With leading South African researchers involved in the pivotal clinical trials… Read more »

Africa: Timeline | the Journey of HIV Through Science, Struggle, Activism, and Hope

From the first reported cases of HIV in 1981 to the latest breakthroughs in long-acting prevention, this Spotlight timeline traces key moments in the global and South African… Read more »

South Africa: 54,000 TB Deaths in South Africa in 2024, According to WHO

Around 54 000 people died of TB in South Africa in 2024 and 249 000 fell ill with the disease, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO). Read more »

South Africa: Who Recommends Nutritional Support in Fight Against TB - Government Claims to Take It On Board

Evidence has been mounting that poor nutrition impacts both someone's risk of falling ill with TB and how well they do once ill. But as the World Health Organization (WHO) releases… Read more »

Africa: A New HIV Prevention Jab Could End Aids - Unless Secrecy and Greed Get in the Way

A new HIV prevention jab has the potential to bring an end to the AIDS epidemic. But a lack of ambition and unjustifiable secrecy over pricing is holding it back, argue three… Read more »

South Africa: SA's Doctor Deal With Cuba Is Out of Touch and Out of Time, Critics Say

The Nelson Mandela-Fidel Castro medical training programme has been controversial from the start. It's had high points, low points and many say it should have an end point. Read more »

South Africa: IAS2025 - Findings Give Hope for Monthly HIV Prevention Pill

An HIV prevention pill that could provide a month of protection per tablet has been given the green light to proceed to pivotal trials to test its efficacy. Spotlight reports on… Read more »

South Africa: This Is How South Africa Could Respond to U.S. Aid Cuts

South Africa still lacks an action plan after the withdrawal of US aid for HIV and related health services. But when funds do arrive, how will they be managed? Russell Rensburg… Read more »