June 06, 2022
Africa: Interview - "Guys, I Think That's a New Variant" - De Oliveira Reflects On Two Years Chasing the Virus
South African bioinformatics expert Professor Tulio de Oliveira is still deciding whether to travel to New York City next month to accept his Time Magazine 100 most influential… Read more »
June 02, 2022
South Africa: NHI Bill - Clause-By-Clause Headbutting Begins in Parliament
In what is expected to become a verbal minefield littered with the usual ideological quips, the members of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Health this week started the… Read more »
May 31, 2022
South Africa: Over 3 million People On New HIV Drug, but Not All Smooth Sailing
The introduction of the antiretroviral drug dolutegravir arguably represents the biggest advance in HIV treatment in the last decade. Dolutegravir is highly effective at… Read more »
May 30, 2022
South Africa: Lives Depend On SA Finding More Stem Cell Donors
Early in 2017, Unathi Mtengwane from Zeerust in the North West started experiencing severe fatigue. Initially, he thought it was just due to the daily pressures of life. Read more »
May 26, 2022
South Africa: Gauteng Health in Flames - Making It Through the Fires and Fumbles of SA's Richest Province
The below talk was delivered by Sasha Stevenson on 25 May 2022 as part of a lecture series hosted by the Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics at Wits University. Stevenson is the head… Read more »
May 24, 2022
South Africa: Gauteng Health - Has a Damning Public Protector Report Had Any Impact?
After a visit to several hospitals in Gauteng in 2020, the Public Protector (PP) concluded that the Gauteng health department has failed to ensure appropriate conditions for the… Read more »
May 23, 2022
South Africa: In-Depth - New Guidelines and Medicines Poised to Boost TB Prevention Efforts in SA
For many, learning that you have tuberculosis (TB) can be an anxiety-inducing experience. Not only due to concerns about one's own health but also due to concerns about… Read more »
May 27, 2022
South Africa: Open Letter - Dear Minister Phaahla, the 'Medical Tourist Mom' Is Little More Than a Convenient Myth
Dear Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla, Read more »
May 18, 2022
Africa: Are Oral Swabs the Future of TB Testing?
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that every year 40% of people who fall ill with tuberculosis (TB) globally are not diagnosed. There is thus an urgent need for faster,… Read more »
May 12, 2022
South Africa: Two Years Into the Covid Disaster, Where Do We Stand?
COVID began to hit South Africa badly in May 2020. Read more »
South Africa: Rural Patients Suffer Fallout of EMS Strike in Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape Department of Health was left with no choice but to rope in private ambulances as Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workers in the Amathole and King William's Town… Read more »
May 11, 2022
South Africa: New Ambulances for Northern Cape, but Old Problems Remain
It was around 10:00 on 11 March 2022, when Masego Kolane (23) from Barkley West, about 35km outside Kimberly, says she called an ambulance. She was in labour. Kolane was 39 weeks… Read more »
May 17, 2022
Africa: Lubricant Helps Prevent HIV Infection, but Access Remains Limited
At the Ivan Toms Centre for Men's Health - adjacent to the Somerset Hospital in Green Point, Cape Town - free water-based lubricant is available in 5ml foil sachets. Read more »
February 19, 2021
South Africa: Face to Face with Gift of the Givers Founder Imtiaz Sooliman
Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman has declined renewed social media calls that he be nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Read more »