South Africa: South Africa Gets R520 Million to Buy the Twice-a-Year Anti-HIV Jab - But There's a Snag

SA has accepted an offer of just over R520-million from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria to buy the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir. Research shows the… Read more »

South Africa: Vapes Are Safe Alternatives to Smoking. And Other Lies They Told Us

A World Health Organisation (WHO) report released this week has some ideas on how to fight Big Tobacco's influence machine — just as an SA Bill regulating newer tobacco… Read more »

South Africa: Professor Screw It, Let's Do It

Francois Venter, a big rock climber, once drank tequila with the PhD-holding virologist rockstar Dexter Holland of The Offspring and, more recently, publicly excoriated both the… Read more »

South Africa: Here's The Drinking Conversation We Need to Have

Telling most South Africans they can't drink is a nonstarter. But what we all do need to know is just how dangerous it is — and what we can do to curb it. Read more »

South Africa: If Your Cigarette Box Isn't Disgusting, It's Not Doing Its Job

A throat ulcer. Bloody urine. A sick baby. That's what smokers in other countries see. In South Africa? For now, it's a tiny black box. Read more »

South Africa: Making Diphtheria Great Again? Why South Africa's Public Health Experts Are Worried About RFK Jr

Misinformation fuelled by US health czar Robert Kennedy Jr is creating a dangerous — and growing — lack of trust in vaccines. Here's why South Africa's public health… Read more »

South Africa: Why 100% Fruit Juice Should Come With a Sugar Warning Label

Fruit juice can have as much — or more — sugar than soda or energy drinks. But unlike those drinks, juices won't come with a warning label under SA's latest draft… Read more »

South Africa: Motsoaledi's Big HIV Treatment Jump - Is It True?

Last month, the health minister said that more than half a million previously diagnosed people with HIV have been started on treatment since the end of February. But can it… Read more »

South Africa: Red Tape Stops South Africa Kids From Getting ADHD Meds

Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)  affects between 5% and 7% of schoolgoing children. But because doctors can only prescribe treatment for a month at a… Read more »

South Africa: It's The 'Donald Disease' That's Making Us Sick

As politicians, activists and researchers duke it out from labs and clinics and press conferences, those who have the most to lose from the HIV funding cuts told  Bhekisisa… Read more »

South Africa: The Case of the Minister and the HIV Activists - Are We Entering Denialism 2.0?

It's been two decades since the denialism war was won in South Africa. Now HIV scientists and government are pitted against each other once again, with one side saying the health… Read more »

South Africa: The Proportion Of People Of 50+ With HIV Has Doubled In 10 Years. What Does That Mean For Healthcare?

Today, people over 50 make up the second-largest group of South Africa's HIV-positive population. Twenty years ago, they were the smallest proportion. As people age, their chances… Read more »

South Africa: Confessions of a Medical Student

Medical school didn't prepare Sarah Stein for the cold, matter-of-fact way her colleagues dealt with death. When she asked one of the doctors she worked with how they could move on… Read more »

South Africa: Time Up for Sexual Offenders?

A test lawsuit will determine whether the time limit on reporting sexual assault will be lifted. Read more »

South Africa: Court Case Could Cut Loophole That Lets Abusers Off the Hook

Eight men and women may change the law and pave the way to justice and healing for thousands. Read more »