In today’s newsletter, Ida Jooste discusses what the Global Fund phase-out means for HIV programmes in South Africa. Sign up ...

New research shows a steep decline in adolescent pregnancy rates across all nine provinces from 2021 to 2025, reversing ...

The uptake of the once-every-six-month HIV prevention jab lenacapavir (LEN) in South Africa will be heavily affected by the ...

Experts say South Africa's contradictory approach to drugs — treating addiction as both a disease and a crime — is fuelling a worsening crisis in places like Westbury, where illicit drugs plague the ...

On 22 August South Africa’s second — and highly controversial — presidential health compact was signed by the government and various sectors. The second compact is controversial because prominent ...

South Africa’s first shipment of LEN has arrived. Mia Malan tells us more in today’s newsletter. Sign up. South Africa’s first consignment of the twice-a-year anti-HIV injection, lenacapavir — 37 920 ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan asks “are talks on the cards for the NHI?”. Sign up for our newsletter today. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has met with the South African Medical Association (Sama ...

In today’s newsletter, Ida Jooste asks “is a R60 TB test better or just cheaper?”. Sign up for our newsletter today. A patient arrives at a clinic with a cough that has lingered for weeks. The nurse ...

In today’s newsletter, Linda Pretorius explains the numbers behind what LEN can do for SA. Sign up for our newsletter today. South Africa’s first batch of the once-every-six-months HIV prevention shot ...

In today’s newsletter, Anna-Maria van Niekerk asks “what’s happening with the NHI?”. Sign up for our newsletter today. At the end of February, Ramaphosa announced that he will not promulgate any part ...

Superbugs are a big public health issue. So is climate change. Put the two together and the problem becomes even bigger. (Dylan Bush) In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan tells us why superbugs and ...