Why we don’t have long-acting HIV treatment in South Africa
In South Africa, taking HIV treatment means taking one or more antiretroviral tablets a day. People in some other countries
Spotlight
August 21, 2024
New Western Cape health MEC Mireille Wenger says child health is near her heart
Mireille Wenger was recently appointed to the Western Cape’s top health job. Biénne Huisman chatted to Wenger about health policy,
Spotlight
August 21, 2024
Eye health services in the public sector are critically impaired – it is high time the health department responds
Despite South Africa producing a substantial number of trained optometrists, the majority of them work in the private sector and
Spotlight
August 21, 2024
#InTheSpotlight | Poorly controlled diabetes is a top killer, time to take it more seriously
The South African government has adopted a national target to bring the blood sugar levels of people with diabetes under
Spotlight
August 20, 2024
Fight not yet over as case against Vertex is dropped after cystic fibrosis medicine price cut
Last year a South African woman took a multibillion-dollar United States pharmaceutical company to court with the aim of securing
Spotlight
August 6, 2024
Should SA’s public hospitals go solar?
Read More For businesses and households that can afford it, solar panels and batteries offer a way to keep
Spotlight
March 7, 2023
Some improvement but much more needed to address health needs of key populations
Read More Despite some improvement, the community-led monitoring group Ritshidze’s second report on key populations highlights that sex workers, people
Spotlight
February 20, 2023
What’s the deal with viral variants when it comes to HIV?
Read More A study published last year on an HIV variant that has been circulating in the Netherlands for
Spotlight
February 16, 2023
Northern Cape health still without permanent head as suspended officials return
Read More Two senior officials have returned to the Northern Cape Department of Health following suspension, but the department remains
Spotlight
February 2, 2023
An open letter to us girls who still shoulder much of the HIV burden in South Africa – Spotlight
Read More In an open letter to young women in South Africa, Faith Fikizolo reminds us that meaningful comprehensive
Spotlight
December 9, 2022
Why we don’t have long-acting HIV treatment in South Africa
In South Africa, taking HIV treatment means taking one or more antiretroviral tablets a day. People in some other countries
Spotlight
August 21, 2024
New Western Cape health MEC Mireille Wenger says child health is near her heart
Mireille Wenger was recently appointed to the Western Cape’s top health job. Biénne Huisman chatted to Wenger about health policy,
Spotlight
August 21, 2024
Eye health services in the public sector are critically impaired – it is high time the health department responds
Despite South Africa producing a substantial number of trained optometrists, the majority of them work in the private sector and
Spotlight
August 21, 2024
#InTheSpotlight | Poorly controlled diabetes is a top killer, time to take it more seriously
The South African government has adopted a national target to bring the blood sugar levels of people with diabetes under
Spotlight
August 20, 2024
Fight not yet over as case against Vertex is dropped after cystic fibrosis medicine price cut
Last year a South African woman took a multibillion-dollar United States pharmaceutical company to court with the aim of securing
Spotlight
August 6, 2024
Economy & Energy
Should SA’s public hospitals go solar?
Read More For businesses and households that can afford it, solar panels and batteries offer a way to keep
Spotlight
March 7, 2023
Some improvement but much more needed to address health needs of key populations
Read More Despite some improvement, the community-led monitoring group Ritshidze’s second report on key populations highlights that sex workers, people
Spotlight
February 20, 2023
Health
What’s the deal with viral variants when it comes to HIV?
Read More A study published last year on an HIV variant that has been circulating in the Netherlands for
Spotlight
February 16, 2023
Health
Northern Cape health still without permanent head as suspended officials return
Read More Two senior officials have returned to the Northern Cape Department of Health following suspension, but the department remains
Spotlight
February 2, 2023
An open letter to us girls who still shoulder much of the HIV burden in South Africa – Spotlight
Read More In an open letter to young women in South Africa, Faith Fikizolo reminds us that meaningful comprehensive
Spotlight
December 9, 2022