The countrywide shortage of neurologists is preventing people with epilepsy from getting proper care in the public sector.

The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) says Tuberculosis (TB) is underfunded and progress action against the epidemic is slow. TB has been one of the most important causes of premature death in South Africa, made worse by the HIV pandemic.

The plump young woman sits on a wooden bench in a room at Hout Bay Clinic. Nothing in her unassuming demeanour offers any clue that many people'€™s health and ultimately lives depend on her.

Cancer deaths in Africa are projected to double by 2030 due to growth and ageing of the population.