Health e News
The collaboration between researchers at the North West University (NWU) and the Walter Sisulu University (WSU) on the development of a new COVID-19 vaccine candidate received a major boost.
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News Editor Amy Green was interviewed on SAfm Radio on Life Happens with Phemelo Motene about her story on cryptococcal meningitis – the second leading killer of people living with HIV.
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Youth unemployment is staggeringly high, a cause of ill-health and is in the spotlight this Youth Day.
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On the occasion of World Elder Awareness Day, the world is reminded of the importance of fully addressing the needs of elderly people.
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Non-pharmaceutical interventions during lockdown resulted in fewer influenza cases but the threat of a resurgence of flu still remains.
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Researchers have been trying to develop an HIV vaccine for about four decades without success. However, the successful development of a COVID-19 vaccine could provide lessons for scientists.
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South Africa hosted its 10th SA AIDS Conference this week and this year’s theme is ‘Ending AIDS amid Pandemics’.
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Cryptococcal meningitis is the second biggest killer of people living with HIV after tuberculosis (TB). Now, a global initiative, the Ending Cryptococcal Meningitis Deaths by 2030 Strategic Framework aims to get the gold standard drug to treat the disease – flucytosine – registered in countries that need it. By Amy Green for Spotlight and Health-e News.
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Mothers2Mothers helps women living with HIV find employment and deal with the stigma of living with HIV.
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Children found guilty of bullying and cyberbullying others may face harsher consequences. This is according to child protection experts speaking to Health-e News this Child Protection Week.
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The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has expressed concerns over lack of action from the Eastern Cape provincial government after it ordered action against officials implicated in the R10-million Ambulance Scooters Project.
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Protecting all children living in South Africa is a top priority for this year’s Child Protection Week. It was launched under the theme “Let us all protect children during and beyond Covid-19”. The launch included the voices of children from across all nine provinces, with a special focus on child migrants.