New medicine authority announces plans to clear inherited backlog
Regulatory body was confident of clearing applications of new medicines licensing within two years.
Masutane Modjadji
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Abortion service providers face judgment from colleagues
Unbearable working conditions for abortion service providers at clinics have led to many leaving - will new guidelines on termination of pregnancy services change this?
SA lags on access to sexual and reproductive health
Women bear the brunt of inadequate policies, which are great on paper but lacklustre in terms of implementation in public clinics and hospitals.
#SAAIDS2019: ‘Allow generics of lifesaving drugs’
Activists want a multinational pharmaceutical company to lower the overinflated price of ground-breaking TB drug.
#SAAIDS2019: Key populations delay 90-90-90 goals targets
People with a higher risk of contracting HIV still lag behind in staying on treatment and in the system.
#SAAIDS2019: Trans teen shifts rural attitudes to LGBTQI
Inspirational keynote speaker at the 2019 SA AIDS Conference sheds light on her journey to self-discovery growing up in a village in KZN.
Most people with rare genetic blood disorder remain undiagnosed
Thirteen-year-old Ruan Malan was born a healthy boy in 2006 - or so his parents thought. His mother, Julia, remembers the family’s joy when they took their baby boy home from the hospital after three days; he was just like any normal newborn.
World pays tribute to unsung Community Health Workers
Nicolyn Mohale (45) was called to a home in a Limpopo village to attend to an emergency in the middle of the night.
Private hospitals face nursing malpractice havoc
Nurses’ failure to follow guidelines and poor monitoring of patients is an increasing liability at private hospitals.
Professionals co-opted to support tobacco companies
The tobacco industry is spending vast sums of money to fight government’s attempts to tighten smoking laws and regulate electronic cigarettes – and it has managed to recruit some unlikely allies.
Tobacco industry campaigns against new bill
Tobacco and electronic cigarette manufacturers have launched an aggressive campaign against government’s proposed legislation to clamp down on their products.
Vaping industry slams new tobacco bill
Ignorant and not based on scientific evidence. This is how vaping activists describe the latest bill on tobacco, which they say is based on fear of the unknown.