Report: Advancing HIV Justice 2
In this follow-up report, the HIV Justice Network and Global Network of People Living with HIV argue that the world is seeing a troubling rise in HIV criminalisation.
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May celebrations honour nurses with heart
Every May, the world marks International Nurses Day. We take a look at how the Free State and Northern Cape said "thank you" to South Africa's nurses.
Child waits 10 years for wheelchair
Tumelo Letsitsa from Qwaqwa is like “a new child” ever since he got a wheelchair a month ago.
HIV-positive graduates inspire others
From a bleak past, these activists now have a much brighter future - but their project needs more support
Polio-free world possible – Gates CEO
Nigeria has been free of polio for an entire year, thanks to an aggressive vaccination policy supported by the Gates Foundation.
Register for MSF’s Scientific Day
Scientific innovation can save lives. Join us and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) for South Africa’s first MSF Scientific Day.
Patient incorrectly prescribed HIV medication
When epileptic patient Thabang Madimabi collapsed, he never expected to wake up in hospital and on antiretrovirals (ARVs) – especially since Madimabi is HIV negative.
R9 billion needed to close contraception gap
More than 20 million young women are not accessing contraception globally, resulting in about 10 million unintended pregnancies each year, according to a new report by US reproductive health and rights organisation Guttmacher Institute.
App: HIV Clinical Mentor
Cape town-based company Aviro has created a free, mobile app designed to help South African health workers manage HIV.
Register for MSF’s Scientific Day
Scientific innovation can save lives. Join us and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) for South Africa’s first MSF Scientific Day.
Vuwani pupils back in school
Following almost three weeks of missed classes due to violent protests, Vuwani pupils are back in school.
National Health Insurance: Bring in the specialists
There’s a dire shortage of medical specialists, yet provinces have cut budgets for their training. Specialists need to be involved in planning the NHI roll-out to prevent such things from happening, writes South African Society of Anaesthesiologists CEO Natalie Zimmelman.
A new cut may save an old tradition
In Mpumalanga, boys are preparing to head to ‘the mountain’ and return as men. As concerns regarding the safety of some initiation schools mount, a new blend of tradition and medicine may help preserve a centuries-old rite.
Miners win right to pursue class action case
Friday 13 May proved lucky for thousands of mineworkers seeking damages from gold mines for silicosis and TB
More than half of South African children left behind
More than a million South Africans are born into the world each year and a new report released today shows that the inequity they are born into begins to shape them from a young age.