By Hannah Zhihan Jiang South Africa is edging closer to eradicating malaria but experts warn that drug resistance now poses a significant challenge to progress made in the last twenty years. The World Malaria Report 2022 confirms South Africa recorded…
The world wants health equity by 2030, but how do we scale up to get there? It starts with a clear understanding of what health and health equity really means, writes BroadReach co-founder Dr Ernest Darkoh. According to the…
South Africa’s vaccine manufacturing capacity has received a major boost with an R281 million grant from the European Union (EU) and the European Investment Bank (EIB). The funds will support the expansion of Biovac, Southern Africa’s only human vaccine manufacturer…
Drug companies must make fundamental changes to their core business to address Research and Development (R&D) gaps and access to existing medicines for women’s sexual and reproductive health in lower-income countries, global health equity advocates urge. Despite progress in women’s…
On the eve of the pivotal climate talks at COP27, the World Health Organisation issued a grim reminder the health impacts of the climate crisis must be at the core of these critical negotiations. The climate crisis increasingly makes people…
South Africa celebrated World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) earlier this year when South Africa was coming to terms with the devastating news of children in the  Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal dying from severe acute malnutrition. Most shockingly, in January and February…
Breastfeeding is a relationship between two people in a thrilling new, highly vulnerable position: a mother and her newborn. It’s a bonding experience shaped by physiology, emotion and the good and bad realities of life. It is far more than…
On the eve of the 24th International Aids conference, the World Health Organisation (WHO) urged countries to use long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV. WHO said CAB-LA is a safe and highly effective prevention option for…
While South Africa has not yet recorded any cases of monkeypox, the National Institute for Communicable diseases said it is confident the country can handle any outbreak. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that 12 countries where the virus is…
Activists have raised concern about the ongoing vulnerability of elderly people in South Africa after the recent murder of a 70-year-old woman, allegedly at the hands of her son. Earlier this month, Greta Xaba (70) from Clermont township west of…
