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He may own the title of CBE now, but that doesn't exempt Prof Shabir Madhi from dishes and trash duty

Academics look at Coca-Cola and the undoing of apartheid

The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation continues to engage the Johannesburg inner city community for solutions to poly-crisis.

Incentives seem to work in private healthcare, so why not in public?

Doing ‘the right thing’ for one’s health, be it eating well, exercising or going for an annual HIV test or blood pressure check, is easier said than done.

South Africa: Incentives Seem to Work in Private Healthcare, Why Not in Public?

Statin lowers cardiovascular disease risk in people with HIV: study

Study findings presented this week at a major HIV conference show that taking a statin every day substantially reduces the chances of suffering a major adverse cardiovascular event in people living with HIV who have a low to moderate risk of cardiovascular disease. The findings were also publis...

South Africa: Over 4.7m People in SA Placed On New HIV Med in Four Years

Dolutegravir in SA: More than 4.7m on new HIV med in 4 years

In what is likely to be one of the largest treatment roll-outs in South African history, well more than four million people living with HIV have started taking the antiretroviral dolutegravir since its introduction about four years ago. Now, according to a recent study published in the Lancet m...

Obesity rates: Is South Africa ready for the rise?

S Africa's obesity problem and promise of new weight lo...

New weight loss medicines have shown remarkable efficacy in clinical trials, but their high cost is limiting uptake. Amy Green asks where these new medicines should fit into South Africa’s response to rising levels of obesity.

Key populations still battling to get health needs met

Sex workers, people who use drugs and LGBTQIA+ community members are often still discriminated against when trying to access public health facilities.