Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has provided reassurances on the future of South Africa’s HIV/Aids programme following the withdrawal of PEPFAR funding. He detailed the government’s mitigation efforts and engagements with potential donors.1 HIV/AIDS...
South Africa is facing a critical public health crisis as antibiotic resistance increasingly undermines life-saving treatments, particularly for vulnerable infants. Experts say that antibiotic-resistant infections are now the leading cause of neonatal mortality in the...
With less than five years remaining to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, South Africa faces a critical challenge: ending the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic. The goal is ambitious: an 80% reduction in TB incidence and a 90% decline in TB deaths...
The Gauteng health department is again facing severe criticism. Its ongoing financial troubles have disrupted essential gas supplies at two major hospitals. Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital experienced gas...
The Competition Commission in South Africa has launched a formal investigation into leading insulin manufacturers Novo Nordisk and Sanofi Aventis following serious allegations of anti-competitive conduct. The inquiry was initiated after health activists complained...
