Global inequalities are actively prolonging existing pandemics, such as HIV/AIDS. They are critically undermining the world’s ability to respond to future outbreaks, according to a stark new report. The report highlights how global inequity prolongs epidemics as a...
More than half a million people in South Africa died from tuberculosis (TB) between 2015 and 2023. This is a staggering toll for a disease that has been treatable for decades. Delivering the state of TB in South Africa before Parliament, Health Minister Dr Aaron...
A stark new report from The Lancet medical journal highlights the escalating, often “underappreciated” toll that climate change is taking on human health in South Africa. The latest Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change finds that a warming planet...
The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) has issued an urgent call for the establishment of secure medical supply chains and the enhancement of local manufacturing capacity. They warn that medicine stockouts and diagnostic delays are costing lives and...
South Africa has taken a monumental step in its fight against HIV with the registration of a long-acting prevention injection. The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has announced the approval of the antiretroviral drug lenacapavir. Global...
