South Africa’s public health sector has received a potential boost. The National Health Council approved R1.78 billion. The funds are dedicated to hiring healthcare professionals. This offers hope to many unemployed health graduates. It also addresses the...
US funding cuts for HIV relief could be devastating. South Africa may see a resurgence of the epidemic. A new study predicts many additional HIV infections. This could be between 150,000 and 295,000 by 2028. The study shows the impact of HIV funding cuts in South...
A groundbreaking study conducted in KwaZulu-Natal suggests that casual community contact, rather than close household exposure, may be the primary driver of tuberculosis (TB) transmission. Findings from the CONTEXT study indicate that casual contact accounted for 49%...
The number of people living with HIV in South Africa has, for the first time, reached the eight million mark. These statistics show HIV cases soaring, with around 6.2 million receiving treatment, according to new estimates. The number of individuals living with HIV in...
A stark reminder of persistent global health inequities has emerged from a new report revealing that 1.9 million babies were stillborn in 2023. Crucially, the report by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation found that nearly half of these tragic...
