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Public Health in the News

The Latest News listing comprises the most recent media coverage compiled from sources around the world on key developments in health systems implementation and research.

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Experts stress importance of vaccinating children in wake of measles, mumps and diphtheria outbreaks
2023-06-22
Daily Maverick
Impact of warning signs on cannabis use during pregnancy
2023-06-21
Poz
Rising HPV Infections: The importance of awareness and prevention
2023-06-21
IOL
TB Indaba 2023: SA aims for ambitious 85% success rate in TB treatment programme
2023-06-21
IOL
Sobering moments at opening of SA Aids Conference
2023-06-21
News24
Not going to school makes kids sad: How COVID lockdowns affected teens’ state of mind
2023-06-21
Bhekisisa
SA strengthens efforts to end AIDS among children by 2030
2023-06-21
SA News
Are men more vulnerable to cardiovascular diseases than women?
2023-06-21
IOL
Checkpoint immunotherapy is safe and effective for HIV-positive people with cancer
2023-06-21
Aidmap
Belize certified malaria-free by WHO
2023-06-21
WHO
Minister Joe Phaahla: 11th South African AIDS Conference
2023-06-20
South African Government
NHI: MEDICINE ACCESS INEQUALITY A CONCERN
2023-06-20
Health-e News
Should I get the flu vaccine? South African experts say yes - here’s why
2023-06-20
The Conversation
Developing better diagnostic tools for tuberculosis
2023-06-20
Med Xpress
Kenya: Health Ministry Launches Vaginal Rings to Help in HIV/Aids Prevention
2023-06-20
allAfrica
Africa: Analysis - Is HIV/Aids Misinformation and Denialism On the Rise Again? How to Counter Persistent Myths
2023-06-20
allAfrica
7 hidden signs that show you might be diabetic
2023-06-20
IOL
10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NHI
2023-06-20
Health-e News
HIV infections can be tackled with youth friendly healthcare
2023-06-20
SABC News
Urging the CDC to Recommend HIV Testing for People 65 and Older
2023-06-20
Poz
Women and girls hit hard by attacks on health in Sudan, UN agencies warn
2023-06-20
WHO
CASH-STRAPPED SOUTH AFRICANS EASY TARGETS FOR BOGUS DOCTORS
2023-06-19
Health-e News
Cervical Screening Awareness Week 2023
2023-06-19
AwarenessDays.com
Elderly women picket outside Nyanga clinic demanding better service
2023-05-17
GroundUp
MUMPS OUTBREAK: SCHOOLS IN FREE STATE AFFECTED
2023-05-16
Health-E News
Stricter rules: Why better food regulations will help us fight obesity
2023-05-16
Bhekisisa
Limpopo health department concerned as malaria cases rocket and two die
2023-05-16
Times Live
PrEP4All Urges U.S. Government to Appeal Court’s HIV Patent Ruling for Gilead
2023-05-15
POZ
China’s complicated role in malaria control in Africa
2023-05-15
Stat News
Over 40% prevalence of precancerous cervical lesions among female sex workers with HIV in South Africa, but most unaware of the disease
2023-05-15
Aidsmap
Covid-19 infection could lead to diabetes, new research reveals
2023-05-15
The Standard
HEALTHCARE WORKERS: “WE ARE HUMANS”
2023-05-15
Health-E News
Brain-based treatment for menopausal hot flushes approved by FDA
2023-05-15
Nature
90-60-50: Can SA reach its hypertension targets?
2023-05-15
Spotlight
5 steps, fast: This plastic sheet and pouch can stop thousands of women from dying after giving birth
2023-05-15
Bhekisisa
Gonorrhea
2023-05-15
POZ
Confirmation Of Mumps Outbreak, South Africa, 2023
2023-05-12
SA Coronavirus
INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY: LITTLE TO CELEBRATE
2023-05-12
Health-E News
WATCH: Observing International Nurses Day with Dr Themba Moeti
2023-05-12
SABC News
WHO Declares End to Mpox Global Health Emergency
2023-05-11
Health Policy Watch
Health workers cope with a huge amount of stress - how to build a resilient health system in South Africa
2023-04-30
The Conversation
'Morning After' Antibiotics Lower Risks for Prevalent STIs
2023-04-11
Health-E News
FOOD SAFETY: HOW LOADSHEDDING CAN HURT YOUR HEALTH
2023-04-11
Health-E News
Digital breast tomosynthesis improves cancer screening performance in community practice
2023-04-11
News medical life science
Parental knowledge and attitudes toward HIV preventive treatment for their adolescent children
2023-04-11
Medical express
Adolescent girls, teenage mothers in Katwe tipped on reproductive health
2023-04-10
New Vision
Insights From an OB/GYN and Cardiologist on Hormonal Contraceptive Selection
2023-04-10
Contemporary OB/GYN
Cervical cancer can be beaten - the key is vaccinating young girls
2023-04-10
The Conversation
The emergence of tanapox in South Africa, 2022
2023-04-10
News Medical Life Science
WORLD HEALTH DAY: IS NHI THE WAY TO UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE?
2023-04-07
Health-E News
New vaccine will save thousands of children from dying of pneumonia
2023-04-06
GroundUp
SAHPRA Withdraws Pholcodine-Containing Medicines From SA Market
2023-04-06
SAHPRA
The WHO Turns 75
2023-04-06
Health Policy Watch
PrEP Advocates Convene Virtual Town Hall Responding to Braidwood v. Becerra
2023-04-06
Avac
Internal Conflict Is Displacing the Women of Mozambique and Exposing Them to HIV
2023-04-06
The Body
The part we often forget: Care for children and teens with Advanced HIV Disease
2023-04-06
The Clinton Health Access Initiative
Mixed-Race Woman Potentially Cured of HIV Using Stem Cell Transplant
2023-04-05
POZ
Strong support systems tied to PrEP adherence among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa
2023-03-21
UN
Deadly Fungus Spread Rapidly During the Pandemic, C.D.C. Says
2023-03-20
New York Times
South Africans have heart: heroes of the public healthcare strike came from all walks of life
2023-03-20
Daily Maverick
Putting Teeth on the Global Agenda for Oral Health
2023-03-20
Health Policy Watch
Ladies, take charge of your sexual health: How to use internal condoms like a pro
2023-03-20
Health Shots
Editorial: New guidelines are a step forward for SA’s TB response
2023-03-20
Spotlight
Validation platform allows local hospitals to determine how well AI systems would detect breast cancer
2023-03-20
Medical Express
Cervical Stump Cancer: Symptoms, Diagnosis, And Treatment
2023-03-20
Health Digest
Nontsikelelo Zwedala: an unsung hero of the struggle for HIV medicines
2023-03-20
GroundUp
Opinion: Urgent course correction needed on NHI, climate change, and economic policy
2023-03-20
Spotlight
Deputy President Mashatile to lead World TB DAY commemoration and launch of the National Strategic Plan for HIV, TB AND STIs: 2023-2028
2023-03-20
sacoronavirus.co.za
To #endAIDS, bridge gap between awareness and action
2023-03-19
Sunday Guardian Live
Teenagers are sent to these camps to purge ‘The West’. They leave bruised and abused
2023-03-17
Bhekisisa
Anal cancer in the United States linked to AIDS and inequalities
2023-03-17
Aidsmap
EDITORIAL: Stop wasting energy on NHI and fix the rot
2023-03-17
Business Day
In Malawi, community-run Oral Rehydration Points help address cholera deaths
2023-03-03
WHO Africa
Tackling taboo topics such as sex, HIV, and reproductive health is crucial
2023-03-03
IOL news
We can overcome vaccine hesitancy. Just look at the HPV shot. Focus on women’s healthcare needs
2023-03-04
Vox
Prevention Access Campaign and Partners on the Frontline of PEPFAR COP/ROP Planning
2023-03-04
POZ
Focus on women’s healthcare needs can help avoid illness
2023-03-05
IOL news
Should SA’s public hospitals go solar?
2023-03-06
Spotlight
#BhekisisaDiaries: What vasectomy research says about sex, myths and manhood
2023-03-06
Bhekisisa
New deputy president to launch national strategic plan for HIV, TB and STIs
2023-03-07
BizCommunity
First-in-woman study of a non-hormonal vaginal film showed safety, potential contraceptive efficacy, and supports future development
2023-03-07
News Medical Life Science
Third patient declared HIV-free following bone marrow transplant
2023-03-07
Clinical Trials Arena
Reluctance to prescribe medication risks the health of pregnant women, finds study
2023-03-07
Medical Express
‘Radical change of direction’ needed in women, peace and security agenda
2023-03-07
United Nations
Blood vending machine aims to reduce supply issues
2023-03-07
Health-E News
Cancer will cost the world $25 trillion over next 30 years
2023-03-07
Nature
Diabetes and obesity are rising globally — but some nations are hit harder
2023-03-07
Nature
‘I would lie and listen to my pain’: The multitasking mavericks fighting for a good death
2023-03-08
Bhekisisa
Can Women Living With HIV Safely Breastfeed Their Babies? [VIDEO]
2023-03-08
POZ
International Women’s Day
2023-03-08
World Health Organization
The pursuit of dialysis equity
2023-03-08
Nature
What we didn’t expect was the violence – Health Minister Joe Phaahla as the health worker wage strike intensifies
2023-03-09
Daily Maverick
‘Absolute chaos’ after flooding in the Vaal
2023-02-21
Mail & Guardian
Disproportionate number of children in SA have severe asthma, experts say
2023-02-21
Spotlight
Measles outbreak spreads to Western Cape
2023-02-23
Times Live
https://www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2023/02/21/disproportionate-number-of-children-in-sa-have-severe-asthma-experts-say/
2023-02-23
World Health Organization
Disproportionate number of children in SA have severe asthma, experts say
2023-02-21
Spotlight
Vaginal ring to prevent HIV safe to use in late pregnancy and while breastfeeding
2023-02-21
Spotlight
The Düsseldorf Patient HIV Cure Case Published in Nature Medicine
2023-02-21
TAG
Response to New STI Prevention Tools & Approaches Research at CROI 2023
2023-02-20
CDC
Malaria-Carrying Mosquitos Are Expanding Their Territory Almost 3 Miles a Year
2023-02-20
Science Alert
Zimbabwe Moves to Strengthen Collaboration in Fight Against Tuberculosis (TB)
2023-02-20
All Africa
African leaders pledge new commitments to end AIDS
2023-02-20
UNAIDS
Something stinks – Eskom’s uncontrolled pollution emissions cost thousands of lives and billions of rands
2023-02-20
Health-E News
SA’s Minister of Menstruation demands that government finally prioritise menstrual health
2023-02-18
IOL
Monkeypox in an immunocompromised patient with underlying human immunodeficiency virus and syphilis infections in Southern Florida of the United States: a case report
2023-02-18
AIDS Research and Therapy
SA launches first virtual angioedema centre in Africa
2023-02-17
Health-E News
The ‘epidemic’ of adolescent pregnancy in SA
2023-02-17
IOL news
Water Cuts in South Africa are Hurting Hospitals and Clinics – There’s an Increased Risk of Infections
2023-02-17
NICD
England eliminates mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B
2023-02-17
Contemporary OB/GYN
Govt intensifying efforts to Implement NHI, says Ramaphosa
2023-02-17
EWN
Heart Health Prior to Pregnancy Is Important, Says Report
2023-02-17
Health News
Calling Out Big Players Stalling Progress in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Africa
2023-02-17
iAfrica
OPINION: NHI Bill must still clear many hurdles to ensure adequate medicine access
2023-02-17
Spotlight
A single dose of an old drug could save 2 million mothers from sepsis every year
2023-02-16
Freethink
Healthcare without borders — the importance of eradicating medical Afrophobia
2023-02-16
Daily Maverick
Navigating the complexities of policing weed in the workplace
2023-02-16
Daily Maverick
What’s the deal with viral variants when it comes to HIV?
2023-02-16
Spotlight
Project Flamingo: A beacon of light for patients with breast cancer
2023-02-15
University of Cape Town
Hunger in South Africa: study shows one in five are at risk
2023-02-15
The Conversation
A day in the life of a health systems trust Data Management Officer
2023-02-15
Health Systems Trust
Five Priorities for Global Pandemic Preparedness
2023-02-14
Health Policy Watch
Nigeria records 216 confirmed diphtheria cases – NCDC
2023-02-14
Vanguard
How Climate Change Is Spreading Malaria in Africa
2023-02-14
The New York Times
How do blood tests work? Medical laboratory scientists explain the pathway from blood draw to diagnosis and treatment
2023-02-14
The Conversation
STI home tests could be coming to SA’s free medicine pick-up points
2023-02-14
Bhekisisa
Statement: Rising to the challenges of 2023 for women and girls
2023-02-13
United Nations Women
Landmark medical negligence ruling orders SA hospitals to treat - not pay – victim
2023-02-13
News24
Thai government shuts down key-population led PrEP services
2023-02-13
Aidsmap
Cancer dubbed a world health pandemic - experts say we have a looming crisis on our hands
2023-02-13
IOL news
Cable theft disrupts services at Bongani Hospital
2023-02-13
Health-E News
Could electric bikes clean the air in the country of a quarter-million motorcycles?
2023-02-13
Bhekisisa
AHF Africa Praises African Leaders’ Pledge to End AIDS in Children
2023-02-13
Businesswire
Bivalent booster recipients show slightly higher protection against infection and significantly higher protection against death than monovalent booster recipients
2023-02-13
News Medical Life Science
SA Medical Association outraged over Sona’s failure to address healthcare crisis
2023-02-13
The Citizen
Mental Stress Among Doctors A Hidden Epidemic
2023-02-12
The Pioneer
Hypertension, HIV increase CVD risk
2023-02-12
Healio
KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health says consent is signed for children to be vaccinated
2023-02-12
IOL
Measles outbreak: Parents urged to vaccinate children as health expert warn against panic
2023-02-11
IOL
WATCH: February is the month of love and Heart Health Awareness
2023-02-11
SABC News
Surgery backlogs: TAC warns public healthcare near collapse
2023-02-10
Health-E News
Supporting The Department of Health’s outreach to former mineworkers eligible for occupational health injury compensation
2023-02-10
Health Systems Trust
Not just the baby blues: Depression during pregnancy can harm both mother and child, expert warns
2023-02-10
News24
South African Measles Outbreak Update 2023
2023-02-10
National Institute communicable disease
Diabetic patients around the world are suffering as result of Ozempic weight-loss trend
2023-02-10
IOL news
‘A growing threat to human health’: we are ill-equipped for the dangers of fungal infections
2023-02-10
The Guardian
Parents, here are 8 measles outbreak questions — answered
2023-02-10
Bhekisisa
Role of breast cancer screening in the overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer: results from a cross-sectional nationwide survey
2023-02-10
BMC Women’s Health
Inspiring chat with Dr Pam Ntshangase-Mpanza who speaks cervical cancer prevention on International Day of Women and Girls in Science and beyond
2023-02-08
Health Systems Trust
What reduces child marriage and poverty? Ask Zimbabwe’s young chess queens
2023-02-06
Bhekisisa
PODCAST | ‘We’ve failed as clinicians’: This HIV doctor is changing how he treats overweight patients. Here’s why
2023-02-06
Mail and Guardian
Explainer: What is female genital mutilation?
2023-02-06
UNICEF
Aids council crafts male engagement strategy for HIV
2023-02-06
Chronicle
PrEp ‘safe for pregnant women living with HIV
2023-02-06
The Witness
Nigeria: HIV Prevention Drug - Experts Call for Inclusion of Pregnant, Breastfeeding Mothers
2023-02-05
AllAfrica
New initiative fights neglected tropical disease
2023-02-05
South coast Herald
Time to Step Up and Fight Cancer in Africa
2023-02-04
Health Policy Watch
International study led by UKZN professor confirms effectiveness of PrEp in HIV negative pregnant women
2023-02-04
News24
Not counted: clinical trials of new HIV treatments are failing women
2023-02-03
Aidsmap
SANBS battles strained blood stocks
2023-02-03
The SANBS
Three things to know about cervical cancer in Malawi
2023-02-03
Médecins Sans Frontieres
FDA Approves Trodelvy to Treat Most Common Breast Cancer Subtype
2023-02-03
Everyday health
Young kids watch porn. Waiting to talk to them about sex when they’re teens is unwise, warns expert
2023-02-02
Drum
HIV incidence in sub-Saharan Africa ‘appears low,’ but rates remain ‘staggering’
2023-02-02
Healio
WHO Turns 75 and Looks to the Future
2023-02-02
Health Policy Watch
World Cancer Day: Why young women may be at a disadvantage in early detection
2023-02-02
IOL news
‘I punched him on his potatoes’: Meet the grannies fighting back against GBV
2023-02-01
Bhekisisa
South Africans urged to go for regular cancer screening and testing for early detection
2023-02-01
IOL news
Major gaps in access to tests for fungal infections in Africa
2023-02-01
Aidsmap
African leaders unite in pledge to end AIDS in children
2023-02-01
WHO
Hospital trust wins court case to treat baby whose mother refused HIV medication
2023-02-01
Northants
In South Africa, Much More Than an Investment in HIV
2023-01-27
Think Global Health
Decriminalising sex work can protect sex workers – and everybody else – from GBV
2023-01-31
Bhekisisa
Patient engagement can improve HIV care in the Caribbean
2023-01-31
Aidsmap
Nigeria: Factsheet - What You Should Know About the Diphtheria Outbreak in Nigeria
2023-01-30
allAfrica
Providers, Advocates Call for New Strategies to Improve Access to HIV Care
2023-01-30
HIVMA
NCI awards $3.5 million grant to eliminate cervical cancer among women with HIV in low-resource countries
2023-01-30
News Medical Life Science
Fraud, waste and abuse continue to plague medical schemes industry, costing up to R28bn a year
2023-01-30
Daily Maverick
Thumbs up for Steve Biko Academic Hospital’s prostate cancer facility
2023-01-30
IOL
Bringing Neglected Tropical Diseases out of the Silo
2023-01-30
Health Policy Watch
HIV vaccine research set to change focus in wake of Mosaico disappointment
2023-01-30
Spotlight
Children and teens aren’t doing enough physical activity - new study sounds a health warning
2023-01-29
The Conversation
WATCH: Spike in measles cases
2023-01-29
SABC
Children Denied Same Access to Treatment for HIV/AIDS as Adults
2023-01-28
VOA News
Whooping cough cases increase rapidly, officials urge vigilance
2023-01-27
Health-e News
Medicare Seeks Public Input on Covering PrEP to Prevent HIV
2023-01-26
POZ
Family planning in Global South hit by UK aid cuts, research finds
2023-01-26
The Telegraph
HIV at center of latest culture war after Tennessee rejects federal funds
2023-01-26
The Washington Post
As with COVID-19, the effects of TB can linger long after it is cured
2023-01-26
Spotlight
Hepatitis delta very common in people who inject drugs with HIV and hepatitis B
2023-01-26
Aidsmap
Why Are We Delaying Coverage of New HIV Prevention?
2023-01-26
Aidsmap
The end of the Mosaico vaccine trial must be a spur to deliver HIV treatment and prevention options to all who need them says UNAIDS
2023-01-23
UNAIDS
WHO launches funding appeal to help a record number of people in complex, intersecting health emergencies
2023-01-23
WHO
Five billion people unprotected from trans fat leading to heart disease
2023-01-23
WHO
Proportion of women in England not screened for cervical cancer at 10-year high
2023-01-23
The Guardian
In-Depth: As schools open, will measles outbreaks get worse?
2023-01-23
Spotlight
Laboratories in Kenya and Tanzania train rats to detect tuberculosis
2023-01-23
Africanews
HIV remains a leading killer in Africa despite medical breakthroughs – how to eliminate it
2023-01-23
Health-e News
Health Dept: SAMATU should refrain from protesting over false information
2023-01-22
EWN
Women on ART with high HIV viral load at increased risk of non-AIDS comorbidities
2023-01-22
Healio
HIV reservoir cells have surface proteins that aid in evading immune attack
2023-01-20
Aidsmap
WHO to launch council to accelerate the development of TB vaccine
2023-01-20
News Medical Life Science
Women’s health: rethinking the cost as an investment for societal gain
2023-01-20
World Economic Forum
EDITORIAL: Health minister must intervene now to stop care catastrophe
2023-01-20
Business Day
Research Explores Links Between Stigma and HIV Prevention Services in Gender-Diverse People
2023-01-19
The body pro
How awareness helps in the fight to combat HIV, malaria and TB
2023-01-19
The Standard
Closure of HIV vaccine study shows how far we have to go
2023-01-19
Aidsmap
Older diabetes drugs may lower dementia risk
2023-01-17
Times Live
These doctors want to work in SA's rural hospitals. But there's no money to hire them
2023-01-17
News24
Rapid cognitive decline uncommon in aging people with HIV on stable treatment, says study
2023-01-16
Medical X press
Complacency continues making HIV an unfinished agenda – Experts
2023-01-16
Africa Science News
Getting Quality Medicines to Patients Faster in Africa: How to Solve Access Issues
2023-01-16
IQVIA
Anglia Ruskin University ARU: The science behind the new mRNA cancer vaccines
2023-01-16
MarketScreener
‘Mom, you know your child’ — A guide to spotting early signs of childhood cancer
2023-01-16
702
NICD worried about an increase in measles cases in SA
2023-01-16
Bhekisisa
Three ways to protect the health of the world's most vulnerable women, children and adolescents
2023-01-16
World Economic Forum
Poisoned production: The lead industry is booming – it’s just moved to poorer countries
2023-01-16
Bhekisisa
False claims circulate about Magic Johnson’s HIV diagnosis
2023-01-14
AP News
With End of Uganda Outbreak, There is No Clear Path to Test the Ebola Sudan Candidate Vaccines
2023-01-13
Health Policy Watch
For People With HIV, Early Anal Cancer Screening Tied to Better Outcomes
2023-01-13
MedPage Today
AIDS Denialism Is Still Deadly in 2023
2023-01-18
The body today
Pregnant learners in South Africa need creches and compassion to keep them in school
2023-01-12
The Conversation
Study finds some people with HIV are at greater risk for STIs
2023-01-12
Catie
Health Beat #4 | Can the NHI fix SA’s rural doctor dilemma?
2023-01-11
Bhekisisa
In your mind, in your head: SA youth’s challenges with mental wellbeing
2023-01-11
Health Systems Trust
Lung cancer mortality in South Africa is increasing due to lack of knowledge and accessibility
2023-01-12
IOL news
Diabetics to get 'artificial pancreas' on NHS which injects insulin via body-worn tracker
2023-01-10
Sky News
Scientists map cellular changes linked to endometriosis
2023-01-09
The Guardian
WHO Proposes High-Level Global Council to Guide Future Health Emergencies
2023-01-09
Health Policy Watch
Call to address women's reproductive needs holistically
2023-01-09
Science Daily
Cognitive behavioral intervention ups antiretroviral therapy adherence in adolescents, young adults
2023-01-09
Medical Xpress
Study finds increase in women 65 and older dying of cervical cancer
2023-01-09
EurekAlert!
HIV remains a leading killer in Africa despite medical breakthroughs—how to eliminate it
2023-01-09
Medical Xpress
A model for HIV management
2023-01-09
Bangkok Post
Measles outbreaks confirmed in five provinces, with test positivity rate skyrocketing
2023-01-09
Daily Maverick
#BizTrends2023: Climate change will affect healthcare and provision of services
2023-01-09
BizCommunity
Monkeypox and HIV
2023-01-09
POZ
Study finds few mpox infections after one vaccine dose
2023-01-07
CIDRAP
Study finds higher prevalence of HIV among women experiencing intimate partner violence
2023-01-05
News Medical Life Science
Health Department concerned about South Africa’s high teen pregnancy rate
2023-01-05
SABC News

2022

HIV Vaccine Candidate Prompts Immune Response in Early Human Trials
2022-12-07
Everyday Health
Blood on the floor, drips in the dark: Johannesburg is crumbling. Here’s how it affects hospitals
2022-12-06
Bhekisisa
Eighth child dies after Strep A infection - as parents warned to watch out for symptoms
2022-12-06
Sky News
Drug companies must address ‘chronic neglect’ of women
2022-12-06
Health-E News
Could these new treatments mean children won’t need hand-me-down cancer drugs made for adults? We launch campaign to find gentler drugs for children
2022-12-06
Daily Maverick
UNAIDS World Aids Day report finds ‘we are leaving children behind’
2022-12-06
People’s Post
Experts call for better screening and treatment of TB during pregnancy
2022-12-06
Spotlight
If we want HIV vulnerable group to listen, we must understand their wants and desires, and speak to them – not at them
2022-12-06
IOL news
Sex and relationships: It’s time to simplify the talk
2022-12-05
Health-E News
Load shedding leaves woman in labour stranded
2022-12-05
Health-E News
Turning A Diabetes Diagnosis Into A Success Story
2022-12-05
Longevity
Some Free State patients only given lifesaving antiretrovirals for two weeks at a time
2022-12-05
Daily Maverick
Intersectional approach needed to end gender-based violence and femicide
2022-12-05
Mail & Guardian
WATCH | Goal is to get price as low as possible, says HIV jab producer as Sahpra registers drug
2022-12-05
Times Live
Aspen urges ViiV to licence injectable HIV drug to African generic manufacturers
2022-12-05
Business Day
Health Expert Voices: Reflections on 20th Anniversary of PEPFAR
2022-12-05
Project Hope
Is an HIV Catastrophe Coming to Europe?
2022-12-05
Plus
Cultural Barriers Are Preventing Women in Eswatini From Accessing HIV Care
2022-12-05
The Body
World Aids Day: ‘Aids is still a reality, and it kills’
2022-12-05
IOL news
Well-Known Activist Living With HIV for 9 Years Shares Glowing Photo, Smashes Stigma and Inspires Mzansi
2022-12-04
Briefly
New HIV Vaccine Trial Shows Extreme Promise
2022-12-03
Plus
Measles Outbreak Risk Is Rising as Vaccination Rates Drop, CDC Says
2022-12-02
Everyday Health
Health inequities lead to early death in many persons with disabilities
2022-12-02
World Health Organization
TAC concerned about HIV infection rate among young people in high school
2022-12-01
IOL news
Inequalities and harmful gender norms need to end in order to stop new HIV infections – report
2022-12-01
News24
South Africa: Injections Against HIV Could Be Manufactured Locally and Cheaply, Says Aspen Pharmacare
2022-12-01
All Africa
If the price is right: The anti-HIV jab could be in SA clinics by August 2023
2022-12-01
News24
Meet the first South African women to get the anti-HIV jab
2022-12-01
BusinessLIVE
Mandatory HIV testing and medical examination designed to exclude 'abnormal' migrants to Canada
2022-11-30
Aidsmap
Good, bad & ugly: How SA’s fight against GBV & femicide is going
2022-11-29
Bhekisisa
Inequalities standing in the way of global AIDS targets
2022-11-29
Health-E News
Almost 40 years with HIV – from ‘dead man walking’ to HIV awareness champion
2022-11-29
Spotlight
Gender inequalities hampering global efforts to end AIDS
2022-11-29
United Nations
HIV/Aids struggle continues, says Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation's chief
2022-11-29
People’s Post
Scientists report new target to combat coronary artery disease
2022-11-29
News Medical Life Science
40 Million Kids Missed Measles Vaccinations in 2021, Report Says
2022-11-28
WebMD
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? – remembering those we loved and lost to the Aids pandemic
2022-11-28
Daily Maverick
PEP: Everything you need to know
2022-11-28
The South African
How SARS-CoV-2 immune responses vary by population due to environmental and genetic factors
2022-11-28
News Medical Life Science
HIV prevention: new injection could boost the fight, but some hurdles remain
2022-11-28
The Conversation
HIV prevention and treatment progress for children, adolescents, and pregnant women nearly flat over past few years
2022-11-28
Reliefweb
Tanzania: Over 200,000 People With HIV Do Not Take Arvs
2022-11-28
All Africa
WHO recommends new name for monkeypox disease
2022-11-28
World Health Organization
Opinion: Keep an eye on quality as we rush to test people for HIV
2022-11-28
Spotlight
HOMii lifestyle event skilfully targets men’s health and men’s mental health issues
2022-11-28
Health Systems Trust
Africa: RSV FAQ - What Is RSV? Who Is At Risk? When Should I Seek Emergency Care for My Child?
2022-11-27
allAfrica
Invasive Mosquito Spreading Malaria in Africa
2022-11-27
Vax before Travel
16 Days of Activism: All eyes on women economic empowerment
2022-11-25
Health-E News
UNAIDS urges world to unite to end gender-based violence against women and girls
2022-11-25
UNAIDS
eThekwini Municipality hard at work to curb spread of HIV/Aids
2022-11-25
Berea Mail
South Africa's AIDS ravages "an army of orphans
2022-11-25
Africa News
‘I missed a dose for the first time’: How the KZN floods derailed HIV treatment
2022-11-16
Bhekisisa
Delays in global, affordable access to long-acting, injectable HIV medicines would cost lives, say AIDS campaigners
2022-11-16
UNAIDS
The Double-Edged Sword of the Digital Health Transformation
2022-11-15
Health Policy Watch
Bringing Sexy Back — To Fight H.I.V.
2022-11-15
New York Times
Lundquist Institute investigator Dr. Eric Daar and research team find that HIV patients benefit from ingestible sensor technology on HIV Treatment
2022-11-15
EurekAlert
TB treatment can be cut to two months for some, finds landmark study
2022-11-15
Spotlight
‘Milestone for humanity’ as UN celebrates 8 billionth birth
2022-11-15
United Nations
WHO advises immediate skin to skin care for survival of small and preterm babies
2022-11-15
World Health Organization
Stop telling people I was born with HIV
2022-11-15
Aidsmap
Women Can Give Themselves Injectable Contraception, WHO Advises
2022-11-15
Health Policy Watch
Out of ‘T’ and out of hope – SA’s trans men face year 2 of hormone stock-out
2022-11-15
Bhekisisa
Researchers find how HIV evades immunity, drugs
2022-11-15
The Economic Times
HIV prevention shot to be rolled out if approved
2022-11-15
IOL news
SA Diabetes Alliance calls for diabetes educational programmes to create more awareness about the condition
2022-11-15
IOL news
WHO updates recommendations to guide family planning decisions
2022-11-15
WHO
Study reveals the heavy burden of RSV among healthy infants
2022-11-14
News Medical Life Science
More crosses than ticks in latest KZN Ritshidze report
2022-11-14
Health-E News
A novel mRNA-based vaccine candidate against the rabies virus
2022-11-14
News Medical Life Science
Why HIV is twice higher among young girls, women
2022-11-11
New Vision
Women’s Health Initiative Launched For Africa; Focus On Advancing Women’s Health
2022-11-11
Africa.com
SA expected to begin piloting HIV prevention shot in early 2023
2022-11-10
News24
MDR-TB STREAM trial delivers promising results
2022-11-09
Health-E News
SA expected to begin piloting HIV prevention shot in early 2023
2022-11-09
Spotlight
[Watch] Three myths about vasectomies busted
2022-11-09
Bhekisisa
We are fighting a war – LGBTQI violence activist
2022-11-09
Health-E News
What happened to HIV activist Zackie Achmat?
2022-11-08
Bhekisisa
Teen pregnancies: Heavy burdens for young shoulders
2022-11-08
Health-E News
Pill to prevent pre-eclampsia gets UK fast track for development
2022-11-08
The Guardian
Climate change and HIV: what do we know so far?
2022-11-09
Be in the know
In-depth: Major SAMRC study sheds light on causes of disease and death in SA
2022-11-08
Spotlight
South Africa to begin piloting injectable PrEP in early 2023
2022-11-07
Aidsmap
Malaria in Africa: Why Most Countries haven’t beaten it yet
2022-11-07
African Business
Two-drug dolutegravir-based regimen a valid alternative for pregnant women with HIV
2022-11-07
MIMS Pharmacy
Limpopo records second measles outbreak - NICD
2022-11-07
News24
Mobilising the community this SADC Malaria Day
2022-11-06
Northglen News
Health must be front and centre in the COP27 climate change negotiations
2022-11-06
United Nations
Dramatic decreases in maternal and newborn deaths in South Africa sustained despite COVID challenges: New study
2022-11-04
Clinton Health Access Initiative
IN-DEPTH | The complex relationship between TB and mental health
2022-10-13
Spotlight
South Africa’s Cabinet Approves African Medicines Agency Treaty
2022-10-11
Health Policy Watch
Sierra Leone targets cervical cancer mortality by vaccinating girls
2022-10-11
WHO Africa
‘Investing in girls is investing in our common future’: UN chief
2022-10-10
United Nations
An overlooked workforce: How these mental health paramedics can ease depression & anxiety in SA
2022-10-11
Bhekisisa
Mental health for all is not a reality in South Africa
2022-10-10
Mail & Guardian
INTERVIEW: Prof Wendy Stevens on following the science, even if it means swimming against the stream
2022-10-10
Spotlight
Unique Friendship Benches initiative inaugurated to promote mental health, featuring competing FIFA World Cup nations
2022-10-10
World Health Organization
World Mental Health Day: Most kids don’t get the help they need
2022-10-10
Health-E News
SAHPRA alerts the public about contaminated health products
2022-10-10
SAHPRA
The mental health impact of intergenerational violence on children
2022-10-10
Health-E News
With new infections 1 million higher than the 2020 target, UNAIDS and partners convene emergency meeting on HIV prevention
2022-10-10
UNAIDS
We need to preserve our mental health amidst the chaos
2022-10-10
Health Systems Trust
Can't Pass It On
2022-10-10
Terrence Higgins Trust
Toxic tobacco: proposed 100% ban on smoking in public areas
2022-10-06
Health-E News
How Rwanda could become one of the first countries to wipe out cervical cancer
2022-10-06
Bhekisisa
Smart pill box can help with TB treatment, but it’s not for everyone
2022-10-06
Spotlight
South Africa: Mixed Feelings About NHI At Public Health Conference
2022-10-05
AllAfrica (from Spotlight)
Fifth episode of UNAIDS podcast series ‘Against the Odds’ released
2022-10-05
UNAIDS
Cancer treatment predictor may not work in patients with African and Asian ancestries
2022-10-04
UCT News
How to keep teenagers on TB treatment
2022-10-04
Bhekisisa
Older adults with HIV have different profiles and different needs
2022-10-04
Aidsmap
HPV Vaccine: Low uptake hurts cervical cancer fight
2022-10-04
Health-e News
Preventive malaria treatment is a cost-effective strategy for saving young lives
2022-10-03
News Medical Life Science
SA Keiskamma Art Project now on display - 130 women impacted by HIV weave stories of pain and loss
2022-10-03
News24
You Get Vaccinated While Pregnant? - Exclusive
2022-10-03
Health Digest
Covid, Flu coinfection on rise: How fatal is it and what are the symptoms
2022-10-02
Mint
Monkeypox eradication unlikely in the U.S. as virus could spread indefinitely, CDC says
2022-10-01
CNBC
Impressive New Data on the Benefit of Childhood Vaccines
2022-09-30
Science-Based Medicine
Routine Childhood Immunisations in Low-Income Countries Declined Again in 2021; Signs of Recovery in 2022
2022-09-30
Health Policy Watch
Yes, Vaccines are Safe Even After a Study Looked at Potential Link to Asthma
2022-09-30
Healthline
Monkey Pox Vaccination Not Yet Necessary: Health Department
2022-09-28
EWN
African governments unite with UNAIDS, PEPFAR and global health partners to sustain political leadership to end AIDS and respond to future pandemics
2022-09-28
Unaids
“We take the fish out of the water”: Three myths about vasectomies – busted
2022-09-28
Bhekisisa
HIV treatment in South Africa: How to help people stay on ARVs when life gets in the way
2022-09-27
263 chat
This metal is destroying children’s brains - SA has no plans to remove it
2022-09-27
News24
The Connection Between Tuberculosis and Poverty
2022-09-27
Borgen Magazine
Longer-lasting HIV antibody treatments could offer a one-shot alternative to maintenance therapies
2022-09-26
Medical Xpress
Pregnancy-specific anxiety associated with shorter gestation times and earlier births
2022-09-26
News Medical Life Science
SA clinics’ shortage of injection contraceptive putting girls, women’s at risk of unwanted pregnancy
2022-09-26
Drum
Discover how AI is being used to detect tuberculosis
2022-09-26
World Economic Forum
Ending AIDS in Children by 2030
2022-09-26
Medical Xpress
The youth has power and influence to deal with HIV/AIDS – Parliament
2022-09-26
IOL news
WHO releases a public health taxonomy for social listening on monkeypox conversations
2022-09-26
WHO
On World Contraception Day, we’re debunking 5 myths about birth control pills
2022-09-26
Health Shots
HIV treatment in South Africa: how to help people stay on ARVs when life gets in the way
2022-09-26
The Conversation
Merck restarts islatravir HIV treatment studies, but abandons monthly PrEP
2022-09-23
nam aidsmap
UNAIDS applauds donors for pledging the largest amount ever to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
2022-09-21
UNAIDS
Heads of State commit to Noncommunicable Disease Global Compact to save 50 million lives by 2030
2022-09-21
World Health Organization
Malaria vaccine: the road has been long and tortuous, but we’re getting there
2022-09-20
Health-E News
As polio threatens a return, UK expert calls for extensive antibody testing to protect vulnerable communities
2022-09-20
Pharmiweb.com
‘Out of control’: rise in STDs, including 26% syphilis spike, sparks US alarm
2022-09-20
The Guardian
Is the future of SA’s TB plans locked up in the mysterious minds of teens?
2022-09-20
Bhekisisa
Study offers new view on air pollution and cancer link
2022-09-19
Bloomberg
Healthcare problems persist at ‘Ideal Clinics’, studies show
2022-09-19
Spotlight
WHO EMRO: Investment in genomic surveillance: a priority for the Region
2022-09-19
Reliefweb
As we fight monkeypox, we must remember the somber lessons of HIV
2022-09-19
wbur
School saves lives: World leaders back a courageous goal, “Education Plus”, to prevent new HIV infections through education and empowerment
2022-09-19
UNAIDS
PrEParing for the next chapter of HIV prevention in Myanmar
2022-09-19
UNAIDS
UNAIDS urges donors to fully fund the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to get the HIV response back on track
2022-09-18
UNAIDS
Teaming up to end teenage pregnancies in SADC
2022-09-16
Health-E News
Vaginismus, endometriosis: 'Women's health continues to be downplayed', says doctor
2022-09-16
News24
Speaking Notes: Dr. Joe Phaahla – 7th SA TB Conference: Working together to get TB control back on track
2022-09-16
Covid-19 Online Resource and News Portal
Let’s chat Patient Safety with Dr Ganizani Mlawanda
2022-09-16
Health Systems Trust
New strategic plan will help regain mission in the fight against TB: Minister Phaahla
2022-09-16
SABC News
Government outlines nation’s TB recovery plan as testing volumes show improvement
2022-09-15
Daily Maverick
Alzheimer’s: ‘Let’s protect our elderly’ – FS locals
2022-09-15
Health-E News
Trauma cases are burdening the Western Cape’s healthcare system
2022-09-14
Health-E News
[WATCH] Books & babies: How to keep young mothers in school
2022-09-13
Bhekisisa
In-depth: Codeine regulation – a tussle between pain relief and addiction
2022-09-13
Spotlight
The oldest trick in Big Tobacco’s playbook nearly derailed SA’s TB conference. Here’s why
2022-09-13
Bhekisisa
Breaking down inequalities to tackle the HIV epidemic
2022-09-13
Reliefweb
Why the Latest Screening Tests and Treatments Offer Hope for Ovarian Cancer
2022-09-13
Everyday Health
Formula milk industry targets health professionals to market products
2022-09-13
Health-e News
Court ruling won’t stop NHI plans for South Africa: minister
2022-09-13
BusinessTech
WHO concerns trigger crisis response to Zimbabwe’s measles outbreak
2022-09-12
New Zimbabwe
Study: Cannabis use during pregnancy may harm child's long-term mental health
2022-09-12
UPI
Nigeria has a Maternal Health problem
2022-09-12
Vanguard
TB, HIV, and Malaria Treatment Rebound to Near Pre-Pandemic Levels, But Still Off Course
2022-09-12
Health Policy Watch
‘Time to put ideas into action’ in the fight against HIV/Aids, says Durban mayor
2022-09-12
IOL news
AI Detects Tuberculosis from X-rays
2022-09-12
Psychology Today
Tuberculosis Affects More Men Globally — But Women Feel More of a Social Impact
2022-09-12
Global Citizen
CDC report shows people with monkeypox have higher than expected rates of HIV and STIs
2022-09-12
News Medical Life Science
Opinion: Mothers and babies pay the price for medical xenophobia
2022-09-08
Spotlight
The global picture of Tuberculosis: A view from WHO
2022-09-08
Open Access Government
At long last, we might have an HIV vaccine
2022-09-07
Big Think
People living with HIV speak loudly and clearly at World Council of Churches Assembly
2022-09-07
UNAIDS
Integrated action review brings hope for reaching UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets in Zululand
2022-09-07
Health Systems Trust
Unitaid Invests in New TB Tests, as South Africa Study Reports Importance of Better Screening
2022-09-06
Health Policy Watch
Tuberculosis & HIV In Pregnancy – A Concerning State Of Affairs
2022-09-06
iAfrica
Childhood cancer: Traditional healers have vital role
2022-09-06
Health-E News
‘Call me Tumi’: Meet the young woman who heads SA’s medicines regulator
2022-09-06
Bhekisisa
WHO releases new module of the PrEP implementation tool on integration of STI services
2022-09-06
World Health Organization
SMHS to lead initiative to remove barriers to HIV and COVID screening
2022-09-05
The GW Hatchet
What is the END TB Strategy?
2022-09-05
News Medical Life Science
Dolutegravir associated with improved viral suppression in HIV-positive pregnant patients
2022-09-05
2 Minute Medicine
Kenya adopts three-test HIV testing in latest efforts to deal with the virus
2022-09-03
African Business
Bilharzia: A silent disease lurking in our waters
2022-09-03
Health-e News
Community-led monitoring of HIV services leads to investment and policy change
2022-09-02
Aidsmap
Phaahla: Don’t blame migrants for healthcare challenges
2022-09-02
Health-e News
How a 4th Person Was ‘Cured’ of HIV After Stem Cell Treatments
2022-09-01
Healthline
The Stitches Doll Project: Preserving the Stories of Women Living With HIV for Over 20 Years
2022-09-01
The Body HIV/AIDS Resource
A Breakthrough Tuberculosis Treatment Just Got Safer
2022-09-01
Health Policy Watch
Exodus of medical professionals in South Africa – leaving hospitals understaffed
2022-08-30
BusinessTech
Empowering rural communities about period poverty
2022-08-30
People’s Post
South Africa unveils latest data on HIV epidemic
2022-08-30
News Ghana
Snatching away Mandela’s gift of health and the return of medical apartheid
2022-08-30
Daily Maverick Editorial
Healthcare workers trained to avoid stigmatising HIV patients
2022-08-29
News24
A mutated virus, anti-vaxxers and a vulnerable population: how polio returned to the US
2022-08-29
The Guardian
Purple menace – South African teens embrace codeine-fuelled DIY high
2022-08-29
Daily Maverick
HPCSA busts bogus health practitioners for selling meds to Mpumalanga residents
2022-08-29
IOL news
Traditional healers urged to join new health structures
2022-08-29
IOL news
How nurses recruited from Zimbabwe are being caught in UK ‘bonded labour’ schemes
2022-08-28
Telegraph
Regional initiative to speed up progress on ending preventable maternal and newborn deaths in East and Southern Africa
2022-08-26
Reliefweb
Resistance to recognizing airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 may be rooted in historical error
2022-08-25
News Medical Life Science
How maternal fat metabolism very early in pregnancy and fetal abdominal growth influence toddler weight
2022-08-25
Science Daily
Foreigners, including pregnant women, turned away from Gauteng hospitals: Doctors Without Borders
2022-08-26
IOL news
Heat from a changing climate poses a significant risk to mothers and babies
2022-08-25
Mail & Guardian
Think. Test. Treat TB
2022-08-26
CDC
#Nationalshutdown: Fix public health system
2022-08-24
Health-E News
UNAIDS Country Director in Nigeria shares how lessons from the AIDS response apply to the Monkeypox response
2022-08-24
UNAIDS
Women in Health: From test tubes to impacting lives – Dr Thesla Palanee-Phillips on making a difference with science
2022-08-24
Spotlight
Slow rollout for child-friendly ARV treatment
2022-08-24
Health-E News
The UK government is dangerously neglecting sexual health services
2022-08-23
The Guardian
Analysis: What is behind the Western Cape’s low PrEP numbers?
2022-08-23
Spotlight
World has reached another turning point in fight against HIV
2022-08-23
Health-E News
UNAIDS responds to EU approval of a long acting HIV treatment option: “To end AIDS, share technology.”
2022-08-23
UNAIDS
Public call for data on targeted Next-Generation Sequencing solutions for detection of drug resistance among people diagnosed with tuberculosis
2022-08-22
World Health Organization
WHO releases new guidance on national strategic planning for tuberculosis
2022-08-18
WHO
UNAIDS launches podcast series ‘Against the Odds’
2022-08-18
UNAIDS
Women in Health: Francesca Conradie – from HIV to groundbreaking TB research
2022-08-17
Spotlight
Monkeypox: Vaccine on the cards as SA records fourth case
2022-08-17
Health-E News
The challenges integrating U=U into HIV care around the world
2022-08-17
Aidsmap
Millions more children to benefit from world’s first malaria vaccine: UNICEF
2022-08-16
United Nations
Does TB influence viral suppression in HIV patients on DTG-based therapy?
2022-08-16
MIMS Respirology
Addressing maternal mental healthcare in Africa
2022-08-16
BizCommunity
Mathematical model is new tool in fight against malaria
2022-08-15
E & T
Taking Antibiotics After Sex Reduces STI Risk
2022-08-15
POZ
The rise of ‘Dr. Google’: The risks of self-diagnosis and searching symptoms online
2022-08-15
The Conversation
Zimbabwe blames measles surge on sect gatherings after 80 children die
2022-08-15
Reuters
We still have no HIV cure. But we have a better strategy for finding one
2022-08-15
Aidsmap
Fourth monkeypox case confirmed in the Western Cape
2022-08-15
News24
GBV activists unimpressed with the lack of victim consultation when it comes to parole
2022-08-15
IOL news
WHO To Give ‘Monkeypox’ Virus Variants New Name To Eradicate Stigmas Associated With The Disease
2022-08-15
Forbes Africa
New 'Langya' virus found in China: What to know about symptoms, transmission
2022-08-12
Medical News Today
HIV: Initial Symptoms In Women And Men
2022-08-12
Emergency Live
BCG vaccine prevents TB in young children, but not adults - new study
2022-08-12
News24
Why SA needs NHI, in Nicholas Crisp’s own words
2022-08-11
BizNews
Food and drinks are getting sweeter. Even if it’s not all sugar, it’s bad for our health
2022-08-11
Health-E News
Pandemics are not fate: Concrete actions to tackle inequalities can overcome AIDS, Monkeypox and COVID-19
2022-08-10
UNAIDS
Expert comment - polio vaccine for children aged one to nine in London
2022-08-10
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Why am I so tired and when is it time to see the doctor about it? A GP explains
2022-08-10
Health24
Factbox: Monkeypox cases and deaths around the world
2022-08-10
GEO Health
New Study Confirms Typhoid Vaccine Safety, Immune Response in Children
2022-08-10
CISION
New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030
2022-08-10
Express Healthcare
Why is the International Aids Conference still held in the Global North?
2022-08-09
Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism
NHI: Can SA afford national health insurance?
2022-08-08
Health-E News
In-depth: What are fuelling concerns over nurse training in South Africa?
2022-08-08
Spotlight
South Africa: Eliminating Malaria Remains Top Priority
2022-08-03
All Africa
Stemming the HIV tide among Africa’s girls and women
2022-08-03
Health-E News
“It took me three seconds to decide” – Fareed Abdullah reflects on his career in public health
2022-08-02
Spotlight
Oral six-month treatment for MDR-TB is safe and effective in people with HIV
2022-08-02
Aidsmap
Book Review: The double toll of viruses and social injustice
2022-08-01
Nature
Lower levels of dietary calcium and potassium predict recurrence of kidney stones
2022-08-01
news-medical.net
Global discrimination against vulnerable groups fuels new HIV infections
2022-08-01
Daily Maverick
South Africa’s public health system – a lonely, disempowering place that breeds anger and hopelessness
2022-08-01
Daily Maverick
Tuberculosis moves out of Covid’s shadow as research advances
2022-08-01
Biz News
South Africa: SAHPRA Announces Approval of Breakthrough Treatments for Children with HIV
2022-08-01
All Africa
New global alliance launched to end Aids in children by 2030
2022-08-01
IOL news
'A quarter of new HIV infections in young women due to gender-based violence'
2022-08-01
City Press
Global monkeypox vaccine race sparks fears that poorer nations will lose out
2022-08-01
Guardian
Societal enablers: ‘Our No 1 weapon in HIV fight’
2022-08-01
Health-E News
World Hepatitis Day brings care closer to you
2022-08-01
Graphic Online
2 more people have been 'cured' of HIV: a man treated for cancer, and a woman with ‘elite control’
2022-08-01
Business Insider
Children’s mental health: What kids need from a father
2022-07-29
Health-E News
Beyond the blood-brain barrier: HIV research at Texas Biomed gets NIH funding boost
2022-07-27
NewsWise
New insights into HIV latent cells yield potential cure targets
2022-07-27
NewsWise
Two HIV Patients Appear to Have Beaten Virus, Offering Hope for Cure
2022-07-27
The Wall Street Journal
Oldest Patient ‘Cured’ of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant
2022-07-27
Health Policy Watch
Study Finds Another Condition That Vitamin D Pills Do Not Help
2022-07-26
New York Times
Spotlight on HIV: Six graphs that tell the story
2022-07-26
Spotlight
Analysis: Vaccine partnership with US government boosts prospects for local production
2022-07-26
Health24
Would you screen yourself for cervical cancer at home?
2022-07-26
News24
Food insecurity: SA women bear the biggest brunt
2022-07-26
Health-E News
Monkeypox: How it Spreads, Who’s at Risk – Here’s What You Need to Know
2022-07-25
African Business
WHO calls on global community to “do one thing” to save lives on World Drowning Prevention Day
2022-07-25
World Health Organization
‘I Am’ movement of 7,000 health workers demands systemic changes from Phaahla and Makhura
2022-07-24
Daily Maverick
New Monkeypox symptoms are making cases harder to recognise
2022-07-22
Moneyweb
Novel HIV combination therapies could prevent viral escape and rebound
2022-07-22
UW News
Health care services: Villagers’ rights under threat
2022-07-21
Health-E News
South Africa's power cuts take a toll on mental health
2022-07-20
MedicalExpress
#WhatItsLike: Helping cancer patients navigate the public healthcare system in Gauteng
2022-07-20
Spotlight
HST’S new project sets out to protect women and young girls from cervical cancer in Zululand
2022-07-20
Health Systems Trust
Solutions to SA’s chronic surgical delays
2022-07-19
City Press
How many steps per day are needed for longevity? Fewer than 10 000, says large study
2022-07-18
Health24
UN commemorates Nelson Mandela’s ‘fight for a better world’
2022-07-18
United Nations
African leaders launch the Education Plus initiative – a huge step forward for girls’ education and empowerment in Africa
2022-07-18
UNAIDS
Perinatal mental health: Who’s checking in on the mums?
2022-07-18
Health-E News
Monkeypox needs to be taken more seriously, Fauci says, as cases spread in majority of US states
2022-07-17
Business Insider
Obstetric violence: Mother uses trauma to help others
2022-07-15
Health-E News
Joburg Child Dies After Being Turned Away From Clinic Because of No Electricity
2022-07-15
SA People News
Matter of urgency: HIV prevention and support for women
2022-07-12
Health-E News
Urgent call for better use of existing vaccines and development of new vaccines to tackle AMR
2022-07-12
World Health Organization
Measles Outbreak Situation Update in Tshwane District, Gauteng Province
2022-07-12
NICD
Matter of urgency: HIV prevention and support for women
2022-07-12
Health-E News
Health services go mobile
2022-07-12
People’s Post
World population to reach 8 billion this year, as growth rate slows
2022-07-11
World Health Organization
Harvard magazine honours three SA scientists leading public health in Africa
2022-07-11
IOL news
Children Are Doing 20% Less Physical Activity Amid The Pandemic, Study Finds
2022-07-11
Forbes
South Africa: Health Department Works With WHO to Assess Risk of Spreading Monkeypox
2022-07-11
All Africa
Monkeypox: Cabinet urges symptomatic people to seek treatment after third case confirmed in SA
2022-07-11
News24
Women’s Post-Pandemic Health Sharply Contrasts Men’s, New CVS Health Study Reveals
2022-07-11
Forbes
‘Load shedding is a matter of life and death’ – nurses union
2022-07-08
Health-E News
New app makes sexual health issues as easy as ordering food online
2022-07-07
IOL news
SA's moonlight sonata: The illegal cash cow draining specialist care at state hospitals
2022-07-06
News24
South Africans feel the new NHI will not improve healthcare – and worry about the end of private medical aids
2022-07-06
Business Tech
People Who Start HIV Treatment With High CD4s Have a Smaller Viral Reservoir
2022-07-06
POZ Science News
DA concerned that fire at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital is the third fire at Gauteng public hospitals this year
2022-07-05
IOL news
‘World is failing adolescent girls’ warns UNFPA chief, as report shows third of women in developing countries give birth in teen years
2022-07-05
United Nations
New head of U.S aid program for HIV/AIDS vows to refocus attention on the other, ‘silent’ pandemic
2022-07-05
Science.org
Are youth-only clinics the answer to better healthcare for young people?
2022-07-04
Spotlight
Public attitudes on HIV stuck in 1980s, according to new data released on 40th anniversary of Terrence Higgins death
2022-07-04
WalesOnline
4 Ways Period Poverty Affects Africa's Women and Girls, According to Activists
2022-07-03
Global Citizen
Lack of youth-friendly clinics in KZN a major turnoff
2022-07-01
Health-E News
'A cost SA cannot afford': Child mental health crisis at tipping point, shows report
2022-07-01
Parent24
New political declaration to halve road traffic deaths and injuries by 2030 is a milestone achievement
2022-06-30
WHO
World Bank Board Approves New Fund for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPR)
2022-06-30
WHO
Critical role of clinical research
2022-06-29
Health-E News
Phila Ndoda men’s health campaign brings hope for control of South Africa’s HIV epidemic
2022-06-29
Health Systems Trust
HIV Child Medicine That Cut the ‘Yuck’ Cleared in South Africa
2022-06-28
Bloomberg
Travel as therapy for dementia? Here's what science has to say
2022-06-29
Health24
Can you stand on one leg for 10 seconds? It may be a sign of good overall health
2022-06-28
Health24
School Nurses Help Keep Students Healthy
2022-06-28
CDC
New TB testing strategy brings hope, but work remains
2022-07-24
Health-E News
RSV: Virus that threatens infants again circulating in 2022
2022-06-27
Spotlight News
Sexual abuse: The shame and pain of men and boy survivors
2022-06-24
Health-E News
Statement: Reproductive rights are women’s rights and human rights
2022-06-24
United Nations Women
UNAIDS Board closes with significant decisions made on strengthening the global HIV response
2022-06-24
UNAIDS
Monkeypox: Our top 10 questions answered
2022-06-24
Spotlight
UNAIDS, Global Fund and PEPFAR leaders make a united call to action to resource the global AIDS response
2022-06-24
UNAIDS
Shorter, simpler drug-resistant TB treatment expected in SA later in 2022
2022-06-22
Daily Maverick
How can I control mindless snacking from my home-based office?
2022-06-24
Health24
SunSmart Global UV App helps protect you from the dangers of the sun and promotes public health
2022-06-21
WHO
Not just Coughing, M. Tuberculosis may be transmitted via simple breathing as well: Study
2022-06-21
Medical Dialogues
Long-lasting HIV prevention drug too slow to reach Africa, activists say
2022-06-21
Science.org
Youth Day Event highlights the need for the increased implementation of adolescent and youth friendly services at local clinics
2022-06-21
Health Systems Trust
Promoting Adolescent and Youth Friendly Health Services (AYFS) in KZN
2022-06-20
Health Systems Trust
Supporting women with mental ill-health in pregnancy and after birth: lessons from SA
2022-06-20
University of Cape Town News
Crime in SA: Healthcare workers carry a heavy burden
2022-06-20
Health-E News
Health reform report highlights need for consensus-building
2022-06-20
Daily Maverick
Egg donors: Debunking myths and what you need to know
2022-06-20
Health-E News
Supporting women with mental ill-health in pregnancy and after birth: lessons from South Africa
2022-06-20
The Conversation
SA’s child mental health crisis
2022-06-19
City Press
People in Joburg, West Rand could live almost 4 years longer if air were cleaned up – report
2022-06-18
News24
OPINION | Epidemic of domestic violence in Africa must be stopped
2022-06-18
Mail & Guardian
Gauteng hospital continues to ‘persecute’ whistle-blower doctor, Tim de Maayer, says SA Medical Association
2022-06-17
IOL news
Hospitalised TB patients can get cigarettes more easily than safer alternatives - report
2022-06-17
News24
Facebook is receiving sensitive medical information from hospital websites
2022-06-16
StatNews
Improved mental health for children who play well with peers by age three
2022-06-14
The Guardian
Improve women's health, gender equality to spur Africa's growth
2022-06-14
The Standard
Why it’s essential to support women’s health in the workplace
2022-06-13
The Times of India
Groundbreaking treatment for HIV/AIDS developed by Israeli research team
2022-06-13
The Jerusalem Post
Study finds TB treatment during pregnancy is safe for mum and baby
2022-06-13
Curtin University News
Rahima Moosa hospital problem ‘has metastasised throughout the healthcare system in South Africa’
2022-06-12
Daily Maverick
Clinics gamble with HIV patients’ lives
2022-06-12
News24
Youth Month: How local organisations are protecting young women at risk of HIV
2022-06-10
IOL news
Taking integrated hospital services into the community
2022-06-10
Health Systems Trust
We Need to Improve Indoor Air Quality: Here’s How and Why
2022-06-08
Scientific American
Five of the most iconic LGBTIQ+ South Africans
2022-06-07
News24
Intimate partner violence in SA – is it getting worse and how do we tackle it?
2022-06-07
Spotlight
More needs to be done to ensure access to safe and nutritious foodstuff
2022-06-07
Daily Maverick
HIV control approaches may not work for TB: lessons from South Africa and Zambia
2022-06-07
The Conversation
How maternal deaths can be prevented in South Africa
2022-06-06
The South African (from The Conversation)
Students who fled Ukraine battling to get into SA universities
2022-06-06
GroundUp
Overlapping crises push millions into ‘extreme levels of acute food insecurity’
2022-06-06
UN News
Reports of sexual violence in Ukraine rising fast, Security Council hears
2022-06-06
UN News
MEASLES ALERT
2022-06-06
NICD
The Guardian view on monkeypox: communication is crucial
2022-06-05
The Guardian
Why do some lifelong smokers never get lung cancer? New research offers clues
2022-06-02
Health24
ANALYSIS: NHI Bill – clause-by-clause headbutting begins in Parliament
2022-06-02
Spotlight
Could rural students solve SA’s doctor dilemma?
2022-06-01
Bhekisisa
TB trials transform treatment
2022-06-01
News24
WHO raises alarm on tobacco industry environmental impact
2022-05-31
World Health Organization
Over 3million people on new HIV drug, but not all smooth sailing
2022-05-31
Spotlight
SA experts call for urgent regulation of e-cigarettes
2022-05-31
News24
Over three million people on new HIV drug in SA, but concerns persist
2022-05-30
Daily Maverick
KZN Health Department sets aside over R20m to equip and protect LGBTQI+ community
2022-05-31
Daily Maverick
Ivermectin sent back to the worms by medicines regulator
2022-05-30
GroundUp
#WomensHealthMatters: South African women battle on many fronts
2022-05-28
Health-E News
New TB drug combination trial could see current six month treatment cut down to four
2022-05-26
IOL news
World AIDS Vaccine Day 2022: History, Significance and Theme
2022-05-18
News24
Nanomedicine and HIV Therapeutics
2022-05-18
AZO NANO
Incentivizing collaboration towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goals
2022-05-18
World Health Organization
SA’s visionary research leads to new WHO guidelines for improved TB treatment
2022-05-18
News24
Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly to focus on “Health for Peace, Peace for Health” for recovery and renewal
2022-05-17
World Health Organization
World Hypertension Day: The ‘silent killer’ an underlying cause of COVID-19 deaths
2022-05-17
Health-E News
Hypertension, the ‘silent killer’: Top tips to help you get an accurate blood pressure reading
2022-05-17
News24
Lubricant helps prevent HIV infection, but access remains limited
2022-05-17
Spotlight
Global Fund donates to fight HIV/Aids, tuberculosis, and malaria
2022-05-16
Health-E News
Assistive technology: a ‘life changer’ for those most in need
2022-05-16
UN News
World Bank calls for investment in health workforce if SA serious about caring for its people
2022-05-15
Daily Maverick
HST salutes society’s unsung heroes, nurses
2022-05-13
Health Systems Trust
Too many people still die from asthma - doctor weighs in on the new way forward and how it's reducing risks
2022-05-11
Health24
Pig-human transplants may be a misguided attempt to address the organ shortage
2022-05-11
Medical Xpress
It’s not one size fits all: a case for how equity-based knowledge translation can support rural and remote communities to optimize virtual health care
2022-05-09
Rural and Remote Health
WHO highlights glaring gaps in regulation of alcohol marketing across borders
2022-05-10
World Health Organization
Charlotte Maxeke hospital casualty unit open, but not for ‘walk-in’ emergencies
2022-05-09
Daily Maverick
In-depth: Risk to newborns increasing as antibiotics stop working
2022-05-09
Spotlight
UNAIDS warmly welcomes the confirmation of John Nkengasong to lead the United States global efforts to end AIDS
2022-05-06
UNAIDS
Editorial: How do we make an HIV and TB plan that has greater impact?
2022-05-05
Spotlight
Interview: ‘I love science, I love people’, says award-winning young doctor
2022-05-04
Spotlight
Most maternal deaths are preventable: how to improve outcomes in South Africa
2022-05-04
The Conversation
Losing my wife and son: Husband shares the tragic reality of postpartum depression
2022-05-03
CNN
Opinion: Time to take clean indoor air as seriously as we take clean water
2022-04-07
Spotlight
New framework for action for male engagement in the HIV response in eastern and southern Africa launched
2022-04-07
UNAIDS
Obesity, stunting on the rise among SA’s children
2022-04-06
Health-E News
Lessons from the global South on how to counter harmful information
2022-04-06
The Conversation
WHO urges accelerated action to protect human health and combat the climate crisis at a time of heightened conflict and fragility
2022-04-06
World Health Organization
Young people’s monitoring of progress towards 2025 targets begins second phase
2022-04-06
UNAIDS
Health partners race to secure life-saving HIV medicines and services for people affected by the war in Ukraine
2022-04-06
UNAIDS
Opinion: Reframing the right to healthcare in terms of insurance cover is a bad idea
2022-04-05
Spotlight
Billions of people still breathe unhealthy air: new WHO data
2022-04-04
World Health Organization
Climate Mitigation Report Says 43% Reduction Needed in Carbon Emissions by 2030
2022-04-04
Health Policy Watch
Training health-care workers in Indonesia to improve HIV services for young key populations
2022-03-30
UNAIDS
It's World Bipolar Day
2022-03-30
Health Systems Trust
What is the use of anti-HIV injections when those who need it most can’t use it?
2022-03-30
Bhekisisa
What is impeding Africa’s TB fight?
2022-03-29
WHO Africa
HIV prevention ring approved, but next steps unclear
2022-03-29
Spotlight
Transgender sex workers face frequent abuse
2022-03-29
UNAIDS
Commemorating World TB Day in uThukela
2022-03-28
Health Systems Trust
Exclusive breastfeeding: New mums in dire need of support, education
2022-03-25
Health-E News
WHO establishes the Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India
2022-03-25
World Health Organization
[PODCAST] The illegal cigarette business: How does it work?
2022-03-25
Bhekisisa
Looking Beyond New TB Vaccines to Shorter Courses of Treatment
2022-03-24
Health Policy Watch
Career mums share their breastfeeding journeys
2022-03-24
Health-E News
World TB Day: Drug-resistant patient grateful for new treatment
2022-03-24
Health-E News
Reflecting on TREATS Project on World TB Day
2022-03-24
Health Systems Trust
Analysis: Is SA on course to solve its TB diagnosis problem?
2022-03-24
Spotlight News
Left to die: the fate of thousands of people living with HIV in Tigray
2022-03-24
The Conversation
Tackling TB: Three lessons the COVID-19 pandemic taught us
2022-03-24
Bhekisisa
No shoes allowed: Why it’s best to go bare indoors
2022-03-23
Bhekisisa
What should the TB priorities be in the new NSP?
2022-03-24
Spotlight
Tackling TB: Three lessons the COVID-19 pandemic taught us
2022-03-24
Bhekisisa
Profile: I view the doctor-patient relationship as sacred, says leading TB doctor
2022-03-24
News24
Analysis: Is SA on course to solve its TB diagnosis problem?
2022-03-24
Spotlight
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) South Africa director Professor Yogan Pillay weighs in on World TB Day (radio recording)
2022-03-24
702
Low funding, COVID-19 curtail tuberculosis fight in Africa
2022-03-24
World Health Organization
Why a new approach is needed in the fight against South Africa’s number one killer
2022-03-23
Daily Maverick
Facebook’s Censorship of Health Ads for Women and People of Diverse Genders
2022-03-22
Center for Intimacy Justice
Cyber censorship of women’s health is being called out in The Menstrual Revolution campaign
2022-03-22
Stylist Wellbeing
Black Women’s Health Imperative Releases 2022 National Diabetes Agenda
2022-03-22
PR Newswire
As Europe Moves to Improve Mental Health Services for Children, Experts Are Concerned About Men’s Mental State
2022-03-21
Health Policy Watch
New Children’s TB Guidelines a ‘Game-Changer’ With Non-Invasive Tests, Shortened Treatments
2022-03-21
Health Policy Watch
Unitaid to introduce new long-lasting injection to prevent HIV in Brazil and South Africa, as high-income countries begin deployment
2022-03-18
Unitaid
Mass Polio Vaccination Drive to Administer More Than 80 Million Doses to Southern African Children in Five Countries
2022-03-18
Health Policy Watch
Mental wellbeing: SA hits rock bottom on global list
2022-03-18
Health-E News
Dapivirine vaginal ring: SA rollout put on ice for now
2022-03-15
Health-E News
Tuberculosis: South Africa’s forgotten killer
2022-03-15
Mail & Guardian
Discovery to offer ultra low-cost health cover in South Africa
2022-03-14
Bloomberg
UNAIDS Executive Director's Statement at the 65th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
2022-03-14
UNAIDS
Childhood cancer: Heroic teen beats disease while fighting hunger
2022-03-14
Health-E News
Editorial: Dysfunctional provincial health departments make a mockery of the ‘capable state’
2022-03-14
Spotlight
Frontline workers at Helen Joseph Hospital add voices to call for urgent reopening of Charlotte Maxeke
2022-03-14
Daily Maverick
Discriminatory attitudes remain common
2022-03-14
UNAIDS
Saving children’s lives through effective viral load management
2022-03-14
Health Systems Trust
Stop attacks on health care in Ukraine
2022-03-13
Joint statement from UNICEF, UNFPA, and WHO
Covid chaos fueled another public health crisis: STDs
2022-03-12
Politico
Donald Pinkel, Who Developed a Cure for Childhood Leukemia, Dies at 95
2022-03-12
New York Times
Hopes raised for once-a-week pills for range of conditions
2022-03-11
The Guardian
Student nurses in Eastern Cape demand jobs from provincial government
2022-03-11
Groundup
SA left to languish as deadline for ending (or extending) National State of Disaster looms
2022-03-11
Daily Maverick
South Africa Approves Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for Use by Women
2022-03-11
International Partnership for Microbicides
HIV-TB mortality rates: SA needs to stem the tide
2022-03-11
Health-E News
As SA moves towards scrapping Covid regulations, doctors find themselves on a new medical front line
2022-03-10
IOL news
WATCH: World’s first person to receive transplanted genetically modified pig heart dies
2022-03-10
IOL news
Two South African health sector veterans appointed to French National Order of Merit
2022-03-08
Daily Maverick
Helen Joseph Hospital sees uptick in mental health admissions
2022-03-09
Health-E News
International Women’s Day: This disabled female farmer won’t be held back
2022-03-08
Health-E News
Women and girls, HIV and AIDS
2022-03-08
Avert
Remembering Dr Elvira Singh, the gentle giant behind the National Cancer Registry
2022-03-08
Daily Maverick
We cannot let war in Ukraine derail HIV, TB and Covid-19 treatment in eastern Europe
2022-03-08
The Telegraph
Celebrating the solution multipliers
2022-03-08
United Nations Women
UNAIDS Executive Director's message on International Women’s Day 2022
2022-03-08
UNAIDS
‘Turn the clock forward on women’s rights’: UN chief’s International Women’s Day message
2022-03-07
United Nations Women
High Fructose Intake May Trigger Fatty Liver Disease
2022-03-07
Medscape
High cholesterol levels: Why taking your medicine diligently is more effective than changing your diet
2022-03-07
CAN Lifestyle
Act Now to Save Lives and Prevent Migrants From Going Missing
2022-03-07
World Health Organization
Some malaria parasites are evading detection tests, causing an urgent threat to public health
2022-03-07
The Conversation
Tracking symptoms of respiratory diseases online can give a picture of community health
2022-03-07
NICD
Turning the tide on TB
2022-03-07
NICD
Women and girls carry the heaviest HIV burden in sub-Saharan Africa
2022-03-07
UNAIDS
World Obesity Day 2022 – Accelerating action to stop obesity
2022-03-04
World Health Organization
Young Africans, sexual health and social media: which messages work, which don’t
2022-03-03
The Conversation
World Birth Defects Day: Parents gripped by superstitious fear
2022-03-03
Health-E News
Magic melanin: Everything that makes Black skin unique
2022-03-03
Bhekisisa
Red Cross Children’s Hospital continues trailblazing journey
2022-03-02
Health-E News
Orthopaedic capacity boost for Free State hospitals
2022-03-02
Health-E News
Herbal medicine practitioner fined $2,664 for making 'miracle' claims
2022-03-02
Therapeutic Goods Administration Australia
Programme provides HIV prevention pills in schools
2022-03-02
Spotlight
“My life’s mission is to end stigma and discrimination, and that starts with U = U”: a story of HIV activism in Thailand
2022-03-01
United Nations
“An HIV diagnosis should not be a guilty verdict—it’s just a diagnosis"
2022-03-01
Spotlight
Prioritise HIV prevention injection, activists say
2022-03-01
Spotlight
Support for diabetes sensor technology gathers momentum
2022-03-01
Health-E News
Discriminatory and punitive laws alarmingly common
2022-02-28
UNAIDS
Expanding Global Research Capabilities to Prepare for Future Pandemics
2022-02-27
Health Policy Watch
Like COVID, TB is a pandemic and must be treated as an emergency
2022-02-27
The Conversation
Finally Cause for Optimism About TB Vaccine Research, Says Fauci
2022-02-22
Health Policy Watch
More than half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing – WHO, UNICEF
2022-02-22
UNICEF
Rapid Rx Quiz: Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs)
2022-02-22
Medscape
What’s the impact of the new HIV variant on the HIV response?
2022-02-22
UNAIDS
Four years of the Fast-Track cities project—what have we achieved and learned, and what is next?
2022-02-21
UNAIDS
New project advocates for Dapivirine vaginal ring
2022-02-21
Aidsfonds
New WHO/ILO guide urges greater safeguards to protect health workers
2022-02-21
World Health Organization
Flagship Training Programme Boosts Research in Neglected Tropical Diseases in Global South
2022-02-21
Health Policy Watch
No evidence that recent cases of typhoid fever are linked to contaminated municipal water in any part of the country
2022-02-21
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
All hands on deck in a pandemic
2022-02-21
Business Live
A skin expert busts 11 Black skin myths
2022-02-21
Bhekisisa
Championing Inclusivity at the Global Disability Summit
2022-02-18
Health Policy Watch
Virtual approaches boost HIV self-testing in India
2022-02-18
Aids Map
Early detection: CANSA joins hands with traditional practitioners
2022-02-18
Health-E News
Drug-resistant TB: Rollout of shorter regimen hits a snag
2022-02-18
Health-E News
Uganda makes strides in HIV control
2022-02-17
The East African
An AIDS-Free Generation Starts with Young People
2022-02-17
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Help patients understand Nutrition Facts labels to eat smarter
2022-02-09
American Medical Association
Depression Remains Overlooked and Underfunded; Experts Call to Reduce Global Burden
2022-02-16
Health Policy Watch
Sex during pregnancy: Everything you need to know
2022-02-15
Health-E News
Investments in HIV, health and pandemics are vital for economic recovery in Africa
2022-02-15
UNAIDS
Towards a life of dignity for people living with disabilities
2022-02-15
UNAIDS
A Woman Is Cured of H.I.V. Using a Novel Treatment
2022-02-15
The New York Times
School-aged children: Healthy eating equals brainpower
2022-02-14
Health-E News
Want to systematically apply gender analysis? Use a gender analysis matrix
2022-02-14
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
EpiPens: People in South Africa often can’t access this lifesaving allergy treatment
2022-02-14
Spotlight
Co-discoverer of HIV, Luc Montagnier, has died at the age of 89
2022-02-11
UNAIDS
Study on true impact of Covid-19 on spread of HIV under way
2022-02-11
IOL
Less talk, more action: South Africa’s failing response to the antibiotic resistance pandemic
2022-02-10
GroudUp
HIV incidence in South Africa has halved since 2010
2022-02-09
Spotlight
In-depth: Where we are in the NHI legislative process and what happens next?
2022-02-08
Spotlight
STIs: Women need to keep an eye on early warning signs
2022-02-07
Health-E News
Africa CDC is Elevated to Status of Continental Public Health Agency
2022-02-07
Health Policy Watch
New HIV variant: ‘South Africa ready to respond’
2022-02-07
Health-E News
Smoke and mirrors: What you need to know about the hazy world of the proposed vaping tax
2022-02-07
Bhekisisa
Pandemic Era Tests May Speed Hepatitis-C Detection
2022-02-04
The New York Times
Analysis of 20-year study finds malaria control in young children saves lives into adulthood
2022-02-03
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Supporting health-care providers to make positive change: WHO launches new training tools on female genital mutilation prevention and care
2022-02-03
World Health Organization
Cervical cancer is a disease of inequity
2022-02-03
UCT News
Highly virulent HIV variant found circulating in Europe
2022-02-03
Nature
What can you do to reduce the risk of getting an antibiotic-resistant infection?
2022-02-03
Groundup
Scientists discover crucial link between high blood pressure and diabetes
2022-02-02
IOL
Analysis: Is there a way out of SA’s medico-legal morass?
2022-02-01
Spotlight
Daily water intake: Fill up your bottle, drink up and repeat
2022-02-01
Health-E News
Why a million children are missing from school – and how to get them back
2022-02-01
Bhekisisa
Researchers and dieticians argue it’s high time South African food products come with warnings
2022-01-31
Daily Maverick
One hundred and fifty thousand preventable new HIV infections among children in 2020
2022-01-31
UNAIDS
The widespread misuse of antibiotics in humans, animals and the environment must stop
2022-01-31
Groundup
Africa, the pandemic and healthcare independence
2022-01-31
BBC News
Promising progress on neglected tropical diseases in Africa
2022-01-31
WHO Africa
HIV mRNA Vaccine Trial Is Now Underway
2022-01-28
POZ
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the universality of health and human rights
2022-01-27
The Lancet News
World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day: WHO calls for equitable health services for all
2022-01-26
Health-E News
Celebrating World NTD Day: make every day a neglected tropical diseases day
2022-01-26
World Health Organization
CDC Establishes Global Networks to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
2022-01-25
JAMA Network
Burnout: Why we need to stop neglecting our wellbeing
2022-01-25
Health24
There’s another pandemic we should be focused on: antibiotic-resistant infections
2022-01-25
Groundup
How ‘Mina. For Men. For Health’ is empowering men to turn the tide on HIV/Aids in SA
2022-01-24
Sunday Times
Rich Countries Lure Health Workers From Low-Income Nations to Fight Shortages
2022-01-24
New York Times
Missing men living with HIV
2022-01-24
UNAIDS
Descendants of Young Male Smokers Have More Body Fat, Extending Into Future Generations
2022-01-22
Medscape News UK
Government help urgently needed to ease the pain and suffering of children who are dying — report
2022-01-20
Daily Maverick
Free State pushing to get TB patients back into care
2022-01-20
Spotlight
This HIV prevention medicine is for everyone. Why do so few people take it?
2022-01-20
Stat News
New era of health science for Africa
2022-01-19
Health-E News
A role for community-level socioeconomic indicators in targeting tuberculosis screening interventions
2022-01-17
Nature
Understanding decreasing mortality in people with diabetes
2022-01-10
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
A new index to guide global drug policies
2022-01-01
The Lancet HIV
More People Died of Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’ Than HIV/AIDS In 2019, Sub-Saharan Africa Worst Affected
2022-01-20
Health Policy Watch
Millions are dying from drug-resistant infections, global report says
2022-01-20
BBC News
Bullying: Going back to school a nightmare for some kids
2022-01-19
Health-E News
In-depth: Top 10 health issues to watch in 2022
2022-01-17
Spotlight
Pre-exposure prophylaxis use expands, but not fast enough
2022-01-17
UNAIDS
Hepatitis B may increase cancer risk in people with HIV
2022-01-17
Aidsmap
Annual health checkups: Nip potential problems in the bud
2022-01-17
Health-E News
Questions over implementation of SA’s new infection control plan
2022-01-12
Spotlight
Maternal and child healthcare isn’t reaching everyone in urban sub-Saharan Africa
2022-01-12
The Conversation
Questions over implementation of SA’s new infection control plan
2022-01-11
Spotlight
Tuberculosis remains disease of concern in South Africa
2022-01-10
CGTN Africa
Expert comment - estimating deaths globally from air pollution
2022-01-06
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Women’s Periods May Be Late After Coronavirus Vaccination, Study Suggests
2022-01-06
The New York Times
Love and condoms: broadcast on the importance of condoms in eastern Europe and central Asia
2022-01-05
UNAIDS
Western Cape paramedics respond to 50 000 emergencies in December, 5 300 over the New Year weekend
2022-01-04
News24
Thousands of men battling prostate cancer could be cured with a 'game-changing' HOUR-long operation that uses electrical currents to destroy tumours
2022-01-04
Business Insider
HIV/AIDS activist: ‘Let’s focus on adolescent girls, young women’
2022-01-29
Health-E News

2021

Domestic abuse: Teens give brutal firsthand accounts
2021-12-31
Health-E News
A tale of two mothers: Inside the losses of South Africa’s femicide epidemic
2021-12-13
Bhekisisa
Cannabis: Smokers face poorer educational outcomes
2021-12-14
Health-E News
Tackling corruption, important step for ‘inclusive, sustainable development’
2021-12-13
United Nations
Protect the environment, World No Tobacco Day 2022 will give you one more reason to quit
2021-12-13
World Health Organization
WHO and St. Jude to dramatically increase global access to childhood cancer medicines
2021-12-13
World Health Organization
Investing 1 dollar per person per year could save 7 million lives in low- and lower-middle-income countries
2021-12-13
World Health Organization
Putting medical professionals’ mental wellness under the microscope
2021-12-13
Health-E News
Addressing inequalities to ensure health and rights for all
2021-12-12
UNAIDS
In-Depth: Hypertension – South Africa’s “silent killer”
2021-12-06
Spotlight
More than half a billion people pushed or pushed further into extreme poverty due to health care costs
2021-12-12
World Health Organization
Mabuza: HIV/AIDS and Covid-19 Show That We Need to Strengthen Our Health Systems
2021-12-07
EWN
Shelters: Access not a given for LGBTQIA+ members
2021-12-03
Health-E News
The Free State Health department has expressed concern at reports of patients throwing away their antiretroviral (ARV) treatment.
2021-12-02
Health-E News
Opinion: We should make it much easier for people to start and stay on HIV treatment
2021-12-01
Spotlight
Are two medicines instead of three the future of HIV treatment?
2021-12-01
Spotlight
Letter from Prince Harry to Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Ms Winnie Byanyima on World AIDS Day
2021-12-01
UNAIDS
World AIDS Day 2021 - Step up, be bold, end AIDS, end inequalities and end pandemics
2021-12-01
World Health Organization
Every member of society is obliged to report gender-based violence, says advocate
2021-12-02
IOL
World AIDS Day 2021 message from UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima
2021-12-01
UNAIDS
World AIDS Day 2021 - Step up, be bold, end AIDS, end inequalities and end pandemics
2021-12-01
World Health Organization
Vaccine passports may start in early 2022
2021-12-01
Business Day
Opinion: Funding must be allocated to treat drivers of HIV
2021-11-30
Spotlight
Male circumcisions disrupted by COVID-19, fall short of the 2020 target
2021-11-29
UNAIDS
HPV: What is happening with SA’s other relatively new vaccine programme?
2021-11-24
Spotlight
Circumcision reducing HIV infections but COVID-19 caused setbacks
2021-11-25
Spotlight
During these 16 Days of Activism, Don’t Leave the LGBTIQ Community Behind
2021-11-22
Women’s eNews
The science of sequencing: How Africa is preparing for future pandemics
2021-11-22
Bhekisisa
Gender-based violence is a male problem, so men need to step up and fight South Africa’s shameful scourge
2021-11-22
Daily Maverick
In-depth: Is government ready to invest in mental health?
2021-11-19
Spotlight
Flu cases in summer season show a sharp increase, NICD warns
2021-11-17
Times Live
Immigrants in Joburg claim they are being denied healthcare
2021-11-17
News24
Global leaders call for cervical cancer elimination on Day of Action
2021-11-17
World Health Organization
Barriers to decolonising educational partnerships in global health
2021-11-17
BMJ Global Health
The dark side of skin lighteners
2021-11-15
Business Day
Don’t hide children with hearing impairments
2021-11-15
Health-E News
Mostly men: Why they die young
2021-11-15
Bhekisisa
Most South Africans do not know they have diabetes
2021-11-14
Health-E News
Family focus shows promise for TB prevention
2021-11-14
Spotlight News
Press release: Bold, new commitments from around the world to put gender equality at the forefront of climate action at COP26
2021-11-09
UN Women
Experts urge registration of new child-friendly ARV formulation
2021-11-10
Spotlight
Early cancer diagnosis: ‘SA needs to step up’
2021-11-09
Health-E News
Retention in care a growing concern
2021-11-08
UNAIDS
Two new tobacco cessation medicines added to the WHO essential medicines list
2021-11-05
World Health Organization
The Seven Steps South Africa Is Taking To Get It Closer To Eliminating Malaria
2021-11-05
NICD
Intervention Lowers Toxicity Burden for Older Patients With Advanced Cancer
2021-11-05
Medpage Today
Five developments in paediatric tuberculosis
2021-11-04
Spotlight News
Keep your mental health in check during exam time
2021-11-04
IOL
Study shows impact of air pollution on sperm count
2021-11-01
IOL
World AIDS Day 2021: Ending the HIV Epidemic: Equitable Access, Everyone’s Voice
2021-11-01
HIV.gov
Tracto: Online tool give parents welcome peace of mind
2021-10-25
Health-E News
In-depth: How are depression and bipolar disorder treated in the public sector?
2021-10-25
Spotlight
Medical circumcision: FS group urges boys to reconsider
2021-10-21
Health-E News
A breakthrough in the treatment of drug-resistant TB signals shorter and safer treatment for patients
2021-10-21
Health-E News
UN-backed show highlights lifesaving benefit of ‘edutainment’ in South Africa
2021-10-20
UN News
Researchers identify the genetic changes responsible for drug resistance in tuberculosis
2021-10-19
News Medical
Breathing spreads Tuberculosis bacteria, says SA research team
2021-10-19
EWN
AAP, AACAP, CHA declare national emergency in children’s mental health
2021-10-19
AAP News
WHO’s 7 policy recommendations on building resilient health systems
2021-10-19
World Health Organization
End TB clinical trial for multidrug-resistant TB completes enrolment
2021-10-18
Médecins Sans Frontières
NGOs scramble to dampen COVID-19's impact on people living with HIV
2021-10-18
Thomas Reuters Foundation News
‘Delay, dilute, delegitimise’: How the food industry shapes what you eat — and what you weigh
2021-10-15
Daily Maverick
Help A Sister Out: Maternity bag drive for those without
2021-10-13
Health-E News
Mental Health: Grief, loss – we are all traumatised, says psychiatrist on the COVID-19 frontlines
2021-10-13
Spotlight
South Africa’s mental health epidemic: Love Don’t Live here Anymore
2021-10-12
Maverick Citizen
LIFE ESIDIMENI INQUEST: A Recap on its progress and what to expect
2021-10-06
Spotlight News
Thyroid cancer: #CheckYourNeck warns dad-of-three
2021-10-06
Health-E News
Pandemic impact ‘tip of the iceberg’ after years of neglecting child mental health
2021-10-05
World Health Organization
WHO prioritizes access to diabetes and cancer treatments in new Essential Medicines Lists
2021-10-01
World Health Organization
'Funeral home' ad spreads message for the unvaccinated
2021-09-22
CNN
WATCH: Admit it, you pee in the shower - but this doctor says it’s a bad idea
2021-09-28
IOL news
A country on life support: deteriorating medical care in Afghanistan
2021-09-28
BMJ Opinion
Younger men being diagnosed with prostate cancer
2021-09-27
The Citizen
Partnering to get back on track to end AIDS by 2030
2021-09-24
UNAIDS
Interview: Kenneth Jacobs, new chair of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Health
2021-09-22
Spotlight
Stunted growth: Prioritise investment in nutrition, or risk robbing Africa of its future
2021-09-21
Maverick Citizen
The sugar tax is working. Now double it.
2021-09-21
Bhekisisa
Cancer in children: Early diagnosis, treatment key to survival
2021-09-20
Health-E News
The Children’s Amendment Bill still leaves many children behind
2021-09-18
Mail & Guardian
Health standards body says South Africa still far from providing safe healthcare for all
2021-09-17
Dispatch Live
Forty years of campaigning for equal access to life-saving medicines
2021-09-17
UNAIDS
Christiana community concerned over access to health services after hospital fire
2021-09-16
Spotlight News
New parents hit by lockdown blues, UCT study finds
2021-09-16
Sowetan Live
Unemployment: SA youth battle country’s ‘other pandemic’
2021-09-10
Health-E News
SA doctors say admitting errors without fear of blame is key to improving patient safety — survey
2021-09-15
Sunday Times
Launch of HEARING screening: considerations for recommendations
2021-09-15
World Health Organization
BMA drops opposition to assisted dying and adopts neutral stance
2021-09-13
The Guardian
Scientists Claim Overeating Is Not the Primary Cause of Obesity – Point to More Effective Weight Loss Strategies
2021-09-13
American Society for Nutrition
NHS begins world's largest trial of blood test for more than 50 types of cancer
2021-09-13
Sky News
World failing to address dementia challenge
2021-09-02
World Health Organization
Health Hub | Why is J&J moving at a snail’s pace with our vaccine deliveries and how does an HIV prevention pill work?
2021-09-10
Bhekisisa
As a virologist I’m shocked my work has been hijacked by anti-vaxxers
2021-09-07
The Guardian
Can HIV lessons tell us why SA men are so slow to get a COVID jab?
2021-09-08
Bhekisisa
In-depth: What happens to people in SA who have rare diseases?
2021-09-06
Spotlight
Doctors and nurses are most trusted sources for vaccine information
2021-09-06
Mail & Guardian
What will it take to bring HIV-prevention injections to SA’s clinics?
2021-09-01
Daily Maverick
‘We are in uncharted waters — but we will get out of it working together,’ says Health Minister Joe Phaahla
2021-08-30
Daily Maverick
The Killing Doesn’t Stop During South Africa’s Women’s Month
2021-08-30
Human Rights Watch
Northern Cape government yet to decide on fate of senior health officials facing fraud charges
2021-08-25
Spotlight
Opinion: Transparency and action urgently needed on Eastern Cape staffing challenges
2021-08-25
Spotlight
More than 700 million people with untreated hypertension
2021-08-25
World Health Organization
A hamburger recipe, vaccine science edition
2021-08-24
Bhekisisa
Dr Michael Mosley: Do CBD products really offer health benefits?
2021-08-24
Science Focus
St Mary’s Hospital urges patients to resume chronic treatment
2021-08-23
Health-E News
TB expert Dr Norbert Ndjeka receives recognition for his work
2021-08-23
Health-E News
Calling catholic bishops to join the movement for cervical cancer elimination in Nigeria
2021-08-23
World Health Organization
How well is SA’s chronic medicines distribution system working?
2021-08-20
Spotlight
Gender-based violence: ‘Time to call out our brothers, friends’
2021-08-19
Health-E News
New series of compounds discovered that could treat parasitic worm disease schistosomiasis
2021-08-18
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Healthcare workers: “We are living in the shadows of death”
2021-08-18
Health-E News
Medicines stockouts once again reported in North West
2021-08-19
Spotlight News
Women in Health: It’s in the genes for Professor Michèle Ramsay
2021-08-16
Spotlight News
A controversial ‘NHI-focused’ change could hit South Africa – as doctors look at leaving
2021-08-16
Business Tech
CANSA seal of recognition aims to promote health living
2021-08-16
Health-E News
Crime in SA | Fake news fuels social media hysteria
2021-08-15
eNCA
Cote d’Ivoire declares first Ebola outbreak in more than 25 years
2021-08-14
World Health Organization
Eradication of pit toilets at Limpopo schools still a pipe dream
2021-08-13
Health-E News
Mpumalanga Health MEC steps in as chronic meds run dry
2021-08-05
Health-E News
It’s time to put children first – from response to recovery
2021-08-04
UCT News
Blow to Health Professions Council as new registrar David Motau faces serious charges
2021-08-04
Maverick Citizen
What they say: Community perspectives on health services in the Eastern Cape
2021-08-03
Spotlight
FIFA launches #ReachOut campaign for better mental health
2021-08-02
World Health Organization
Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week
2021-08-02
World Health Organization
‘Men-only’ spaces could improve prevention of mother-to-child transmission
2021-07-30
Avert
In-depth: SA pharmacists will soon be able to prescribe HIV treatment
2021-07-28
Spotlight
New polling shows HIV stigma still widespread
2021-07-29
National AIDS Trust
Hero Stories | Dr. Themba Moeti’s: We must fight for and invest in health now, to overcome future challenges
2021-07-28
DevelopmentAid
Mental health of queer community at risk as NPO faces closure
2021-07-28
Health-E News
In-depth: SA pharmacists will soon be able to prescribe HIV treatment
2021-07-28
Health24
South Africa’s protests: poverty, inequality and looting
2021-07-27
DevelopmentAid
Public health partnership launched to tackle silent epidemic of hepatitis C
2021-07-27
Médecins Sans Frontières
Team Europe pledges support for eradicate Malaria, an initiative aiming to facilitate the development and production of a highly efficacious malaria vaccine
2021-07-26
European Investment Bank
To Prevent Chronic Illness, Start With Mental Health — The two are inextricably linked
2021-07-24
Medpage Today
African women with diabetes at high risk of cardiovascular disease
2021-07-21
University of Cape Town
Medicine and mayhem: How to restore medical security and supply after the looting
2021-07-20
Maverick Citizen
Opening session of the IAS Conference on HIV Science
2021-07-19
UNAIDS
UN shift on HIV prevention raises hope we can end Aids by 2030 – now we need to turn words into action
2021-07-16
Maverick Citizen
In-depth: What South Africa's power cuts mean for healthcare facilities
2021-07-14
News24
More South Africans willing to be vaccinated
2021-07-15
Health-E News
Guillain-Barré syndrome and the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine: What you should know
2021-07-14
News24
Education Plus launched in response to alarming rates of HIV among adolescent girls and young women in Africa
2021-07-07
Reliefweb
Healthcare in South Africa: how inequity is contributing to inefficiency
2021-07-06
The Conversation
Zim makes progress on TB
2021-07-29
The Herald Zimbabwe
Stark realities face cancer patients at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital despite glimmer of hope reopening brings
2021-07-28
Maverick Citizen
Digital divide in autism technologies
2021-07-25
University of Cape Town
In-depth: The state of congenital syphilis in SA
2021-06-23
Spotlight
Six years after Life Esidimeni, Health Department ‘is short-changing’ mental health services
2021-06-22
Daily Maverick
Rural South Africa has a high burden of undiagnosed non-communicable diseases: Study
2021-06-22
DownToEarth
The importance of young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights to the global HIV response
2021-06-21
UNAIDS
Soaring e-waste affects the health of millions of children, WHO warns
2021-06-15
World Health Organization
Vaccines and children
2021-06-11
World Health Organization
New HIV/AIDS political declaration seeks to end inequalities and get on track to end AIDS by 2030
2021-06-11
World Health Organization
9 massive problems with government’s NHI plans – which still need to be addressed before the end of the year
2021-06-09
Business Tech
South African healthcare company soars after Alzheimer’s drug approval
2021-06-08
Business Tech
In Focus: Global strategy to end Cryptococcal Meningitis in people living with HIV
2021-06-08
Spotlight
This week: A new road-map to an HIV-free world in the next decade
2021-06-07
Maverick Citizen
The end of medical aids in South Africa – and other questions raised around the NHI
2021-06-03
Business Tech
Op-ed: Govt urged to embrace the power of tech in the delivery of primary healthcare for all
2021-06-03
Health-e News
Government to introduce stricter anti-smoking rules for South Africa
2021-06-02
Business Tech
Child Protection Week: Protecting all children living in South Africa
2021-06-02
Health-E News
Poor prognosis: Joburg’s public healthcare is in critical condition
2021-06-27
Daily Maverick
Health professionals are worried that the NHI will become the ‘Eskom’ or ‘SAA’ of healthcare in South Africa
2021-05-27
Business Tech
Doctors have mental health issues too
2021-05-26
Mail & Guardian
Right of reply: Vaccine rollout — it’s not so simple, argues health department
2021-05-26
Daily Maverick
2 000 breast cancer survivors set to benefit from knitted prosthetic breasts
2021-05-26
Health-E News
WHO issues new guidance for research on genetically modified mosquitoes to fight malaria and other vector-borne diseases
2021-05-19
World Health Organization
Obesity in South Africa: Every Body needs Everybody
2021-05-12
News24
Exposing children to smoking is like suffocating them - child health expert
2021-05-12
Times Live
How migration events have dramatically reshaped the genetic landscape of Africa
2021-05-09
Maverick Citizen
Compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act No. 4 of 2013 (POPIA)
2021-05-03
South African Journal of Science
Black donors needed to help save lives
2021-05-05
Goundup
UN report sounds alarm on acute global shortage of midwives
2021-05-05
United Nations
WHO calls for better hand hygiene and other infection control practices
2021-05-05
World Health Organization
Covid-19 third wave warning for South Africa – what to expect
2021-05-03
BusinessTech
CCMDD: “The right medicine, for the right patient, in the right parcel, in the right place, at the right time.”
2021-05-03
Health-E News
Four factors blocking medicines made in Africa
2021-04-26
Bhekisisa

2018

STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS REVEAL PIVOTAL WORK ON MANAGING TB AND HIV
2018-03-29
Stellenbosch University
Press Release: National Tuberclulosis Prevalence Study Underway
2018-02-05
National Department of Health

2017

Call for Applications for 4th Cohort University of Pretoria ASELPH Fellows program
2017-12-06
University of Pretoria
Outbreak of a food borne disease in South Africa
2017-12-05
National Department of Health
The Paris Statement: HIV Science Matters
2017-07-19
IAS 2017
Remembering Nkosi Johnson
2017-06-01
LinkedIn
Nurse shortage worsened by alarming bureaucratic bungling
2017-06-01
MoneyWeb
Offline: Dear Tedros…
2017-05-29
The Lancet
Sex workers to remain ‘criminals’?
2017-05-29
Health-E News
Three ideas on how the new WHO DG can build health systems from the bottom up
2017-05-26
The Conversation
Malaria count up to 2000 since April
2017-05-25
Health-E News
Tedros' fundraising strategy for WHO, global health
2017-05-25
Who stands for stunted kids and obese adults?
2017-05-22
People still dying from curable diseases — but SA ranks quite high
2017-05-19
Businesslive
KZN traditional healers trained to test and counsel HIV and TB patients
2017-05-18
Health-E News
Aaron Motsoaledi deflects attack by Cosatu on national health scheme
2017-05-17
BD Live
Hawks widen investigation into SA medical school ‘places for sale’
2017-05-17
Medical Brief
CDC modelling study sounds warning on TB in SA
2017-05-17
Medical Brief
Emergency vaccination to curb measles outbreak in Gauteng
2017-05-15
Health-E News
Why the NHI may take softer approach
2017-05-15
BD Live
Trump expands policy that bans US aid for overseas abortion providers
2017-05-15
The Guardian
Survey finds teenage girls do not get pregnant for grants
2017-05-15
BD Live
Many toddlers are falling through SA's vaccination net
2017-05-15
BD Live
The great drugs bungle: How hospital doctors and nurses put kids at risk
2017-05-14
BD Live
Climbdown on medical aids
2017-05-11
Times Live
Improved life expectancy of people living with HIV: who is left behind?
2017-05-10
The Lancet
R14.4 billion for Eastern Cape health
2017-05-10
Health-E News
The heavy impact of urban diets
2017-05-09
Health-E News
No time for emergencies
2017-05-08
Health-E News
Limpopo woman gives birth on the street
2017-05-03
Health-E News
Paying for change? Trial offers cash to parents willing to vaccinate babies
2017-05-03
Bhekisisa
Dry facilities an indictment on our democracy
2017-05-02
Health-E News
Malaria cases rise 50% after delays in spraying
2017-05-02
Business Day
Boko Haram leaves cruel legacy of trauma and starvation
2017-04-25
Bhekisisa
Prevent malaria - save lives: WHO push for prevention on World Malaria Day, 25th April
2017-04-24
WHO
3 African countries chosen to test 1st malaria vaccine
2017-04-24
STAT
How Zambia is beating malaria
2017-04-24
Bhekisisa
KZN health in bad state
2017-04-18
Times Live
Campaign to teach traditional healers how to conduct HIV/Aids tests
2017-04-11
Medical Brief
How to fund a failing health system
2017-04-06
Bhekisisa
Busted: The myths that could be standing between you and the HIV prevention pill
2017-04-05
Bhekisisa
Health department in sick bay: R3.2bn budget shortfall leaves 11.5% of jobs unfilled
2017-04-04
Times Live
The political argument for investing in global health
2017-04-01
The Lancet
How successful were the millennium development goals?
2017-03-30
The Guardian
Committee hears of NHI pilot problems
2017-03-29
Business Day
World TB Day – Launch of online TB Surveillance Dashboard
2017-03-29
Medical Brief
In primary school and pregnant: The shocking numbers
2017-03-27
Times Live
New study helps crack the problem of diagnosing TB in people with HIV
2017-03-24
The Conversation
Latest transmission patterns for drug resistant TB pose a new challenge
2017-03-23
The Conversation
National HIV plan scraps calls to decriminalise drug use
2017-03-21
Bhekisisa
Kenyan medical students are learning through a community outreach model
2017-03-21
The Conversation
Doctors pass the scalpel to nurses in the quest for safer births
2017-03-21
Bhekisisa
Free Zimbabwean contraceptives smuggled for sale in South Africa
2017-03-20
Times Live
The Story Behind the First AIDS Drug
2017-03-19
Time
HPCSA urges residents to report misconduct
2017-03-14
Health-E News
There’s a new killer in town
2017-03-13
Health-E News
Drugmaker to provide new TB drug worth almost half a million for free
2017-03-08
Bhekisisa
Gauteng increases mental health spending after Esidimeni crisis
2017-03-07
Business Day
Full steam ahead for SA’s clinic-on-rails
2017-03-07
Business Day
Radical transformation begins with fixing how we fund healthcare in remote areas
2017-03-02
Bhekisisa
Statistics SA: How South Africans die
2017-03-01
Medical Brief
Big increase in diabetes deaths
2017-03-01
Health-E News
Geographical disparities in HIV prevalence and care among men who have sex with men in Malawi: results from a multisite cross-sectional survey
2017-02-27
The Lancet
South Africa launches clinical trial to cut heart disease in HIV positive people
2017-02-27
The Conversation
The inequality gap and its impact on health
2017-02-27
Health-E News
African app cuts medical costs with community "virtual pharmacy"
2017-02-24
Times Live
Gordhan outlines initial focus of NHI Fund
2017-02-23
Health-E News
Service delivery starts with data. See who's been missing from the spreadsheets
2017-02-22
Bhekisisa
National Health Laboratory Service heads accused of graft
2017-02-22
BD Live
Media Brief - Launch of the South African National HIV Survey (SABSSM V) 2016/2017
2017-02-21
Human Sciences Research Council
How should HIV self-testing services be provided?
2017-02-17
Aidsmap
HST & THE NHRDNo more delays: Accelerating access to medicine
2017-02-17
Health-e News
NHRDUnique case of PrEP failure without drug resistance reported from Amsterdam
2017-02-17
Aidsmap
South Africa: Sexual violence in Platinum Mining Belt a major driver of HIV
2017-02-17
MSF
Potential cure for deadliest form of TB
2017-02-16
Health-e News
CROI 2017: Added support, speed and communication improve HIV service linkage and retention in Mozambique and South Africa
2017-02-16
Sciences Speak Blog
Oral PrEP Works Well in Women With Abnormal Vaginal Microbiota
2017-02-15
POZ
(Preventing) the coming epidemic: HIV in youth
2017-02-15
CRO
A benign circle: how a combination of factors has reduced HIV infections in one of the hardest-hit parts of Africa
2017-02-14
Aidsmap
Vaginal microbiome and susceptibility to HIV
2017-02-14
CRO
Text messaging is associated with improved retention in a clinic-based PrEP program
2017-02-14
CRO
State of the Nation Address 2017
2017-02-09
South African Government
A realist review of mobile phone-based health interventions for non-communicable disease management in sub-Saharan Africa
2017-02-06
BioMed Central
Conspiracy beliefs and knowledge about HIV origins among adolescents in Soweto, South Africa
2017-02-02
PlosOne
SAMA disappointed over Minister’s statements on unemployed doctors
2017-01-24
Medical Chronicle
An evaluation of the competencies of primary health care clinic nursing managers in two South African provinces
2017-01-20
Global Health Action
‘Why do an MPH?’ Motivations and intentions of physicians undertaking postgraduate public health training at the University of Cape Town
2017-01-20
Global Health Action
The feasibility of measuring and monitoring social determinants of health and the relevance for policy and programme – a qualitative assessment of four countries
2017-01-20
Global Health Action
Disclosure of physical, emotional and sexual child abuse, help-seeking and access to abuse response services in two South African Provinces
2017-01-19
Psychology, Health & Medicine
ADVANCE HIV study set to save SA billions
2017-01-17
Health-E News
Personal contact with HIV-positive persons is associated with reduced HIV-related stigma: cross-sectional analysis of general population surveys from 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa
2017-01-10
Journal of the International AIDS Society

2016

Nurse training on contraceptives needed
2016-12-30
Health-E News
Listeriosis: Frequently Asked Questions
2016-12-05
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Vaccinate to protect against rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs
2016-11-14
R News
Outsourcing: How to reform WHO for the 21st century
2016-09-13
BMJ Global Health
Moms with HIV set to get connected
2016-09-13
Health-e News
United Nations meeting on antimicrobial resistance
2016-09-13
WHO
Strong leadership key to successful NHI
2016-09-05
IOL
Offline: Africa—the incarceration of a continent
2016-09-03
thelancet
Accelerating Universal Health Coverage in Africa
2016-08-31
E-Health news
Millions at risk as deadly fungal infections acquire drug resistance
2016-08-29
The Guardian
HIV effort let down by test shortages, says WHO
2016-08-25
WHO
Takalani Sesame: New project to combat child mortality
2016-08-23
E-Health News
Malnutrition is a leading cause of death in under-fives, but there’s a simple - and free - solution that could save lives
2016-08-18
Bhekisisa
Healthcare report delayed in wait for more data
2016-08-18
DBlive
Funding sought for community healthcare worker policy
2016-08-16
DBlive
Hormonal contraception and the risk of HIV acquisition
2016-08-09
WHO
Ebola, Zika & Zoonotic Disease Threats in Africa
2016-08-04
The Brenthurst Foundation
Family planning is a key development goal that needs greater investment
2016-08-01
The Guardian
Aids research: High risk, top science
2016-07-29
Financial Mail
Next HIV plan needs to be based on latest evidence
2016-07-29
Health-e News
AIDS2016: HIV and hypertension a growing problem
2016-07-22
IOL
AIDS 2016 Daily Review
2016-07-22
IAS
AIDS2016: 20% of adults refuse HIV treatment
2016-07-21
IOL
AIDS2016: Ratchet up efficiency, Gates advises Special Features
2016-07-21
IOL
AIDS2016: How a rural community helps each other stay on HIV treatment
2016-07-21
Bhekisisa
Government launches self-service medicine 'ATMs'
2016-07-20
News24
AIDS 2016 Daily Review
2016-07-20
IAS
AIDS 2016: Daily Review
2016-07-19
IAS
Research charities help marry two major South African HIV/tuberculosis institutes
2016-07-18
Science
AIDS 2016: Daily Review
2016-07-18
International Aids Society
Media Release: International AIDS Conference returns to Durban to define path forward to ending AIDS
2016-07-18
IAS
AIDS2016: Employees, particularly domestic workers, report forced HIV testing
2016-07-16
Bhekisisa
US retracts plan to cut HIV/AIDS funds for SA
2016-07-12
BDlive
Health Systems Global Strategic Plan 2016-2020
2016-07-07
Health Systems Global
NHS to scrap single database of patients' medical details Care.data scheme to close after Fiona Caldicott review calls for tougher measures to keep information confidential
2016-07-06
The Guardian
Pooling of resources for NHI could lower cost of universal access
2016-06-30
Health-e News
Second Durban Declaration
2016-06-30
International AIDS Society
Medical aid board says SA has no choice but to back NHI
2016-06-28
Bhekisisa
South Africa launches national HIV prevention campaign for young women and adolescent girls
2016-06-24
UNAIDS
The 2016 Young Physician Leaders programme -Call for nominations
2016-06-20
iamp
Cancer doctors leading campaign to boost use of HPV vaccine
2016-06-19
Washington Post
The World Could End AIDS if It Tried
2016-06-13
New York Times line News Provider
Billions of rand short for NHI to work
2016-06-10
Financial Mail
WHO validates countries' elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis
2016-06-08
WHO
Significant attrition at each stage of HIV care cascade in South Africa - Over half of HIV-infected men undiagnosed
2016-06-06
AIDSMap
Second Durban Declaration
2016-06-01
International AIDS Society
NHI: More pragmatism and less ideology
2016-05-30
Health-e News
Government hostility towards private healthcare impedes NHI
2016-05-26
BDlive
Virtual GPs' weak pulse
2016-05-25
Times Live
Investing in health is not cheap, but it is not a luxury either
2016-05-25
The Guardian
Is universal access to healthcare possible?
2016-05-24
Bhekisisa
69th World Health Assembly: speakers at high-level side event call for a Fast-Track response to end the AIDS epidemic among women and adolescent girls
2016-05-23
UNAIDS
WHO confirms Zika virus strain imported from the Americas to Cabo Verde
2016-05-20
WHO
The circus is coming to town – end the Rhetoric, start the Revolution
2016-05-19
Daily Maverick
No excuse not to act now to fight drug resistance, say researchers on superbugs
2016-05-19
BDlive
Large-scale HIV vaccine trial to launch in South Africa: NIH-funded study will test safety, efficacy of vaccine regimen
2016-05-18
NIAID
Too much work, too few doctors
2016-05-17
Timeslive
National Health Insurance: Bring in the specialists
2016-05-16
Health E News
Motsoaledi: No more waiting for Aids drugs
2016-05-11
IOL
Sloppy work hinders our healing
2016-05-09
Timeslive
SA still has a way to go in healthcare legislation
2016-05-09
Bizcommunity
Sex work, migration and HIV: South Africa’s health system can – and should – take a lead
2016-05-09
Migration and Health Project
Health-E News: SA’s looming water crisis – the less we have, the dirtier it is
2016-05-08
Daily Maverick
One year into the Zika outbreak: How an obscure disease became a global health emergency
2016-05-05
WHO
HIV/AIDS schemes need more money
2016-05-05
BDlive
KZN Health’s R452m sick leave bill
2016-05-05
Daily News/IoL
Many ills of the public health sector
2016-05-05
IOL
Report: South African Health Review 2016
2016-05-04
Health-e News
SAHR Media Release
2016-05-04
HST
Two health groups to pay record R10m fine for
2016-04-08
BDlive
Two health groups to pay record R10m fine for
2016-04-08
BDlive
Mpumalanga school health programme battles parents
2016-04-07
Health-e News
Banned chemical still used in hospital IVs is linked to attention deficit disorder
2016-04-06
Washington Post
Finance commission seeks clarity on NHI fiscal effects across government levels
2016-04-06
BDlive
Statement: Registration of Unqualified but Experienced Dental Assistants
2016-03-31
Health-e News
Delamanid clinical access programme expected
2016-03-29
Health-e News
Conference Delegates' Sponsorship and Conference Day Rate
2016-03-29
HAT
In Good Faith: Is this healthy competition?
2016-03-24
Financial Mail
Inquiry hears of huge gaps in healthcare regulation
2016-03-22
BDlive
SA testing anti-HIV vaccine
2016-03-17
Times Live
Hospital watchdog lacks power to enforce standards
2016-03-17
BDlive
Report on the South African Health Monitoring Survey: An Integrated Biological and Behavioural Survey among Female Sex Workers, South Africa 2013 - 2014
2016-03-16
Health-e News
Antibiotics becoming ineffective at treating some child infections
2016-03-16
The Guardian
5 things you should know about HIV pre-exposure
2016-03-15
Health-e News
Op-Ed: Coming to the aid of sex workers
2016-03-13
Daily Maverick
Gender and eHealth in Kenya
2016-03-07
Health Systems Global
Five lessons Nigeria learnt when it clamped down on polio
2016-03-03
Bhekisisa
The five principles behind the world’s most efficient health systems
2016-03-01
The Gaurdian
Admin jobs surge in public healthcare
2016-02-29
A global defence system to fight virus threats is urgently needed
2016-02-27
The Guardian
National Health Insurance: A wing and a prayer
2016-02-26
Financial Mail
Health-care Inquiry: Medical aids in the dock
2016-02-25
Financial Mail
South Africa: Ten Things You Probably Don't Know About HIV in 2016
2016-02-22
All Africa
No cause for panic stations over SA Zika case, says expert
2016-02-22
Mail & Gaurdian
HPV rates drop 64% in decade since recommended CDC vaccination
2016-02-22
The Guardian
Vaginal ring offers partial HIV protection in HIV Treatment
2016-02-22
Health-e News
Comment: South Africa must close the immunisation gap that parallels class
2016-02-19
Mail & Guardian
E Cape Denosa demand better working conditions
2016-02-18
SABC
Expensive private healthcare highlighted at inquiry
2016-02-18
BDlive
When a child gives birth, who has failed her?
2016-02-15
Health-e News
Mpumalanga's health is failing - but it won't take it's medicine
2016-02-12
Mail & Guardian
Home HIV tests no suicide risk
2016-02-10
Timeslive
Concern grows at Catholic church's silence over Zika virus crisis
2016-02-04
The Gaurdian
No rise in SA's ARV resistance
2016-02-03
Timeslive
Forced virginity-testing is unlawful and offensive, and will not prevent HIV-AIDS
2016-02-02
Daily Maverick
Nurses leaving SA in droves
2016-02-02
IOL
Motsoaledi does not want NHI to limit choices
2016-02-01
BDlive
WHO Director-General summarizes the outcome of the Emergency Committee onZika Virus
2016-02-01
WHO
HPCSA is taking ‘corrective action’
2016-01-28
Health-e News
Epidemics on the horizon if threats not addressed - MSF
2016-01-26
Mail & Guardian
Osborne: malaria eradication will create more prosperous world
2016-01-25
The Gaurdian
Power struggles behind Free State TAC split
2016-01-25
Health-e News
Health care is a social investment
2016-01-22
Mercruy
Department aims to launch new health products watchdog next year
2016-01-22
BDlive
Calls for more private medical schools to address doctor shortages
2016-01-20
SABC News
Efavirenz-based treatment is safe and effective for young children with HIV exposed to nevirapine for PMTCT
2016-01-19
Aidsmap
Gogos step up for peace of mind
2016-01-16
Mail & Gaurdian
Healthcare inquiry could lead to further scrutiny
2016-01-15
BDlive
Online database: The National Health Research Database By Health-e News on January 14, 2016
2016-01-14
Health-e News
WHO set to declare end to Ebola epidemic
2016-01-13
The Guardian
Health department should focus on internal efficiency rather than NHI
2016-01-12
BDlive
Nursing SA back to health
2016-01-08
Mail & Guardian
Long-awaited autonomy in sight for SA's doctors
2016-01-08
South African Medical Journal
HPCSA ignores recommendations of ministerial task team
2016-01-06
Mail & Guardian
Community health workers demand more pay
2016-01-04
Health-e News
Breast milk banks tackle high infant mortality in SA
2016-01-03
BDlive

2015

Call for Contributions: High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines
2015-12-28
United Nations
Healthtalk: State of SA’s Healthcare
2015-12-26
SABC
Private Hospitals: Demand in neglected areas
2015-12-17
Financial Mail
EDITORIAL: No remedy in NHI white paper
2015-12-17
BDLive
Motsoaledi: We haven't identified a source of funding for the NHI
2015-12-12
Mail & Guardian
White Paper on National Health Insurance
2015-12-11
National Department of Health
NHI White Paper
2015-12-11
National Department of Health
NHI will reduce medical aids to 'complementary services'
2015-12-11
Health-e News
NHI will cover everyone: Motsoaledi
2015-12-11
Times Live
NHI could require additional tax revenue of R71.9bn
2015-12-11
BDlive
NHI funding proposals keenly watched
2015-12-10
BDlive
Call for Application to the Primary Health Care Expert Review Committee
2015-12-08
National Department of Health
Press release: Medicines Control Council approves fixed-dose combination of tenofovir disoproxyl fumarate and emtricitabine for pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV
2015-12-03
SA Medicines Control Council
Turning the tide against TB: Treatment alone won't work
2015-12-02
Mail & Guardian
TB medication for children available at last
2015-12-02
TimesLive
How much healthcare policy is based on evidence?
2015-12-01
The Guardian
India looks to improve African health
2015-12-01
BDlive
World Aids Day: 'We need to end stigma and change our ideas about manhood'
2015-12-01
The Guardian
South Africa’s longest walk to freedom from HIV/AIDS
2015-12-01
Daily Maverick
Press statement: UNAIDS Executive Director delivers his World AIDS Day 2015 message
2015-12-01
UNAIDS
SA's HIV treatment programme has saved 1.3-million lives
2015-11-24
Mail & Guardian
4 things South Africa is doing to safeguard medicines
2015-11-23
Health-e News
Treatment Action Campaign receives R14m
2015-11-23
Helath -e News
Speak up for affordable medicine
2015-11-19
IOL
Dreams initiative for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa
2015-11-17
UNAIDS
WHO calls on countries to protect health from climate change
2015-11-17
WHO
South African civil society for women's, adolescents and children' health
2015-11-16
Deaptment of Health
SA still battling to reduce rates of HIV transmissionSA still battling to reduce rates of HIV transmission
2015-11-15
Times Live
Report finds Free State health services 'ineffective'
2015-11-10
Mai & Guardian.
Hormonal contraception safe for women with HIV and may have important health benefits
2015-11-06
aidsmap
Motsoaledi finds HPCSA in state of 'dysfunction'
2015-11-06
Mail & Guardian
NHI work founders on slow spending
2015-11-04
Times Live
Working at accessing medicines
2015-11-02
Daily News
Bedaquiline: the first new drug in decades to treat TB is now available in South Africa
2015-10-30
NICD Communiqué
BRICS health ministers commit to put the BRICS countries on the Fast-Track to end the AIDS epidemic
2015-10-30
UNAIDS.
Drug stock outs plague mental health patients
2015-10-27
Health-e News
Health Budget Review and Recommendations Report
2015-10-27
Parliamentary Monitoring Group
Health Systems Trust launches the 2014/15 SAHR and DHB
2015-10-26
Health Systems Trust
Step forward as cabinet insists on single NHI proposal
2015-10-22
BDLive
SA makes major strides in HIV treatment and prevention
2015-10-21
Mail & Guardian
Exodus of Free State doctors
2015-10-21
Health-e News
The good, bad and ugly in district health
2015-10-21
Health-e News.
WHO issues statements on use of reversible hormonal contraception
2015-10-21
WHO
The blame game at Mthatha Depot
2015-10-21
Section27
Health Systems Trust launches the latest editions of the annual South African Health Review and District Health Barometer
2015-10-20
Health Systems Trust
Competition Commission extends private healthcare inquiry timetable
2015-10-20
BDlive
Low-cost medical schemes delayed
2015-10-16
BDlive
Rising antibiotic resistance increasing risks of routine surgery – study
2015-10-16
The Guardian
South African Health Review 2015/16 Call for Chapters
2015-10-15
Health Systems Trust
Palliative care: For all ages and all diseases
2015-10-15
WHO
Sugar daddies: What's in it for teens
2015-10-09
The Mercury
South Africans urged to get eyes tested
2015-10-08
SABC News
China to build 100 hospitals and clinics in Africa
2015-10-07
Mail & Guardian
Save the Date: Health Systems Trust Conference 2016
2015-10-01
Health Systems Trust
Beyond the health benefits, what does Family Planning have to do with the SDGs?
2015-09-28
Knowledge for Health
Development Goals: Utopian dream or plausible plan?
2015-09-28
Health-e News
Maternal mortality: Breaking avoidable barriers to healthcare
2015-09-25
Daily Maverick
Motsoaledi takes new jab at regulating medics’ placement
2015-09-22
BDlive
NHI to reduce cost of healthcare
2015-08-22
Mail&Guardian
Minister says long-awaited NHI white paper about to enter cabinet process
2015-08-21
BDlive
Pathology wage deal averts disruption
2015-08-20
BDlive
Vaccine hesitancy: A growing challenge for immunization programmes
2015-08-18
WHO
Men equally at risk of HPV infection
2015-08-11
Mail&Guardian
Basic medical aid could soon be within reach of the poor
2015-07-29
BDlive
Private healthcare sector capable of serving twice as many patients
2015-07-29
BDlive
Private healthcare is 'wasteful'
2015-07-28
Health-e News
Public health suffers if vaccines are not accessible
2015-07-24
Mail&Guardian
TAC wants free treatment for all HIV infected
2015-07-23
Mail&Guardian
Medical aid change to benefit funders
2015-07-20
BDlive
Fact sheet: South Africa’s HIV programme by numbers
2015-07-16
Health-e News
Global health leaders call for harnessing power of innovation to end diseases
2015-07-15
UNITAID
South Africa: Women of lower socio-economic status have greater needs for services to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission
2015-07-15
aidsmap
Digital evolution for ground-breaking Yellow Card Scheme
2015-07-14
GOV.UK
WHO lays out plans for financing new global health goal: To ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
2015-07-10
WHO
UNFPA, WHO and UNAIDS: Position statement on condoms and the prevention of HIV, other sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy
2015-07-07
UNAIDS
Shocking 61% of health staff abused in last year
2015-07-06
.
Nearly half of our nurses suffer abuse
2015-07-06
Di Caelers
SA has UN’s HIV testing goal in sight
2015-07-03
BDlive
KZN health head appointed
2015-07-01
Independent Online
South Africa: Lower coverage of maternal HIV testing among adolescents leading to higher mother-to-child transmission
2015-07-01
aidsmap
Managing contacts in the MERS-CoV outbreak in the Republic of Korea
2015-07-01
WHO
There's no excuse, Minister: Here's the proof
2015-06-30
GroundUp
Communicable diseases communiqué: Influenza data from Viral Watch
2015-06-30
NICD/NHLS
Stunting: A rarely discussed public health problem
2015-06-29
BioMed Central
Meet the Khayelitsha compliers club
2015-06-26
Mail&Guardian
Call for submissions – Emerging Public Health Practitioner Award
2015-06-25
Health Systems Trust
Standerton Hospital opens wellness clinic
2015-06-25
Health-e News
Showdown over what medicals schemes must cover
2015-06-19
GroundUp
MERS’s best friend is ignorance, so it’s time to wise up
2015-06-16
IRIN
New AHRQ-funded centers to study health systems and their efforts to disseminate patient-centered outcomes research
2015-06-15
PR Newswire
Resource: HIV Clinical Guidelines app
2015-06-12
Health-e News
Crisis? What crisis? Africa Check tests Free State health claims
2015-06-12
Mail&Guardian
Private sector has medicines but not TB, chickenpox vaccines
2015-06-12
BDlive
Central repository for safety reports - one year to go before mandatory use EMA Management Board confirms that repository is fit for use across EU
2015-06-12
European Medicines Agency
Media Statement: Medicines Control Council to fast-track sourcing of active pharmaceutical ingredients pre-qualified by the World Health Organization, for the relevant medicines
2015-06-10
GCIS
Emergency medicines flown in to plug gap
2015-06-08
BDlive
Africa’s health system remains weak
2015-06-05
SABC
Teens trust Dr. Google and go online to seek health information
2015-06-03
TECH TIMES
450 South African nurses to undergo diabetes training as epidemic mounts
2015-06-02
News24
‘Don’t send us to the bush’ say nurses
2015-06-01
News24
Many South African women become infected with HIV during pregnancy posing high risk of transmission to their infants
2015-06-01
aidsmap
NHI far from reality but progress made in improving public health
2015-06-01
Health-e News
NHI: New system lets patients pick up medicine from shops
2015-06-01
Health-e News
A nurse and a family kit help save children’s lives
2015-05-29
UNICEF
World Health Assembly closes, passing resolutions on air pollution and epilepsy
2015-05-26
WHO
Poor management blamed for bulk of drug stock outs
2015-05-25
Health-e News
Birth control implant needs a shot in the arm
2015-05-22
Mail&Guardian
Ensuring universal health coverage for key populations
2015-05-22
UNAIDS
WHO: West Africa’s health systems need rebuilding post-Ebola
2015-05-21
Aljazeera America
We have enough medics, but they’re in the cities
2015-05-21
BDlive
State clinches public sector wage agreement
2015-05-19
BDlive
Netcare spends big to cope with outages
2015-05-19
BDlive
Comment: Mother and child health must improve
2015-05-15
Mail&Guardian
In Namibia, reaching rural communities with good health practices
2015-05-14
UNICEF
SA hosts world’s first study into better XDR-TB treatment
2015-05-14
Health-e News
SA joins world to celebrate Nurses' Day
2015-05-12
SABC
Department of Health announces new youth health app
2015-05-07
Health-e News
Roundtable discussion on the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research: Why prioritise talk over aid in the midst of the Ebola crisis?
2015-05-07
BMC Health Services Research
Why we should keep an eye on Apple’s ResearchKit
2015-05-07
BioMed Central
WHO ‘cannot continue as is’
2015-05-06
Health-e News
Community health workers close clinics in Khayelitsha
2015-05-05
GroundUp
Minister Aaron Motsoaledi: Health Dept Budget Vote 2015/16
2015-05-05
National Department of Health
Motsoaledi hails vaccines and bewails lack of interest in department’s successes
2015-05-05
BDlive
Gauteng hospital shambles
2015-05-04
GroundUp
National hand hygiene campaign launched in Pretoria
2015-05-04
SABC
Tshwane to upgrade Soshanguve clinic
2015-05-04
Health-e News
Condom use higher in young HIV-positive women with gender-equal views, study finds
2015-05-02
MNT
Transforming the health system, one kunjani at a time
2015-04-30
Health Systems Trust
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway joins hands with the community
2015-04-30
Stellenbosch University
SA joins new Global TB Vaccine Research Partnership
2015-04-22
SABC
Global vaccination targets ‘off-track’ warns WHO
2015-04-22
WHO
Easy access to chronic medication in NHI districts
2015-04-17
Health Systems Trust
DJs for a day
2015-04-17
Health Systems Trust
Caesarean births can be dangerous - report
2015-04-14
Independent Online
Lowest weekly Ebola figure in nearly a year: WHO
2015-04-09
SABC
TB: Taxis’ deadly passenger
2015-04-09
Health-e News
Multi-organization call to action identifies and addresses safety concerns in labor and delivery
2015-04-08
EurekAlert!
HIV: New approach against virus 'holds promise'
2015-04-08
BBC
Checkpoint: Clinic patient cards out HIV positive parents
2015-03-31
eNCA
Dispute declared in public sector pay talks
2015-03-29
Moneyweb
KZN MEC sees competency as key in hiring health officials
2015-03-27
SABC
CDC anti-smoking ads target e-cigarettes for first time, highlight tobacco’s links to variety of diseases
2015-03-26
The Washington Post
Why aren’t we producing medications for looming global disease threats?
2015-03-26
The Washington Post
MDR-TB: The struggle at home
2015-03-25
Health-e News
Antibiotic used in pregnancy linked to risk of epilepsy and cerebral palsy
2015-03-25
The Guardian
TB toll in South Africa is ‘disgraceful’ and ‘unacceptable’ says Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
2015-03-24
Stellenbosch University
Treatment of drug-resistant TB at clinics a success
2015-03-24
Mail&Guardian
South Africa joins world to mark TB Day
2015-03-24
SABC
System is in good health, insists MEC Malakoane
2015-03-24
Mail&Guardian
Roll over Ebola: Measles is the deadly new threat
2015-03-23
Mail&Guardian
Editorial: Decentralise treatment for drug-resistant TB
2015-03-23
Health-e News
Red Cross marches against stigma towards TB patients
2015-03-20
SABC
New female contraceptive for school learners on the cards
2015-03-20
SABC
TB fight could soon get boost from simple swab diagnostic test
2015-03-19
BDlive
Draft policy: Early Childhood Development Policy
2015-03-18
Health-e News
Innovations at Groote Schuur offer hope to patients and nurses
2015-03-17
GroundUp
Concern over NHI’s failure to woo doctors
2015-03-16
BDlive
Pharmaceutical Public Health short courses
2015-03-13
University of the Western Cape
New scheme to help patients in Province
2015-03-13
Diamond Fields Advertiser
Health professionals council probed
2015-03-11
BDlive
SA to get medical ombudsman
2015-03-10
health24
Call for nominations: National Planning Commission
2015-03-10
Health-e News
MLAC aims to reduce AIDS prevalence in Mpumalanga
2015-03-10
SABC
Doctors under siege: Motsoaledi
2015-03-09
Cape Times
Does Depo-Provera increase the risk of HIV transmission? What the data really says
2015-03-03
PSI Impact
E-procurement in support of universal health coverage
2015-03-02
WHO
A minister with an HPV mission
2015-03-02
Independent Online
Most doctors give in to requests by parents to alter vaccine schedules
2015-03-02
The New York Times
Lost patient cards compound long queues
2015-02-27
Health-e News
XDR-TB in South Africa is largely spread person-to-person, not by failure of drug treatment
2015-02-26
aidsmap
US PEPFAR abstinence and faithfulness funding had no impact on sexual behaviour in Africa
2015-02-26
aidsmap
Briefly… SchoolMedia campaigns for healthy lifestyle for learners
2015-02-25
The Media Online
Hopes dashed as HIV measure found to be useless
2015-02-25
BDlive
Giving back to the hospital which saved his life
2015-02-17
Tygerburg Children's Hospital Trust
HPV vaccine highly effective against multiple cancer-causing strains
2015-02-13
EurekAlert!
Breast cancer advocates demand three-month supplies of treatment
2015-02-12
Health-e News
Rheumatic heart disease levels high in SA
2015-02-12
SABC
Influenza drug now hailed as effective
2015-01-30
BDlive
Comment: Measles threat puts Ebola to shame
2015-01-30
Mail&Guardian
State rethink on posting of doctors
2015-01-28
BDlive
SA’s health workers to help fight Ebola in Sierra Leone
2015-01-20
BDlive
Malaria cases on the rise: NICD
2015-01-20
SABC
SA role in Ebola vaccine clinical trial
2015-01-19
BDlive
60% of SA sex workers HIV positive
2015-01-13
City Press
Study links birth control to increased risk of HIV infection
2015-01-12
Health-e News
ART - 40% fail to adhere after three years
2015-01-11
NULL
Local experts wary of early cervical cancer jab successes
2015-01-09
Health-e News
New system ‘causing delays’ at Natalspruit hospital
2015-01-08
BDlive
SA secures ‘world’s lowest prices’ for HIV drugs
2015-01-06
BDlive

2014

Measles Outbreak Alert: South Africa
2014-12-19
NICD
Comment: Good health without the fear of ruin
2014-12-12
Mail&Guardian
Unions should rescue TAC, says Achmat
2014-12-10
GroundUp
BRICS health ministers adopt the UNAIDS Fast-Track strategy to end the AIDS epidemic
2014-12-10
UNAIDS
By the numbers: National Health Insurance in Mpumalanga
2014-12-09
Health-e News
SA medical staff sought to treat Ebola in Sierra Leone
2014-12-08
News24
Human rights commission probes Free State health department
2014-12-03
City Press
HIV/AIDS plan cited as fatalities fall
2014-12-03
BDlive
SA has capacity and experience to contain Ebola
2014-12-02
BDlive
Postgraduate programme in health management
2014-12-01
Stellenbosch University
HIV epidemic will spring back without near-universal diagnosis and treatment, says UNAIDS
2014-12-01
aidsmap
Protection of health-care workers essential for well-functioning health systems
2014-12-01
UNAIDS
World Aids Day: Less than half of infected people know
2014-11-30
Mail&Guardian
Limpopo concerned about pharmacist shortage
2014-11-28
Health-e News
Why a gender-conscious response to HIV is still necessary: Women, girls and HIV – 10 years on
2014-11-26
Health Systems Trust
Gauteng urges partnership in HIV/AIDS fight
2014-11-19
SABC
Global AIDS fight at pivotal point
2014-11-19
BDlive
State clinics in for major overhaul
2014-11-19
BDlive
Stellenbosch and Mediclinic join forces to train doctors
2014-11-18
BDlive
Mental illness in pregnant women a big concern
2014-11-18
BDlive
Diabetes: Risk factors and lifestyle interventions
2014-11-14
BioMed Central
SA short of psychologists
2014-11-13
Independent Online
What are the barriers that could stop HIV treatment becoming HIV prevention?
2014-11-12
aidsmap
Vaccine lowers child pneumonia and meningitis by 70%
2014-11-12
Mail&Guardian
2013/14 SAHR, 2013/14 DHB and NHRD launch event in Pretoria on 29 October 2014
2014-11-04
Health Systems Trust
Call for chapters – South African Health Review
2014-11-03
Health Systems Trust
New barometer reveals the haves and the have nots
2014-10-30
Health-e News
Experts mull ways to fund, manage National Health Insurance
2014-10-30
Health-e News
More gymslip mothers
2014-10-30
TimesLIVE
Health Systems Trust launches latest South African Health Review and District Health Barometer, introduces the National Health Research Database
2014-10-29
HST
'Unnecessarily high' Caesarean section rate is cause for concern
2014-10-29
Mail&Guardian
Call for Abstracts: School of Health Sciences, University of Fort Hare and Department of Health, Eastern Cape, Research Seminar 2014
2014-10-24
University of Fort Hare
Ebola serum for Africa patients within weeks, says WHO
2014-10-21
BBC
Plea for private training of doctors
2014-10-17
BDlive
Targeted adherence measures and viral load monitoring needed to improve retention in South African ART programme
2014-10-16
aidsmap
Western Cape health department earns 10th unqualified audit
2014-10-14
BDlive
The importance of national funding for health in Africa
2014-10-14
UNAIDS
Medunsa to be split from University of Limpopo
2014-10-13
BDlive
The Cape Town Statement on Health Systems Research
2014-10-10
Health Systems Global
Government set to review dispensing fees
2014-10-09
BDlive
HST presence at the Third Global Symposium on HSR
2014-10-01
Health Systems Trust
Third Global Symposium on HSR: Improving the quality of and access to material and child health services
2014-10-01
Health Systems Trust
Third Global Symposium on HSR: Official Opening plenary session
2014-10-01
Health Systems Trust
Third Global Symposium on HSR – People-centredness in complex health systems: Dimensions and practices
2014-10-01
Health Systems Trust
Third Global Symposium on HSR – Governance and health in Africa: Pan-African perspectives on state stewardship for people’s health
2014-09-30
Health Systems Trust
Health systems innovation is the path to better health
2014-09-26
Mail&Guardian
info4africa and Always Active release health information app
2014-09-19
info4africa
DA will ‘oppose medical bill’s plans to commercialise cannabis’
2014-09-18
BDlive
Third Global Symposium on HSR – Media Release: People-centred health systems will be the heart of dialogues at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research.
2014-09-17
Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
Traditional healing: Modern medicine's friend or foe?
2014-09-17
The Guardian
New role for Durban’s McCord Hospital as specialist eye centre
2014-09-09
BDlive
Paper: The broken thread – Primary health care, social justice and the dignity of the health worker
2014-09-02
Health-e News
Medical male circumcision campaign gains momentum
2014-09-01
Stellenbosch University
Health experts call for equality in access to health
2014-09-01
SABC
Ebola takes its toll on healthcare workers
2014-09-01
Mail&Guardian
Poor knowledge of partner HIV status among South African women with recent pregnancy
2014-08-29
aidsmap
Clinics run out of drugs
2014-08-13
Times LIVE
Study in South African township shows HIV-negative individuals often source of new TB cases in patients with HIV
2014-08-11
aidsmap
Civil society groups threaten to sue Eastern Cape Department of Health
2014-08-08
Health-e News
New breast-feeding policy for HIV moms pays off
2014-08-07
Mail&Guardian
Southern African states to collaborate on Ebola
2014-08-07
BDlive
More must be done to cut unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, say experts
2014-08-05
The Guardian
Controversial policy to regulate doctors on hold
2014-07-31
Health-e News
Better health for KwaNokuthula residents
2014-07-29
Western Cape Government Health and Health Systems Trust
SA’s Shisana will co-chair AIDS summit
2014-07-25
Independent Online
HIV/AIDS pills at early stage ‘unwise’
2014-07-24
BDlive
Lifelong ARVs for pregnant women, says Health Minister
2014-07-24
Health-e News
Speech: Health Budget Vote 2014/15
2014-07-23
Health-e News
SA to treat HIV patients earlier, says Motsoaledi
2014-07-23
BDlive
Adolescent deaths from AIDS rising, especially among boys
2014-07-22
aidsmap
HIV infections in children under five down by over three quarters
2014-07-22
Mail&Guardian
Cash transfers plus care halve HIV risk behaviours in South African adolescents
2014-07-22
aidsmap
Better, shorter TB treatment - thanks to SA scientists
2014-07-22
Health-e News
UNAIDS pushes for an end to Aids epidemic
2014-07-21
SABC
Ten organizations receive Red Ribbon Award for outstanding community leadership on AIDS
2014-07-21
UNAIDS
What is needed to 'step up the pace' on HIV prevention and treatment?
2014-07-21
aidsmap
AIDS 2014 opening ceremony honours Flight MH17 dead with drive to end AIDS by 2030
2014-07-20
aidsmap
Letter to the Melbourne International AIDS Conference: Does anybody remember AIDS?
2014-07-20
TAC
Free State healthcare workers march for Malakoane's head
2014-07-17
Mail&Guardian
North West doctors gear up for the NHI
2014-07-15
Health-e News
Rapid HIV test gives hope for newborn infants
2014-07-14
City Press
Calling for applications: Graduate Programme in Public Health 2015
2014-07-08
University of KwaZulu-Natal
24-hour clinic to open in Limpopo
2014-06-25
Health-e News
Flat funding, harsh laws could hurt Uganda’s battle against HIV
2014-06-25
IRIN
National Tuberculosis Management Guidelines 2014 released
2014-06-10
Health-e News
Health minister’s battle plan
2014-06-05
Financial Mail
Doctors need not panic over ‘certificates of need’
2014-06-04
Health-e News
The  doctor who  walked  away
2014-05-30
Mail&Guardian
Comment: The cost malady; Foresight is 2020
2014-05-30
Mail&Guardian
Health dept aims to make primary school learners TB ambassadors
2014-05-30
SABC
N West medical practitioners vow to improve maternal care
2014-05-30
SABC
New X-ray scanners will save hospitals time, money
2014-05-29
BDlive
International expert says better treatment of TB is urgently needed
2014-05-29
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University
Motsoaledi returns for second term as health minister
2014-05-26
BDlive
Annual Medical Research Council Scientific Merit Awards 2014
2014-05-23
SAMRC
PrePex could cut down on botched circumcision deaths
2014-05-19
Mail&Guardian
World Health Statistics 2014: Large gains in life expectancy
2014-05-15
WHO
Research could point to better treatment for babies with TB
2014-05-12
Desmond Tutu TB Centre
AIDS Health Foundation donates R15 mln to KZN
2014-05-12
SABC
Tygerberg Children's Hospital beats the odds
2014-05-09
Tygerburger
UNAIDS and UNWTO ST-EP Foundation release a unique new book on HIV for children
2014-05-08
UNAIDS
Public health a major priority in African nations
2014-05-01
Pew Research Center
How vaccine denialism in the West is causing measles outbreaks in Brazil  
2014-04-28
The Guardian
ARV programme saves 780 000 lives
2014-04-11
Health-e News
North West health probes baby milk formula scandal
2014-04-04
City Press
Experts call for accelerating progress towards universal HIV treatment access
2014-04-03
UNAIDS
South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence & Behaviour Survey, 2012
2014-04-01
Health-e News
Gauteng health puts measures in place to stop negligence at hospitals
2014-03-31
City Press
TB deaths decline by 2% – Motlanthe
2014-03-25
City Press
TB contracted more in general community than home
2014-03-25
SABC
NHLS won't suspend services to Gauteng, says department
2014-03-24
Mail&Guardian
Women with circumcised partners less likely to have HIV, no less likely to use condoms
2014-03-19
Aidsmap
Stock-outs, low awareness stymie immunisations
2014-03-11
Health-e News
Private hospital market flat - research
2014-03-10
BDlive
New advances in HIV research and development
2014-03-10
UNAIDS
Cape Town clinics duck nationwide health audit
2014-03-09
City Press
No proof that HIV-infected baby was cured
2014-03-06
Mail&Guardian
Report fuels probe into medical schemes registrar
2014-03-05
BDlive
Local scientists step close to developing vaccine against HIV
2014-03-04
BDlive
NHI details promised before election in May
2014-02-27
BDlive
'Disappointing' budget leaves little room for health boost
2014-02-26
Mail&Guardian
Health Ministry aims to resolve problems at Laboratory Service
2014-02-19
SABC
New regulatory institute ‘a boost’ for medicines council
2014-02-19
BDlive
Medicine goes mobile with smartphone apps
2014-02-19
News24
New hospitals and clinics for NHI on the cards
2014-02-18
BDLive
SA school girls to be vaccinated against cervical cancer
2014-02-18
SABC
ARV shortages uncovered: Bhekisisa director speaks on VoW FM
2014-02-18
Mail&Guardian
Call made for sugar to be classified as a drug
2014-02-15
SABC
‘Lifestyle diseases’ plaguing poor
2014-02-12
Health-e News
South Africa ‘to grow science ties with Brics nations’
2014-02-11
BDLive
Tshwane support workers go unpaid
2014-02-11
Health-e News
Limpopo medical students leave for Cuba
2014-02-10
SABC
Government offers lifeline to embattled Durban hospital
2014-02-07
BDLive
High incidence of antiretroviral prescribing errors in Nigeria
2014-02-07
Aidsmap
Measles deaths reach record lows with fragile gains toward global elimination
2014-02-06
WHO
The future of aid: UNICEF Executive Board addresses funding and partnerships
2014-02-06
UNICEF
Dr Harry Surtie Hospital: Double-edged sword of technology
2014-01-31
Mail&Guardian
Motsoaledi names board of new Office of Health Standards Compliance
2014-01-30
BDLive
Funding for science projects is a major challenge
2014-01-27
SABC
Hackathon aims to improve SA's health care system
2014-01-25
SABC
Director-General of Health - remarks in Geneva about #Pharmagate
2014-01-23
KEI
South African DG of Health, Doctors challenge pharma lobbying plans
2014-01-23
UAEM
Gates Foundation forms new health partnerships in South Africa
2014-01-21
BDLive
WHO may begin webcast of health minister meeting
2014-01-20
The New York Times
Motsoaledi: Big pharma's 'satanic' plot is genocide
2014-01-17
Mail&Guardian
Healthcare heroes heal the system
2014-01-17
Mail&Guardian
TB patients sent home to die, says study
2014-01-17
BDLive
UNAIDS has ‘good news’ about HIV in SA
2014-01-17
Business Day
Hospitals may be discharging XDR-TB patients too soon – study
2014-01-17
Health-e News
Computerised counselling for HIV patients improves treatment adherence
2014-01-13
Aidsmap
Webcast the World Health Assembly
2014-01-11
The Lancet
Webcast the World Health Assembly
2014-01-11
The Lancet
Study uses stem cells to help treat drug-resistant TB
2014-01-10
BDLive
Innovative healthcare initiative launched in Cape Town
2014-01-09
Humanipo
New iPad app to record data at Groote Schuur
2014-01-08
Health24
TB/HIV programmatic challenges highlighted at ICASA
2014-01-07
Aidsmap
Wrangle may delay healthcare inquiry
2014-01-06
BDLive

2013

Drink fuels nation’s health crisis
2013-12-31
IOL
Department to assess effects of mooted alcohol ad ban
2013-12-24
BDLive
Concerns grow over Mpumalanga health care
2013-12-21
News24
US health policy weighs on SA's HIV patients
2013-12-18
Mail&Guardian
ARV treatment helps reduce TB in HIV patients: study
2013-12-18
SABC
Firm warns on state role in private health
2013-12-17
BDLive
Brazil and Thailand got it right – can SA really make NHI work?
2013-12-13
Mail&Guardian
Finding new ways to make viral load testing cheaper
2013-12-13
IRIN
Madiba: The belated rise of an Aids activist
2013-12-13
Mail&Guardian
Global health initiatives HIV treatment in South Africa has had "astounding" benefits
2013-12-12
Aidsmap
How master of political theatre put AIDS in spotlight
2013-12-12
BDLive
Shift in mood towards HIV
2013-12-11
Mail&Guardian
Very far from end of AIDS
2013-12-10
Health-e News
Nelson Mandela's activism remembered at AIDS and STIs conference
2013-12-09
IRIN
News from day one of the 3rd Structural Drivers of HIV Conference
2013-12-06
Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Regional Exchange (SHARE)
Health care community reacts to Mandela’s death
2013-12-06
Health-e News
Cancer institute charts course
2013-12-05
Health-e News
NHI could push public spending on health to new heights
2013-12-04
Health-e News
Trailblazing move to take HIV treatment out of clinics
2013-12-02
Health-e News
Private health inquiry will take two years
2013-12-02
IOL
Nurses at forefront of HIV fight
2013-12-02
TimesLive
Terms of healthcare inquiry get nod
2013-12-02
BDLive
Health Systems Trust launches its HIV Counselling and Testing Media Campaign
2013-11-29
Health Systems Trust
Motsoaledi warns opportunists NHI will not be ‘a pot of gold’
2013-11-29
BDLive
Villagers flock to take HIV tests
2013-11-29
Mail&Guardian
There’s a hole in the middle of our AIDS programme
2013-11-29
Health-e News
Medicines go missing – and so do budgets
2013-11-29
Health-e News
Medicine falls back in funding queue for private money
2013-11-28
BDLive
Report suggests ARV and TB drug supply woes a 'national crisis'
2013-11-28
Mail & Guardian
One-day cervical cancer test could soon be available in South Africa
2013-11-28
Health-e News
New study again proves worth of social grants in South Africa
2013-11-27
Daily Maverick
World AIDS Day 2013 - Necessity drives Innovation: KZN AIDS researchers ignite hope
2013-11-27
Health Systems Trust
State unveils cancer control plan
2013-11-27
IOL
Child support grant keeps sugar daddies away
2013-11-26
Health-e News
South Africa gears up to tackle cancer, non-communicable diseases
2013-11-26
Health-e News
Automated pharmacy brings relief
2013-11-26
The Citizen
Minister to name health watchdog officials
2013-11-25
BDLive
National Health Insurance pilot district business plans
2013-11-25
Health-e News
State moves on ‘miracle cure’ drugs
2013-11-22
BDLive
National Lotteries Board and Health Systems Trust Launch HIV Counselling and Testing Awareness Campaign
2013-11-22
Health Systems Trust and National Lotteries Board
Wits researchers make major progress with HIV vaccine
2013-11-21
City Press
Global AIDS response: How are we doing?
2013-11-21
UNAIDS
A Call on African governments to boost the fight against childhood cancer
2013-11-21
Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University
Cancer groups threaten legal action against Gauteng Department of Health
2013-11-20
Health-e News
HIV and Aids: record numbers in poorer countries receive treatment
2013-11-20
Guardian
Not feeling the female condom
2013-11-20
Health-e News
Call for free cancer drugs for all
2013-11-19
Times Live
Africa’s health could go up in smoke
2013-11-19
Health-e News
Teenage pregnancies and contraception access under spotlight at global summit
2013-11-12
Guardian
New TB vaccine trial in SA
2013-11-12
Times Live
Parliament’s help sought in health crisis
2013-11-07
BDLive
R30m of expired meds found in ECape depot
2013-11-06
The Citizen
South Africa ‘seeks balance’ between intellectual property, public health
2013-11-06
BD Live
Revolutionary test for TB poses some challenges
2013-11-06
Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University
Earlier HIV treatment could save South Africa money
2013-11-06
Health-e News
A Long wait to get treated for MDR-TB
2013-11-05
Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University
Funding for TB research drops sharply
2013-11-05
Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University
War on TB far from won
2013-11-04
Times Live
Healthcare probe: storm looms for hospitals, funders
2013-11-03
BDLive
McCord Hospital survives
2013-11-01
City Press
Edendale Hospital turns over new leaf
2013-11-01
Health-e News
Huge family planning drive to cut teen pregnancies
2013-10-31
Health-e News
New TB technology may be ready for clinics
2013-10-31
Health-e News
Minister blasts alcohol industry’s ‘arrogance’
2013-10-31
BDLive
Cape Town XDR-TB patient leads international campaign
2013-10-31
Health-e News
Costs keep cancer drugs out of developing countries
2013-10-30
Health-e News
State ‘not trying to destroy’ healthcare
2013-10-30
BDLive
Patient-Centered TB Treatment Will Require Modernizing Directly-Observed Therapy
2013-10-30
Medicins San Frontiers
Gauteng doubles HIV treatment numbers
2013-10-29
Health-e News
KwaZulu-Natal charts gains in HIV despite massive burden
2013-10-29
Health-e News
South Africa far from targets to reduce maternal, infant mortality
2013-10-29
Health-e News
Health district dunces
2013-10-29
Health-e News
Public, private hospital costs ‘similar’
2013-10-29
BDLive
Adults on antiretroviral therapy on the increase
2013-10-29
SABC News
Farmworkers need healthcare, too
2013-10-25
Mail&Guardian
Medics 'sabotaged' E Cape health
2013-10-25
Mail&Guardian
Launch of the District Health Barometer 2012/13
2013-10-24
Health Systems Trust
Multidrug-resistant TB cases double
2013-10-24
Health-e News
The long road to childhood cancer treatment
2013-10-23
Health-e News
Proposed tobacco regulations more than “smoke and mirrors”
2013-10-23
Health-e News
Community health workers strike for better working conditions
2013-10-23
Health-e News
Treasury’s NHI discussion document nearly ready
2013-10-23
BDLive
How Gordhan's expenditure cuts could affect health targets
2013-10-23
Mail&Guardian
Nurses are certified to administer ARV’s: Motsoaledi
2013-10-22
SABC
Activists must join fight against corruption in health sector, says Section27
2013-10-21
BDLive
Activists push for drug patent reforms
2013-10-18
BDLive
Clean audits for health departments
2013-10-17
BDLive
Violence puts pressure on Western Cape healthcare
2013-10-17
BDLive
Change of mind on health gap cover
2013-10-16
BDLive
Primary healthcare will be heartbeat of NHI, says health minister
2013-10-16
BDLive
Government switches strategy on drugs
2013-10-16
Health-e News
Research recommends how to tackle spread of HIV/AIDS by African truckers
2013-10-16
University of Cambridge
E Cape health coalition wants premier to intervene
2013-10-14
Mail&Guardian
EC Health Department “misses” deadline
2013-10-14
Health-e News
SA offers HIV vaccine research hope
2013-10-09
Health-e News
The Desmond Tutu TB Centre on a quest to reduce childhood TB Deaths
2013-10-09
Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University
Motsoaledi prioritises treatment of TB in prisons
2013-10-09
SABC News
R3bn boost for SA's fight against HIV
2013-10-09
SAnews.gov.za
Staunching SA's pregnancy wound
2013-10-08
Mail&Guardian
New NHLS system causes delays in HIV, TB and cervical cancer tests
2013-10-07
Health-e News
Government to take over Durban's McCord Hospital
2013-10-07
Mail&Guardian
Harsh price of HIV-linked longevity
2013-10-04
Mail&Guardian
Mpumalanga launches new Ward AIDS Councils
2013-10-03
Health-e News
UCT’s private academic hospital aims to raise patient occupancy rate
2013-10-02
BDLive
New funding models needed ‘to fight cancer in poor nations’
2013-10-01
BDLive
Mountain to climb in primary health care
2013-09-30
IOL
Aspen finalises drug acquisition deal with GlaxoSmithKline
2013-09-30
BDLive
Motsoaledi tackles environmental health
2013-09-28
The New Age
Health Dept to take over McCord
2013-09-27
IOL
McCord Hospital's fate turns again
2013-09-25
Mail&Guardian
McCord Hospital to keep doors open, court rules
2013-09-24
BDLive
How South Africa’s fight against HIV stacks up
2013-09-23
Health-e News
HIV in children halved – UNAIDS
2013-09-23
Health-e News
UN reports ‘dramatic’ progress in global fight against AIDS
2013-09-23
BDLive
Circumcision gets help from experts
2013-09-23
IOL
Minister pledges action at Flagstaff
2013-09-20
BDLive
Motsoaledi orders Eastern Cape to start over
2013-09-19
Mail&Guardian
First ever guidelines to manage pain in cancer patients to be released
2013-09-19
Health-e News
McCord hospital in Durban closing down
2013-09-18
News24
eThekwini health boss begins three-month suspension
2013-09-18
BDLive
Government unveils NCD strategic plan
2013-09-18
Health-e News
McCord expected to close its doors
2013-09-17
IOL
October deadline set for ECape health rescue plan
2013-09-16
Health-e News
Brown launches partnership on South Africa HIV
2013-09-14
Houston Chronicle
Birth control hits the spot
2013-09-13
Mail&Guardian
All South African population groups at risk of hypertension, says doctor
2013-09-13
BDLive
Task team to probe healthcare meltdown
2013-09-12
Health-e News
Motsoaledi forms task team to probe E Cape health care
2013-09-12
Mail&Guardian
No quality healthcare for 84% of SA – Motsoaledi
2013-09-12
City Press
SA health care system leaves out 84%: Motsoaledi
2013-09-12
Times Live
Cape babies at risk as vaccines run low
2013-09-12
IOL
Timeline of a troubled province
2013-09-11
Health-e News
Be warned
2013-09-11
Health-e News
Eastern Cape health access 'made to look like a privilege'
2013-09-11
Mail&Guardian
Drug patent reform plans please activists
2013-09-10
BDLive
Experts meet on advancing access to HIV treatment
2013-09-10
UNAIDS
Community caregivers: the backbone of HIV care and support programmes
2013-09-09
UNAIDS
Gauteng Has Recorded a Steady Improvement in the Health of Its Children
2013-09-08
Gauteng Department of Health
SA's midwives chart a new course
2013-09-06
Mail&Guardian
Private healthcare pricing inquiry to start in November
2013-09-06
BDLive
Motsoaledi: Why I use government hospitals
2013-09-06
Mail&Guardian
Private healthcare pricing inquiry to start in November
2013-09-06
BDLive
'No child should go blind'
2013-09-05
Mail&Guardian
Medical aid principals face scrutiny
2013-09-04
Business Day
Draft intellectual property policy to be released
2013-09-04
Health-e News
Mpumalanga hospital patients go hungry
2013-09-04
Health-e News
Innovative new system to monitor and centralise research
2013-09-04
Health Systems Trust
Staggering cost of SA’s ill middle class
2013-09-04
IOL
TB in South African prisons: WHERE TO NOW?
2013-09-04
NSP Review
Junk food ad ban mooted
2013-09-03
IOL
Community health hub extends Khayelitsha care
2013-08-31
ENCA
Please Cure Me: Medics dial it down
2013-08-30
Mail&Guardian
'NHI will benefit the entire region'
2013-08-30
Mail&Guardian
HIV patients denied treatment after document circulated to Gauteng hospitals
2013-08-30
Health-e News
Take-home test helps detect cervical cancer
2013-08-28
Health-e News
In South Africa, A Clinic Focuses On Prostitutes To Fight HIV
2013-08-28
National Public Radio
Medicines Control Council courts controversy with ban on starch drips
2013-08-27
BDLive
Despite progress, TB cure is still elusive
2013-08-26
BDLive
Healthcare's private parts to shrink
2013-08-23
Mail&Guardian
Smoking-related deaths ‘higher among coloureds’
2013-08-23
BDLive
Gap and health insurance plans ‘undermining’ medical schemes
2013-08-22
BDLIve
SA study may pave the way for easier infant HIV treatment
2013-08-22
Health-e News
Panel Discussion: Making the NHI Work for All South Africans - Can It be Achieved?
2013-08-22
The South African Civil Society Information Service
Healthworkers unite for positive work environment
2013-08-22
Health-e News
Medical schemes’ approach to new therapies ‘not driven by science’
2013-08-21
BDLive
Funding injection for healthcare
2013-08-20
The New Age
Drug illness costs spiral
2013-08-20
Times Live
Medical schemes move to address regulatory backlog
2013-08-20
BDLIve
National Health Insurance ‘not the end’ of medical schemes industry
2013-08-20
BDLive
National Health Insurance ‘not the end’ of medical schemes industry
2013-08-20
BDLive
Public private partnerships may answer doctor shortage
2013-08-19
Mail&Guardian
Insufficient sanitation for Ehashahasheni residents
2013-08-19
Health-e News
Pill Can Prevent Fatal TB in HIV Patients
2013-08-19
NY Times
Dreaming the impossible to save the lives of South Africa's mothers and babies
2013-08-15
RMCH
Lifestyle diseases threaten NHI
2013-08-15
Mail&Guardian
Health research is essential for progress towards universal health coverage
2013-08-15
WHO
Health minister opts for surgery at public hospital
2013-08-14
BDLIve
NHI a tonic for extreme inequality
2013-08-14
Mail&Guardian
There's a new HIV drug - but Africa will have to wait
2013-08-14
Mail&Guardian
Emergency Medical Services a problem in Mgungundlovu, Public Protector told
2013-08-14
Health-e News
New medicine control body a step closer
2013-08-13
BDLIve
KZN NHI implementation plans on track
2013-08-13
East Coast Radio
Experimental malaria vaccine proves highly effective in US test
2013-08-09
BDLive
State hopes big changes to patent rules will cut drug costs
2013-08-08
BDLive
HST has a new CEO
2013-08-08
Health Systems Trust
‘Not hungry, not healthy’ paradox plagues SA, survey warns
2013-08-07
BDLive
Fat nation with big health problems
2013-08-07
Health-e News
Motsoaledi: Chronic disease on the rise in SA
2013-08-07
Mail&Guardian
Train SA doctors at home - MEC
2013-08-07
IOL
Lifestyle diseases a threat to health system – Aaron Motsoaledi
2013-08-06
City Press
Health survey finds South Africans’ waistlines are growing
2013-08-06
BDLive
Govt moves to stop alcohol ads
2013-08-05
Health-e News
Durban hospital’s NHI model working
2013-08-05
IOL
Education is key to preventing 3 200 SA women’s deaths per year
2013-08-04
City Press
Ghost staff save Gauteng Health R2.3m
2013-08-02
IOL
SA an ‘outstanding model’, says UNAIDS report
2013-07-31
Health-e News
HIV infections fall 30% in eastern and southern Africa
2013-07-31
BD Live
Govt to boost SA’s low breastfeeding rate
2013-07-31
Health-e News
How HIV/Aids hits schoolchildren
2013-07-30
IOL
Private pharmacies to help end stock-outs?
2013-07-30
Health-e News
Addressing the challenges facing young people in South Africa
2013-07-29
UNAIDS
Co-ordinating HIV approaches in Msukaligwa
2013-07-29
Health-e News
TB strain: Resistance is fertile
2013-07-26
Mail&Guardian
Mpumalanga loses ground in war on HIV
2013-07-26
Mail&Guardian
Hospitals will buy own meds
2013-07-26
Times Live
WHO’s new HIV guidelines may ‘distract’, warns expert
2013-07-25
Health-e News
NHI funding model far from decided
2013-07-25
IOL
MEC visits day hospitals
2013-07-25
Eyewitness News
Baragwanath revamps admissions ward
2013-07-24
sanews.gov.za
Most districts in NHI study have failed to spend their budgets
2013-07-24
BD Live
Concern over hospitals’ use of starch drip
2013-07-23
BD Live
The Mpumalanga province graduation ceremony for NIMART nurses
2013-07-23
Health-e News
KZN health welcomes hospital probe
2013-07-21
News 24
67 minutes of Ubuntu from the HST staff
2013-07-19
Health Systems Trust
South Africa Weighs Starting HIV Drug Treatment Sooner
2013-07-16
NPR
Over 6000 patients on FDC pill in NW
2013-07-15
sanews.gov.za
Patients worried as medicine stock-outs continue
2013-07-15
Health-e News
No drugs, but minister is hailed
2013-07-12
Times Live
Drug row sparked by HIV spending
2013-07-12
Mail&Guardian
South African couples living with HIV are missing out on safer conception advice
2013-07-11
Aidsmap
South African health minister: Canada should join us to fight TB in mines
2013-07-11
The Globe and Mail
Medical schemes ‘getting to grips with drug budgets’
2013-07-10
Business Day
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka from South Africa appointed as new UN Women Executive Director
2013-07-10
UN Women
One third of world's population benefits from effective tobacco control measure
2013-07-10
World Health Organization
Stockouts continue
2013-07-09
Health-e News
ARV stock arrives in Gauteng
2013-07-09
News 24
Village Clinic: TAC pressure sees minister step in
2013-07-08
Health-e News
President Obama says South Africa is leading the way to an AIDS-free generation
2013-07-08
UNAIDS
UCT medical historian awarded global AIDS research grant
2013-07-08
Biz Community
Clinics run out of life-saving ARV drugs
2013-07-07
CityPress
Profit vital to private hospitals
2013-07-05
Mail&Guardian
South Africa’s Atomo Diagnostics To Introduce Test Device That Improves HIV Testing
2013-07-04
Ventures
EVIPNet and the WHO launch the EVIPNet Virtual Health Library and the Intergovernmental Organizations’ Health Systems Documents Portal
2013-07-04
EVIPNet
Motsoaledi to reform private health care
2013-07-04
Financial Mail
UNAIDS pledges support to networks of women living with HIV to advance cervical cancer programmes
2013-07-03
UNAIDS
Big boost for the snip
2013-07-02
Health-e News
Mpumalanga tackles circumision
2013-06-28
Health-e News
Commissioners begin mapping the route from AIDS to sustainable health
2013-06-28
UNAIDS
Commission set to review healthcare probe submissions
2013-06-27
Business Day
Gauteng health dept fails to meet court ordered payment deadline
2013-06-27
Mail&Guardian
Injection for nursing in South Africa
2013-06-26
Nursing Foundation of South Africa
New HIV infections among children have been reduced by 50% or more in seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa
2013-06-25
Health-e News
Review supports Discovery Health administration fees
2013-06-25
Business Day
Decrease in women abuse = decrease in HIV infections, say researchers
2013-06-21
Mail&Guardian
Drug-resistant TB patients have access to new drug
2013-06-21
Health-e News
Household survey: HIV prevalence increases
2013-06-20
Mail&Guardian
HIV, ARVs and the cervical cancer vaccine
2013-06-20
Mail&Guardian
HIV/AIDS class urged to reduce infection, promote awareness among students
2013-06-20
Business Day
HIV messages should include MSM
2013-06-19
Health-e News
Alarm raised about lack of AIDS drugs
2013-06-19
Business Day
Government replaces circumcision device
2013-06-19
Business Day
Gauteng Health Preventing Tuberculosis in HIV Positive People
2013-06-19
Gauteng Department of Health
Social grants decrease teenage girls' risk of contracting HIV
2013-06-18
Mail&Guardian
Catastrophe as Eastern Cape drug stock-outs continue
2013-06-18
Health-e News
Maternal and paediatric tuberculosis still overlooked
2013-06-18
IRIN
No proper HIV care for prisoners
2013-06-14
IOL
Hospitals – they're making a killing
2013-06-14
Mail&Guardian
Contraceptive policy overhauled
2013-06-14
Mail&Guardian
Study shows PreP works for IDU
2013-06-13
Health-e News
Most people with mental disorders ‘not getting care they need’
2013-06-13
Business Day
UNAIDS welcomes new findings that provide an additional tool for HIV prevention for people who inject drugs
2013-06-12
UNAIDS
Life saving cancer vaccine will be difficult to implement
2013-06-07
Mail&Guardian
UNAIDS welcomes pre-qualification by WHO of first non-surgical device for adult male circumcision in HIV prevention efforts
2013-06-07
UNAIDS
WHO pre-qualifies MMC device
2013-06-06
Health-e News
Scientific breakthroughs in HIV help shape the future of AIDS research in Africa
2013-06-05
UNAIDS
Progress on HIV brings hope to the province of KwaZulu Natal
2013-06-04
UNAIDS
New medicines regulator delayed
2013-06-04
Business Day
UNAIDS to establish international scientific expert panel on HIV
2013-06-03
UNAIDS
SA Prof to head UNAIDS science panel
2013-06-03
Health-e News
Gauteng health MEC says progress is being made
2013-06-03
Business Day
The United Nations lays out “historic” post 2015 development agenda
2013-05-31
UNAIDS
Circumcision Device Approved by World Health Organization
2013-05-31
NY Times
Motsoaledi seeks to quell fear over circumcision
2013-05-31
Business Day
Specialist clinics ‘are key to cutting costs, waste’
2013-05-30
Business Day
Smoking in South Africa
2013-05-30
Health-e News
Prof defends tobacco packaging
2013-05-29
Health-e News
Investing in women
2013-05-29
Health-e News
Hypertension and diabetes ‘a threat to Africa’
2013-05-28
Business Day
Motsoaledi outlines integrated health school plan
2013-05-28
SAnews.gov.za
Limpopo clinics soon to get medicines again
2013-05-27
Health-e News
Zuma: HIV/Aids remains a problem for Africa
2013-05-26
Mail and Guardian
African leaders pledge to intensify efforts towards ending AIDS, TB and Malaria
2013-05-26
UNAIDS
New investments needed to advance progress on AIDS, TB and malaria in Africa
2013-05-25
UNAIDS
Infant care leaps forward with a lesson from kangaroos
2013-05-24
Mail and Guardian
Setback for state’s AIDS drugs plan as investor pulls out
2013-05-24
Business Day
Exclusive ambulances for pregnant women
2013-05-24
The New Age
Youth organizations form a pact for social transformation in the AIDS response
2013-05-23
UNAIDS
New pharmaceutical body to tackle drug registration delay
2013-05-22
Business Day
Western Cape ventures into ICT incubation hubs
2013-05-21
Business Day
New research-based pharmaceutical organisation IPASA launches
2013-05-21
IPASA
UNAIDS reports more than 7 million people now on HIV treatment across Africa––with nearly 1 million added in the last year—while new HIV infections and deaths from AIDS continue to fall
2013-05-21
UNAIDS
Netcare CEO says Competition Commission must also probe pharmaceuticals
2013-05-20
Business Day
No smoking near building entrances
2013-05-17
Health-e News
Motsoaledi urges medical schemes to pay for cancer vaccines
2013-05-16
Business Day
Health insurance plan, price regulation soon, says minister
2013-05-16
Business Day
NHI white paper out soon, says Motsoaledi
2013-05-16
Business Day
A state-owned pharmaceutical company for ARVs
2013-05-16
Department of Science and Technology
Private health costs inquiry welcomed
2013-05-15
Business Day
WHO statistics show narrowing health gap between countries with best and worst health status
2013-05-15
WHO
Health: Minister's Budget Vote Speech
2013-05-15
Parlimentary Monitoring Group
Schoolgirls to get cervical cancer vaccines from 2014
2013-05-15
Business Day
Plan to add cervical cancer jab to child immunisation
2013-05-10
BusinessDay
South African and Zimbabwe unite against cholera
2013-05-10
Health-e News
‘Record low price’ paid for vaccines to protect against cervical cancer
2013-05-09
Business Day
Mobile phones, a vital tool for pregnant women
2013-05-09
SABC
DA in Western Cape ‘proud of successful NHI pilot site’
2013-05-09
Business Day
Competition Commission to probe healthcare costs, says Patel
2013-05-07
BusinessDay
'Let private skills come to NHI's aid'
2013-05-03
Mail&Guardian
Doctors give NHI a qualified thumbs up
2013-05-03
NULL
Playing catch-up to immunise kids against polio and measles
2013-05-03
BusinessDay
School toilets in shocking state
2013-05-02
Health-e News
Public health facilities in a dire state
2013-04-30
Health-e News
Mpumalanga district falling behind NSP targets
2013-04-30
Health-e News
Childhood Immunisation Campaign to avert diseases and deaths
2013-04-30
The National Department of Health
SA joins global bid to publish all clinical studies
2013-04-29
Business Day
Wits Faculty of Health Science Professor receives South Africa’s highest honour
2013-04-29
Health-e News
NHI pioneers new payment system
2013-04-26
Mail&Guardian
Health publications awards for UCT students
2013-04-26
UCT News
Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim awarded the Order of Mapungubwe
2013-04-26
Health-e News
Mobile Xhosa translator helps the medicine go down
2013-04-26
University of Cape Town
40% of W Cape high school kids smoke
2013-04-25
Health-e News
World Malaria Day: Gold speeds up malaria diagnosis
2013-04-25
Health-e News
No immunisation at Limpopo clinics, hospitals
2013-04-25
Health-e News
Durban gets International Aids Congress for second time
2013-04-25
IOL
SA making progress in tackling HIV – Motlanthe
2013-04-25
SANews.gov.za
Community hopes SANAC meeting will strengthen commitment to HIV
2013-04-24
Health-e News
Awards for scientists for work on HIV/AIDS
2013-04-23
Business Day
MSF calls for cheaper child vaccines
2013-04-23
Health-e News
Africa Health Forum 2013: Finance and Capacity for Results
2013-04-22
UNAIDS
INTERVIEW-South Africa seeks to close drug patent loophole
2013-04-22
Reuters
Sanac hopes for three-million on ARVs by 2015
2013-04-21
Mail&Guardian
AIDS council adopts National Strategic Plan for HIV, TB
2013-04-19
Business Day
ARVs alone won't save HIV infected mothers
2013-04-19
Mail&Guardian
Dept of Health withholding National AIDS Vaccine Plan
2013-04-18
Health-e News
HIV in breastmilk spikes at weaning
2013-04-17
Nature
Medical student intake to be upped
2013-04-17
The New Age
South African clinics already achieving zero new HIV infections in children
2013-04-17
Aidsmap
Health systems failing newborns
2013-04-16
Health-e News
Simple antiseptic can save newborn lives
2013-04-16
Health-e News
Roadmap to tackle newborn deaths
2013-04-15
Health-e News
WHO/UNICEF: New plan to address pneumonia and diarrhoea could save 2 million children a year
2013-04-12
WHO
Fewer South Africans dying of HIV/AIDS, but more of diabetes
2013-04-11
Health-e News
TB remains leading killer in SA
2013-04-11
Mail & Guardian
28% of schoolgirls HIV positive stat incorrect: Health Department
2013-04-10
TimesLive
People on ART have near normal life expectancies
2013-04-10
Health-e News
Sick hospitals get new heads
2013-04-09
The New Age
Single antiretroviral pill launched
2013-04-08
Business Day
Fixed-dose combination ARVs: Everything you need to know
2013-04-08
SANews.gov.za
Global Fund Targets $15 Billion to Effectively Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
2013-04-08
Global Fund
State consolidates HIV treatment
2013-04-05
Mail & Guardian
Salt sellers shaken by Motsoaledi's rules
2013-04-05
Mail & Guardian
SA-Cuba deal ‘on track’
2013-04-04
The New Age
Madiba's neighbours are worst off
2013-04-04
Health-e News
Preparing for National Health Insurance
2013-04-03
Health-e News
Poor services undermine HIV treatment programme
2013-04-03
Health-e News
OR Tambo bottom of district pile
2013-04-03
Health-e News
Unhealthy climate
2013-04-03
Health-e News
Gold miners with work-related TB neglected for too long
2013-03-28
AlertNet
One pill a day keeps HIV away
2013-03-27
Health-e News
SA lands massive TB grant
2013-03-27
Health-e News
TB revaccination plan on the cards for SA’s teenagers
2013-03-26
Business Day
TB testing in South Africa rolling out slowly
2013-03-26
IRIN
Quest for a TB vaccine
2013-03-25
Health-e News
Southern Africa cracks down on TB in mines
2013-03-25
IRIN
Matsoso defends results of health facilities audit
2013-03-25
Business Day
Government to tackle TB treatment for inmates
2013-03-24
Health-e News
UNAIDS calls for Zero parallel systems for HIV and TB
2013-03-24
UNAIDS
Further resistance to TB drugs identified in SA
2013-03-22
Health-e News
Public health failing patients – audit
2013-03-21
Health-e News
Sadc has less than 1,000 days to meet millennium goal on TB and HIV
2013-03-20
Business Day
Motsoaledi defends strict regulations
2013-03-20
Business Day
African Health Ministers Commit to Ramped Up TB/HIV Treatment
2013-03-20
Voice of America
Health minister to 'tighten the noose on smokers'
2013-03-18
Mail & Guardian
World Health Organization and Global Fund cite tuberculosis threat
2013-03-18
WHO
Wits launches Institute for Malaria
2013-03-18
Health-e News
Gauteng health woes continue despite MEC assurances
2013-03-15
Health-e News
Health sector cleared for surgery
2013-03-15
Mail & Guardian
Older men blamed for high HIV rates among schoolgirls
2013-03-14
Mail & Guardian
Minister mulls Russia training for SA doctors
2013-03-14
Business Day
Minister unveils PhD programme
2013-03-14
IOL
Ban tells public health educators to get involved in post-2015 development agenda
2013-03-14
UN
Motsoaledi charts five-year strategy for nursing profession
2013-03-12
IOL
MPs set deadline for health insurance funding plan
2013-03-12
Business Day
Commission closes in on health care
2013-03-11
IOL
No pills for chronic sufferers
2013-03-11
The New Age
Motsoaledi targets tobacco, liquor industries
2013-03-11
Health-e News
Department of Health seeks to standardise nursing training
2013-03-11
Business Day
Gauteng health reports paint conflicting pictures
2013-03-11
Financial Mail
HIV campaign launched
2013-03-08
New Age
E Cape demands better health services
2013-03-08
Health-e News
Global Fund’s Executive Director First Visit to South Africa
2013-03-08
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Has HIV funding revived lagging health systems?
2013-03-06
IRIN
Women ‘not keen on HIV prevention methods’
2013-03-05
Business Day
Section27 criticises Gauteng health turnaround plan
2013-03-05
Business Day
Gauteng: Calls for accountability after death and disability
2013-03-05
Health-e News
‘Functional cure for HIV’: Dare we hope?
2013-03-05
Daily Maverick
A message from Section27 & TAC: Shape up or lawyer up, GP health
2013-03-05
Daily Maverick
Disappointment in HIV prevention trial
2013-03-05
PlusNews
HIV cure? Not really, say experts
2013-03-04
Mail & Guardian
Big prevention blow as women reject one-a-day ARV
2013-03-04
Health-e News
Anti-AIDS pill, vaginal gel unsuitable for Africa: study
2013-03-04
Reuters
Health MEC: turn-around strategy has helped Gauteng settle R4.2bn in accruals
2013-03-02
Mail & Guardian
Economic policy: The poor still lose
2013-03-01
Mail & Guardian
The Global Fund launches new funding model to support countries in responding to HIV, TB and malaria
2013-03-01
UNAIDS
NHI affordability depends on rate of future growth
2013-02-28
Business Day
Budget 2013: Gordhan may raise taxes to fund NHI - but not yet
2013-02-28
Mail & Guardian
Budget: Focus on NHI
2013-02-28
Health-e News
Health to get extra to spend on TB diagnosis and HIV
2013-02-28
Business Day
Global Fund announces first new grants under new model
2013-02-28
PlusNews
Minister: Slow start to NHI
2013-02-26
Health-e News
UNAIDS and UNDP back proposal to allow least-developed countries to maintain and scale up access to essential medicines
2013-02-26
UNAIDS
MPs question handling of National Health Insurance project
2013-02-25
Business Day
Study bolsters case for efficacy, cost-effectiveness of antiretrovirals
2013-02-25
Business Day
Gauteng health department to ask SARS to probe overtime
2013-02-25
Business Day
Health minister’s NHI trauma, tears
2013-02-23
IOL
Government’s ARV programme ‘increasing life expectancy’
2013-02-22
Business Day
Alcohol advertising ban ‘not feasible’
2013-02-22
Business Day
Viable NHI pilot results soon: Motsoaledi
2013-02-22
IOL
Government encouraged by drop in new HIV infections in KZN
2013-02-22
Government Communications and Information System
WHO/World Bank convene ministerial meeting to discuss best practices for moving forward on universal health coverage
2013-02-19
WHO
NHI project to focus on healthcare for pupils
2013-02-19
Business Day
ARVs eat Health’s budget
2013-02-18
The Witness
State targets delivery in NHI pilots
2013-02-18
IOL
Working together for better health estimates
2013-02-15
WHO
NHI clinic operates out of a couple of tents
2013-02-14
Times Live
Clicks & Western Cape in health-care partnership
2013-02-14
Financial Mail
Zuma speaks on Health
2013-02-14
Health-e News
Minister wants to stop patient rip-offs
2013-02-14
Mail and Guardian
State has soured our relationship with communities, say doctors and nurses
2013-02-12
Business Day
Pregnant women, partners urged to visit clinics
2013-02-12
SANews
Value-for-money drug guide raises industry doubts
2013-02-11
Business Day
R330m health scandal revealed
2013-02-10
IOL
UNAIDS to collaborate with HSRC in HIV prevention research and policy development
2013-02-08
UNAIDS
Risk and opportunity for Aids-affected children in South Africa
2013-02-08
thesouthafrican.com
Limpopo clinic without immunisation meds for months
2013-02-07
Health-e News
Plans for public hospitals raising eyebrows
2013-02-06
Business Day
KZN hospitals to be absorbed by state
2013-02-06
IOL
Poor hospital management leads to troubled health system
2013-02-06
Financial Mail
Study aims to close the HIV tap
2013-02-06
Health-e News
Extra-couple relationships a significant driver of HIV epidemic
2013-02-06
Health-e News
Life expectancy reduced due to HIV/Aids – Motsoaledi
2013-02-05
The Citizen Online
Patients protest over cancer services
2013-02-04
Health-e News
TB vaccine fails
2013-02-04
Health-e News
New academy ‘must set benchmark for healthcare management in SA’
2013-02-04
Business Day
Babies not protected by new TB vaccine, trials show
2013-02-04
Business Day
State to take over McCord Hospital in KwaZulu-Natal
2013-01-31
Business Day
Condoms, HIV tests for KZN schools
2013-01-31
IOL
Health communication platform launches in South Africa
2013-01-31
BizCommunity
Deaths likely following Mthatha depot shambles
2013-01-30
Health-e News
Nelspruit hospital without water, 4 weeks now
2013-01-30
Health-e News
HIV patients stranded as PEPFAR funds dry up
2013-01-29
Health-e News
Government needs all health workers for NHI: Chetty
2013-01-28
SABC News
Groote Schuur Hospital celebrates 75 years of excellent work
2013-01-28
SABC News
President of South Africa says Africa must deal effectively with HIV to reduce maternal mortality on the side-lines of the African Union Summit
2013-01-28
UNAIDS
R80bn a year more needed for NHI
2013-01-25
Times Live
State cancels plan to cut Western Cape health grants
2013-01-25
Business Day
Silent killer lurks in miners' lungs
2013-01-25
Mail and Guardian
Minister lashes duo over Cape hospitals
2013-01-25
IOL
Cutting the McCord: Durban's hospital finally loses the battle
2013-01-24
Daily Maverick
McCord’s future in the balance
2013-01-24
IOL
South African Hospital Receives Innovative Service Delivery Award for Implementation of Medicines Management Software
2013-01-24
Management Science for Health (MSH)
Hospital grant for Western Cape cut
2013-01-23
Business Day
State grants pharmaceutical companies a 5.8% price increase
2013-01-23
Business Day
Brimstone ‘still keen on private hospitals’
2013-01-23
Business Day
Western Cape teaching hospitals’ funds ‘will not be cut’
2013-01-23
Business Day
McCord Hospital chiefs to meet MEC to determine its future
2013-01-22
Business Day
Cape health boss warns on hospital takeovers
2013-01-21
Business Day
New HIV infections are falling dramatically in Africa
2013-01-21
UN
McCord Hospital to close - report
2013-01-20
IOL
102 hospital chiefs appointed
2013-01-20
IOL
Province health vacancies for doctors, nurses ‘shocking’
2013-01-17
Business Day
Problematic Durban hospital may close
2013-01-17
IOL
Health Minister announces the Appointment of Hospital CEO`s today
2013-01-17
National Department of Health
Cadres make way for new hospital CEOs
2013-01-17
Business Day
Province health vacancies for doctors, nurses ‘shocking’
2013-01-17
Business Day
Measles deaths fall but vaccine gaps threaten progress -WHO
2013-01-17
Reuters
2012 Health Overview
2013-01-14
The New Age
SA signs WHO treaty against tobacco smuggling
2013-01-14
Health-e News
BRICS Ministers of Health call for renewed efforts to face HIV and global health challenges
2013-01-11
UNAIDS
State’s effort on HIV/AIDS bearing fruit, says Old Mutual
2013-01-10
Business Day
South African medical school seeks to combat shortage of rural doctors
2013-01-09
The Guardian
Council nod to little-tested killer-TB drug
2013-01-08
Business Day
E Cape Health Dept recruits more doctors
2013-01-02
SABC News

2012

Hospitals’ high infant death rate blamed on doctor shortage
2012-12-18
Business Day
New WHO guidelines urge decriminalization of sex work
2012-12-18
PlusNews
MCC continues to deny critical DR-TB drug
2012-12-14
Health-e News
The HIV prevention agenda
2012-12-13
PlusNews
Department of Health publishes baby milk ad controls
2012-12-13
Business Day
UN adopts 'momentous' resolution on universal healthcare
2012-12-13
The Guardian
SA health system still stuck in Polokwane
2012-12-12
Business Day
Gauteng takes over health ‘turnaround’
2012-12-11
Business Day
State to focus on areas of HIV prevalence
2012-12-11
Business Day
AIDS drugs cut SA’s maternal death rate
2012-12-10
Business Day
Rising fees at public hospitals hit patients hard
2012-12-10
Business Day
Increase in Mpuma HIV, syphilis infections
2012-12-10
IOL
ECape moves to restore ARV supply
2012-12-10
IOL
MSF step in to handle ARV crisis in Eastern Cape
2012-12-10
Health-e News
SA’s HIV epidemic ‘has stabilised’
2012-12-10
Business Day
Counting progress on AIDS response
2012-12-08
Health-e News
SA's spectacular reversal in fight against Aids
2012-12-07
Mail and Guardian
Raising public health care resources
2012-12-06
Financial Mail
SA Cancer registry not updated for eight years
2012-12-05
Mail and Guardian
Stories of hope in the fight against HIV/Aids
2012-12-01
Mail and Guardian
Clubbing together for treatment
2012-11-30
Health-e News
South Africa’s savings in procurement of antiretroviral drugs to increase access to treatment for people living with HIV
2012-11-30
UNAIDS
New blueprint charts PEPFAR’s future
2012-11-30
UNAIDS
SA reverses decade-long trend of rising death rates
2012-11-29
Business Day
Minister looks into establishing regulated pricing
2012-11-29
Business Day
Finally, SA announces single pill for HIV
2012-11-29
Health-e News
World AIDS Day 2012: Closing in on global HIV targets
2012-11-29
WHO
State to introduce three-in-one AIDS pill
2012-11-29
Business Day
Good disease management programmes are imperative
2012-11-29
Business Day
New centre for special-needs children in KZN
2012-11-29
Health-e News
Spending Well on Wellness: HIV/AIDS and TB Budget Monitoring at Local Level in South Africa
2012-11-28
NGOPulse
Officials ‘behind Limpopo health woes’
2012-11-27
Business Day
100 years of failure to control TB transmission
2012-11-27
Health-e News
Healthcare has a poor prognosis
2012-11-26
Business Day
More important to get patients on sustainable, affordable drugs
2012-11-26
Health-e News
Free health services at stores
2012-11-22
IOL
UNAIDS: Less children HIV infected
2012-11-21
Health-e News
UNAIDS: Stigma remains a concern
2012-11-21
Health-e News
‘Students will help NHI rollout after Cuba training’
2012-11-21
The New Age
UNAIDS reports a more than 50% drop in new HIV infections across 25 countries as countries approach the 1000 day deadline to achieve global AIDS targets
2012-11-20
UNAIDS
New Global Fund executive director on the Fund’s future
2012-11-20
PlusNews
Life plans for 1,000 more hospital beds
2012-11-19
Business Day
TB response failing children
2012-11-16
Plus News
Injecting reality into immunisation
2012-11-16
Mail and Guardian
Department baffled by vaccination rates
2012-11-16
Business Day
Two-thirds of SA women use contraceptives — UN survey
2012-11-15
Business Day
HIV: Search for safe contraception receives a boost
2012-11-15
Health-e News
Govt on track to reach ARV roll-out target
2012-11-14
SANews
South African women’s use of contraceptives higher than global average
2012-11-14
Business Day
Tutu TB research centre wins major award
2012-11-13
Health-e News
DR-TB: urgent need to respond to growing global crisis
2012-11-13
Medecins sans Frontieres
African leaders should prioritise immunisation
2012-11-12
Health-e News
Fighting the scourge of non-communicable diseases
2012-11-12
Health-e News
Health minister mends fences with private sector
2012-11-09
Business Day
WHO Member States make progress on noncommunicable diseases
2012-11-09
WHO
Mental healthcare in decline
2012-11-09
Mail and Guardian
Public, private healthcare sectors sign ‘historic’ pact
2012-11-08
Business Day
Cuban med schools for KZN
2012-11-08
IOL
New reports show slight growth in philanthropic funding for AIDS–More robust response needed
2012-11-08
UNAIDS
Academy to train health managers
2012-11-07
Health-e News
Academy to improve the health service
2012-11-07
Health-e News
Mediclinic focuses on NHI rollout costs
2012-11-07
Business Day
Clinical trials ‘need more African cash’ — Motsoaledi
2012-11-06
Business Day
‘Lack of security driving nurses away’
2012-11-06
IOL
Curbing TB in SA’s prisons a priority
2012-11-05
Business Day
Easy patents cost patients
2012-11-05
PlusNews
HPCSA axes thousands from its register
2012-11-05
Health-e News
Firms to the rescue in 'health compact'
2012-11-04
Business Day
HSRC chief ‘worried’ about health spending decline
2012-11-01
Business Day
Health Minister launches health academy
2012-11-01
National Department of Health
Pepsodent Invests in Social Upliftment
2012-11-01
Unilever
Governments failing to address cervical cancer
2012-10-31
Plus News
High Level Taskforce for women, girls and HIV calls for accelerated efforts to protect the rights and wellbeing of young women and girls in South Africa
2012-10-31
UNAIDS
Census findings on health
2012-10-31
Health-e News
Hope that NHI will cure ills
2012-10-30
IOL
UN commends SA on HIV/Aids efforts
2012-10-28
IOL News
New test to improve HIV diagnosis in poor countries
2012-10-28
Reuters
NHI funding proposals ‘due out by February’
2012-10-26
Business Day
Aids takes heavier toll on men
2012-10-26
Mail and Guardian
Burying the ghost of past AIDS policies
2012-10-25
Business Day
More money for HIV/Aids programmes
2012-10-25
The Citizen Online
Public health to receive funding injection next year
2012-10-25
Business Day
HIV vaccine ‘must come from SA’
2012-10-23
Business Day
Two women unlock possible key to HIV vaccine
2012-10-23
PlusNews
Hospitals ‘improving slightly’
2012-10-23
The New Age
SA antibody breakthrough ‘brings HIV vaccine closer’
2012-10-22
Business Day
Antibodies offer AIDS vaccine clue
2012-10-22
Health-e News
Clinic services improve under new management
2012-10-21
Health-e News
Condom drive stirs South Africa's worries
2012-10-19
The New Age
Life expectancy rises as HIV plans kick in
2012-10-18
Business Day
‘HIV-Aids situation stabilising’
2012-10-18
The New Age
Patients suffer as EC hospital workers' strike
2012-10-18
Health-e News
Great disparity in lives of SA children
2012-10-18
Health-e News
Uneven progress in global TB fight
2012-10-17
PlusNews
ITU and WHO launch mHealth initiative to combat noncommunicable diseases
2012-10-17
The WHO
International honour for HIV/Aids expert
2012-10-16
IOL
‘Hospitals are sick’
2012-10-16
The New Age
New TB vaccine on the horizon
2012-10-16
PlusNews
Spotlight on the role of the EU in achieving universal health coverage in Africa
2012-10-16
UNAIDS
Drug firms get ready to bid for state’s new AIDS tender
2012-10-12
Business Day
Zuma launches school health scheme
2012-10-11
IOL
Better health for learners
2012-10-11
BuaNews
Straight talk with Fareed Abdullah, head of the South African AIDS council
2012-10-11
PlusNews
Gauteng head of health is leaving, after all
2012-10-10
Health-e News
National Health Laboratory Service still struggling with tardy provincial payments
2012-10-10
Business Day
UKZN launches research centre to tackle HIV and TB
2012-10-10
University of KZN
Revamped AIDS council makes its debut
2012-10-09
PlusNews
SA needs more scientists: minister
2012-10-09
IOL
Circumcision beneficial for women too
2012-10-08
Health-e News
Motsoaledi shares his plans
2012-10-08
Health-e News
Public health call centre coming
2012-10-08
The New Age
Controversy over condoms at school
2012-10-08
IOL
Council to get tough on medical schemes
2012-10-08
Business Day
Choice facts about condoms
2012-10-08
Times Live
Motsoaledi endorses ‘KwaZulu-Natal approach’ to HIV fight
2012-10-05
Business Day
UCT professor receives international grant for TB research
2012-10-02
BizNews
E Cape doctors welcome NHI despite fears
2012-10-01
SABC News
South Africa gets ready for HIV vaccine trial
2012-10-01
Health-e News
Impact of gender inequality on the vulnerable
2012-10-01
The New Age
Healthcare 'too costly'
2012-09-25
Times Live
Hospital crises: Litigation looms in Eastern Cape
2012-09-25
Health-e News
Gauteng becoming safe for pregnant women
2012-09-25
Gauteng Department of Health
The Global Fund adopts new funding model
2012-09-25
PlusNews
‘Mr Fix-it’ appointed to sort out Addington Hospital
2012-09-24
IOL
ARV clubs are an effective way of relieving the system
2012-09-21
The Citizen Online
HIV budgets come under pressure
2012-09-21
Mail and Guardian
Motsoaledi urges pvt hospitals to play ball
2012-09-20
Health-e News
Matsoso wants to contract pvt GPs
2012-09-20
Health-e News
Health insurance regulations ‘provide inadequate protection’
2012-09-20
Business Day
Water is life for HIV
2012-09-19
The New Age
MCC continue to delay lifesaving drug
2012-09-18
Health-e News
Taking HIV testing to homes
2012-09-18
Health-e News
Light shines at the end of the HIV tunnel
2012-09-14
Mail and Guardian
Health minister slams 'tender care' system
2012-09-13
Mail and Guardian
Outcry over hospital closure
2012-09-11
Times Live
Health departments on road to recovery
2012-09-11
Times Live
Global South leads the way towards universal healthcare coverage
2012-09-11
IRIN
Teenage pregnancy: girls exchange sex for love
2012-09-11
Health-e News
Neutral cost research a must, says Motsoaledi
2012-09-10
Business Day
We will stop operating, warn doctors
2012-09-10
IOL
Tuberculosis explosion in South Africa blamed on weak public health system
2012-09-10
The Guardian
TB fight goes digital
2012-09-07
The New Age
Motsoaledi: South Africa's healthcare declining
2012-09-07
Mail and Guardian
Rural hospitals in terminal crisis
2012-09-07
Mail and Guardian
Motsoaledi welcomes inquiry into private healthcare
2012-09-07
Business Day
Gauteng: Life is not a choice
2012-09-07
Health-e News
Mother to child HIV transmission at an all time low
2012-09-07
The New Age
Many too poor to access free health services
2012-09-06
Health-e News
Increased mortality in men unrelated to HIV
2012-09-05
Health-e News
Health risks facing urban population
2012-09-05
Health-e News
‘Sicker’ medical scheme members ‘behind cost rise’
2012-09-05
Business Day
Important change to TB guidelines
2012-09-04
Health-e News
Taking healthcare’s competition pulse
2012-09-04
Business Day
Global Fund boosts essential services
2012-09-04
Plus News
NHI: more mobile clinics for KZN
2012-09-03
East Coast Radio
Expanding prepayment is key to universal health coverage
2012-09-03
The WHO
Healthcare pricing forum may be set up only after inquiry
2012-09-02
IOL
Fears over health units
2012-08-31
Times Live
Thousands of babies saved through HIV prevention programme
2012-08-31
BuaNews
Cellphones AIDS tests studied in S.Africa, S.Korea
2012-08-31
AFP
TB drug resistance a fast-growing problem, researchers warn
2012-08-30
The New Age
Recall of Retired Nurses
2012-08-30
Northwest Department of Health
Public hospitals ‘are not ready for NHI’
2012-08-30
IOL
Rates of extensively drug resistant TB grow
2012-08-30
Plus News
Alarming levels of drug-resistant TB found worldwide
2012-08-30
Reuters
'NHI will benefit the entire region'
2012-08-30
Mail&Guardian
UCT scientists make malaria breakthrough
2012-08-29
Health-e News
Hold state accountable for TB infections in prison, court told
2012-08-29
Business Day
KZN health rejects concerns over circumcision device
2012-08-29
Times Live
TAC voices Tara KLamp circumcision concerns
2012-08-29
Mail and Guardian
Scopa refuses to approve provincial health department's budget for next year
2012-08-28
Sowetan
Anxious times for HIV patients as US cuts aid
2012-08-28
Business Day
Single dose HIV pill approved in US
2012-08-28
IOL
Homegrown malaria drug could offer single-dose cure
2012-08-28
Business Day
HIV-positive Sterilised without consent
2012-08-28
The New Age
Ex-prisoner sues over TB
2012-08-27
Times Live
New bid to curb birth mortality rate
2012-08-27
The New Age
Dudley Lee v Minister of Correctional Services, what will it mean for South Africa?
2012-08-27
Health-e News
Gauteng accelerates spending to meet service delivery obligations
2012-08-27
BuaNews
Phelophepa health train rolls into Limpopo
2012-08-27
BuaNews
FDA approves new combination pill for HIV treatment for some patients
2012-08-27
US Food and Drug Administration
‘Tainted milk’ from wet nurse HIV risk
2012-08-26
IOL
Gauteng counsellors get paid - slowly
2012-08-23
Health-e News
Health director-general replaces compensation commissioner
2012-08-22
Business Day
Private doctors, hospitals to be probed
2012-08-22
Money Web
Clash over HIV drug's 'success'
2012-08-17
Mail and Guardian
Private docs called on to work at state clinics
2012-08-16
IOL
Dearth of nurses hits healthcare service hard
2012-08-16
The New Age
Nurses as effective as doctors in treating HIV patients
2012-08-15
Health-e News
Doctors’ fury over new fees
2012-08-15
The New Age
Health board withdraws controversial tariff guidelines
2012-08-15
Business Day
NHI could take 15 to 25 years
2012-08-15
News 24
Gauteng premier seeks hospital review
2012-08-15
IOL
Gauteng health MEC praises his staff
2012-08-14
Business Day
Doctors up in arms over council’s tariff guidelines
2012-08-14
Business Day
Health Bill gets the nod from MPs
2012-08-14
IOL
Price for rapid TB test slashed
2012-08-08
Health-e News
Clinton, Motsoaledi sign deal on US exit from funding for AIDS fight
2012-08-08
Business Day
BATSA fails in its legal challenge to tobacco law.
2012-08-07
National Council Against Smoking
Western Cape health pilots patient complaint line
2012-08-06
Health-e News
‘Ways to slash medical scheme costs’
2012-08-05
IOL
Campaign to fight maternal deaths
2012-08-02
The Citizen Online
HPCSA acts to curb specialist fees’ free-for-all
2012-08-01
IOL
Task team to probe graft at Gauteng health
2012-08-01
Business Day
Nursing colleges to get R1.2bn upgrade
2012-07-31
IOL
Minister warns of soaring health costs
2012-07-31
Business Report
Health: SA ranks lowest of Brics members
2012-07-31
News 24
Minister says NHI will be good medicine
2012-07-31
The New Age
Namibia court in landmark HIV ruling
2012-07-30
Telegraph
Minister warns of booze ‘havoc’
2012-07-28
IOL
African leaders highlight progress and challenges in HIV responses
2012-07-26
UNAIDS
How lack of funding affects AIDS programmes
2012-07-26
Health-e News
Drug trial results hint at incredible breakthrough in TB fight
2012-07-25
Mail and Guardian
HIV/AIDS: New ways to fund the fight
2012-07-25
Plus News
Aids awareness works, says local survey
2012-07-25
IOL
Minister encouraged by public’s attitude towards HIV prevention
2012-07-25
Business Day
ARVs effective as an HIV prevention tool
2012-07-25
Business Day
Hopeful results from study of new TB drug cocktails
2012-07-24
Business Day
The impact of communication on HIV
2012-07-24
Health-e News
Resistance to AIDS drugs shows in parts of Africa
2012-07-23
Times Live
US to reduce support for HIV/AIDS fight
2012-07-23
Business Day
Better paediatric HIV formulations
2012-07-23
PlusNews
Medical aid efforts fail to keep fraud in check
2012-07-23
Business Day
AIDS 2012: Making sure countries really own their national response to AIDS
2012-07-23
UNAIDS
Drug-resistant HIV 'on increase' in sub-Saharan Africa
2012-07-22
BBC News
Two UKZN researchers among Sub-Saharan African fellowship winners
2012-07-21
The New Age
WHO issues guidelines on PrEP
2012-07-20
PlusNews
Voluntary 'snip' tops HIV agenda at Aids conference
2012-07-20
Mail and Guardian
SA ‘on track’ to reduce mother-to-child transmission
2012-07-20
Business Day
Drop in mother-to-child HIV transmission hailed
2012-07-19
Mail and Guardian
More babies saved from HIV infection in 2011, ‘thanks to early treatment’
2012-07-19
Business Day
AIDS Deaths Drop as Global Access to HIV Drugs Expand
2012-07-18
Business Day
4 000 HIV patients in danger
2012-07-18
IOL
AIDS deaths worldwide dropping as access to drugs improves
2012-07-18
Reuters
South Africa Set for Key Role at Aids 2012
2012-07-17
AllAfrica.com
Inequalities affect health
2012-07-17
Health-e News
SA docs welcome US approval of ARV as a prevention tool
2012-07-17
Health-e News
SA to play central role at AIDS2012
2012-07-17
Health-e News
State wants South Africans to halve salt intake, but allows more time
2012-07-16
Business Day
African Union adopts new roadmap to accelerate progress in HIV, TB and malaria responses
2012-07-16
UNAIDS
Drug patent war threatens SA healthcare
2012-07-12
Mail and Guardian
HIV trials show drastically different results
2012-07-12
IOL
Activists protest as Novartis ruling approaches
2012-07-12
Plus News
Gauteng devises health bill plan
2012-07-11
Business Day
National Health Insurance falls short on health workers
2012-07-11
Plus News
Pills to prevent HIV raise many questions: studies
2012-07-11
AFP
UCT and government to formalise agreement regarding medical training
2012-07-11
UCT
NHI rollout to go ahead despite private sector opposition
2012-07-10
The New Age
DG: Health budgets first to go when crises hit
2012-07-10
Health-e News
Minister gears up for NHI battle
2012-07-09
Health-e News
Five years to strengthen NHI foundations
2012-07-09
The New Age
SA pulls the plug on blacklisted HIV testing kits
2012-07-09
Mail and Guardian
AIDS response must be guided by human rights and justice
2012-07-09
Health-e News
Gauteng health department finally pays up
2012-07-08
Mail and Guardian
Doctors will get NHI pay — minister
2012-07-06
Business Day
Treasury need to come to NHI party: McIntyre
2012-07-06
Health-e News
PHC success relies on CHWs being able to do more
2012-07-06
Health-e News
South Africa’s National Health Insurance Sites Underfunded
2012-07-06
IPS
HIV treatment now reaching more than 6 million people in sub-Saharan Africa
2012-07-06
UNAIDS
Meetings aim to address root causes of poor health
2012-07-04
Health-e News
HIV counselling campaign targets N West farming sector
2012-07-04
SABC News
Addington hospital bosses given ultimatum
2012-07-04
IOL
Medical aids fear throttling regulation
2012-07-04
IOL
Health activists for NHA
2012-07-04
The New Age
NHI will not solve SA’s healthcare problems, PwC survey says
2012-07-03
Business Day
Global partnership key to achieving Millennium Development Goals by 2015 – UN report
2012-07-02
UN News
Emergencies only at hospitals’ theatres
2012-06-29
Business Day
Academic hospitals under central control: ANC
2012-06-29
Times Live
Gauteng warns counsellors to return to work
2012-06-28
Health-e News
NHI pilot sites not able to guarantee payouts
2012-06-28
IOL
Northern areas clinics hit by medication crisis
2012-06-28
Herald Online
Second-line HIV therapy effective and durable in South Africa, and adherence support could improve rates of viral suppression
2012-06-27
Aidsmap
Mouse studies show how body helps TB survive
2012-06-27
Health-e News
South African study finds most women disclose HIV status to family, but far fewer to sexual partners
2012-06-27
Aidsmap
PE doctors declare health crisis
2012-06-26
IOL
Domestic violence a driver of HIV
2012-06-22
Mail and Guardian
Eastern Cape: Health staff 'jobs safe'
2012-06-21
The Herald Online
No link seen between contraceptives and higher HIV risk: CDC
2012-06-21
Reuters
State patients to benefit as Roche is persuaded to cut price of cancer drug
2012-06-20
Business Day
First nurses trained to initiate MDR-TB treatment
2012-06-19
Plus News
Overcrowding fuels TB in prisons
2012-06-19
PlusNews
'Race against time' as 50 countries set to miss health-related MDGs
2012-06-18
The Guardian
HIV prevention study under way
2012-06-18
IOL
New TB drug will work with ARVs
2012-06-18
IOL
North West gets ready for NHI
2012-06-18
BuaNews
Lessons learned from Tenofovir shortage
2012-06-17
Health-e News
TAC marches over drugs shortages
2012-06-15
IOL
Concern over high HIV/Aids figures
2012-06-14
IOL
Decentralizing care and treatment for drug-resistant TB
2012-06-14
PlusNews
Alcoholics more likely to get TB
2012-06-14
Health-e News
HIV violations horror report
2012-06-14
Dispatch Online
Deaf or dead? Better drugs needed to stop drug-resistant TB
2012-06-13
Health-e News
Eastern Cape: ‘Master plan’ for rollout of NHI
2012-06-13
The New Age
First Efficacy Trial of a Microbicide Ring to Prevent HIV Is Underway
2012-06-13
International Partnerships for Microcides
Achieving 2015 Targets through Strategic AIDS Financing
2012-06-12
UNAIDS
Pricing Commission to be set up
2012-06-11
BuaNews
The causes of maternal and child deaths
2012-06-11
Health-e News
Nurses to remedy gap
2012-06-11
The New Age
UN Secretary-General presents progress report on AIDS response
2012-06-11
UNAIDS
World Health Organization sets out route map for scale-up of treatment as prevention
2012-06-11
Aidsmap
Business Africa Bringing services to your doorstep
2012-06-08
Mail and Guardian
Tenofovir shortage almost over
2012-06-07
Health-e News
KZN tackles maternal deaths
2012-06-07
BuaNews
Hospital to be rebuilt on new site
2012-06-06
IOL
KwaZulu-Natal: Call for all to support NHI
2012-06-05
The New Age
Relief as Aids drugs go on shelves again
2012-06-05
The New Age
Low potential for NHI success in rural health
2012-06-04
Mail and Guardian
Gauteng earmarks R1.4bn for medicine
2012-06-03
BuaNews
SA not short of ARVs: minister
2012-06-01
IOL
Western Cape: Healthcare to go mobile?
2012-06-01
The New Age
SA-Cuba agreement to boost healthcare
2012-06-01
BuaNews
Fighting non-communicable diseases
2012-06-01
IRIN
Red lights flash for Eastern Cape health
2012-05-31
Business Day
Western Cape calms ARV fears
2012-05-31
Sowetan
Child Support Grants prove critical to reducing child poverty in South Africa
2012-05-31
UNICEF
Interns to boost health dept's human resources
2012-05-31
BuaNews
South Africa scores poorly on “Saving Mothers”
2012-05-30
Health-e News
Shortage of ARVs in six provinces
2012-05-30
The New Age
NHI seen as catch-all solution
2012-05-30
Mail and Guardian
Tenofovir shortages continue
2012-05-30
Health-e News
HIV prevalence beginning to fall in South African children
2012-05-29
Aidsmap
Health minister wants 'four hours a day' from doctors
2012-05-28
Times Live
SA signs deal with Cuba for more doctors
2012-05-28
Business Day
Cuba, SA health deal is in good shape
2012-05-28
Business Day
Minister seeks private doctors
2012-05-28
IOL
65th World Health Assembly closes with new global health measures
2012-05-26
The WHO
WHO target to cut early chronic illness deaths
2012-05-26
AFP
The Paradox of Losing Life While Giving Life in Africa
2012-05-25
IPS
Sama threatens health takeover
2012-05-24
Business Day
UNAIDS and PEPFAR bring together Health Ministers and partners to advance progress in ending new HIV infections in children
2012-05-23
UNAIDS
No nurses for hospital’s new cancer unit
2012-05-23
Business Day
Northern Cape: HIV fight continues
2012-05-23
The New Age
Mine asked to help NHI
2012-05-22
The New Age
South Africa exceeds 2007-11 treatment targets by 50%
2012-05-17
Aidsmap
NHI, crime drive brain drain
2012-05-16
Times Live
North West to spend R11m on NHI pilot
2012-05-16
BuaNews
Cancer services take strain in Gauteng
2012-05-15
Health-e News
Section27, TAC join big pharma bust-up over cancer drug
2012-05-15
Mail and Guardian
Praise for new clinics
2012-05-14
The New Age
Patents vs Access to drugs
2012-05-14
Health-e News
ARV supplies run low across SA
2012-05-14
IOL
Minister checks on preparations for NHI rollout
2012-05-14
The New Age
District health councils launched
2012-05-11
The New Age
Billions owed, so testing is compromised at hospitals
2012-05-10
Business Day
SA growing fatter by the year
2012-05-10
IOL
Global Fund will have US$1.6 billion more
2012-05-10
PlusNews
More drinking water meets global standard — report
2012-05-08
Business Day
South Africa launches campaign to reduce maternal mortality
2012-05-08
UNAIDS
UNAIDS launches "Believe it. Do it." action campaign to help end new HIV infections among children by 2015
2012-05-08
UNAIDS
TALKING HEADS: Shaking up SA’s ailing medical research
2012-05-07
Business Day
Maternal mortality under scrutiny
2012-05-04
Mail and Guardian
HST CELEBRATES ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A DIFFERENCE
2012-05-03
Health Systems Trust
Focus on the heart of SA health
2012-05-03
IOL
North West: Public healthcare gets revamped
2012-05-02
The New Age
"We should do more’ to reduce Aids deaths
2012-05-02
NULL
New book tracks the epidemic to its origins
2012-05-02
Plus News
15 Million babies born too soon
2012-05-02
WHO
Minister decries ‘tendercare system’
2012-05-01
The New Age
Fund fighting killer diseases cuts jobs, to focus on 20 countries
2012-05-01
Reuters
HEALTH SYSTEMS TRUST – 20 YEARS’ ON
2012-04-30
Health Systems Trust
Global Fund for AIDS, TB, Malaria "Not in Crisis"
2012-04-26
IPS
A clear vision of better care
2012-04-26
Mail and Guardian
North West: Clinical associates set to boost rural healthcare
2012-04-26
The New Age
SA exceeds NSP targets
2012-04-26
Health-e News
African scientists urged to solve African health problems
2012-04-25
SciDev Net
Global partners launch new plan to control and eliminate measles and rubella
2012-04-24
WHO
Progress in fight against Aids: Motsoaledi
2012-04-24
The New Age
Cancer patent row ‘public health issue’
2012-04-23
Business Day
Tshwane’s poor areas to get NHI first
2012-04-23
IOL
NEIL KIRBY: Is Africa closer to meeting its health targets?
2012-04-23
Business Day
Medical Devices Industry still unhappy with Gauteng
2012-04-23
Health-e News
SA's second health train rolls out
2012-04-19
BizCommunity
UNAIDS welcomes new guidelines which give an additional HIV prevention option to discordant couples
2012-04-19
UNAIDS
US funding for 4 000 HIV patients stopped
2012-04-18
IOL
MCC urged to make drug available
2012-04-17
Health-e News
NHI pilot district profiles
2012-04-17
Health-e News
Health cover regulation out for comment
2012-04-17
IOL
NHI stillborn without doctors
2012-04-17
Times Live
Free circumcisions to fight HIV
2012-04-17
News 24
New Khayelitsha Hospital Officially Opened
2012-04-17
Western Cape Government
Musina Aids Council launched
2012-04-16
Zoutnet
Health department settles debts and introduces sweeping changes
2012-04-16
Sowetan
North West: Three new clinics for rural communities
2012-04-16
The New Age
South Africa's AIDS response: the next 5 years
2012-04-14
The Lancet
20000 calls to EMS are duds
2012-04-13
Dispatch Online
State tender to boost SA pharmaceutical production
2012-04-13
Business Day
Ailing hospital saved
2012-04-12
Times Live
SA's mental health services inadequately resourced
2012-04-12
BuaNews
NHI seeks private health-care sector buy-in
2012-04-12
Financial Mail
NSP 2012 – 2016
2012-04-12
Health-e News
Investing in national TB programmes has a real impact on burden of the disease
2012-04-05
Aidsmap
Gauteng aims big
2012-04-05
Health-e News
SA hospital gets its first digital MRI scanner
2012-04-04
The New Age
World Health Day 2012 - Good health adds life to years
2012-04-03
WHO
SA 'winning war' against HIV in babies
2012-04-02
Times Live
NHI pilot project rolls out
2012-04-02
The New Age
Breastfeeding, Not Formula, for South Africa's HIV-Positive Mothers
2012-04-02
IPS
Finger-pointing as state runs out of AIDS drugs
2012-03-30
Business Day
In a major policy shift, mothers in South Africa are encouraged to exclusively breastfeed instead of using formula
2012-03-30
Unicef
SANAC fires staff
2012-03-30
Health-e News
KZN to test run NHI plan
2012-03-29
IOL
State ‘should be primary healthcare provider’
2012-03-29
Business Day
R33m for NHI pilot projects in KZN
2012-03-29
IOL
Aids ‘genocide’ will cripple SA economy
2012-03-29
IOL
SANAC urges schools to condomise
2012-03-28
The New Age
R14.6bn for Cape health care
2012-03-28
IOL
Western Cape punts its model for public healthcare
2012-03-27
Business Day
Limpopo: Aids ‘thrives on stigma’
2012-03-27
The New Age
SA a hub for research on infectious diseases
2012-03-26
Business live
NHI to benefit thousands in Western Cape
2012-03-26
IOL
No HIV and TB workplace policy, no mining licence
2012-03-26
Plus News
No new HIV infections in 20 years - Motlanthe
2012-03-26
IOL
Gauteng employs new measures to fight TB
2012-03-26
Health-e News
Drug-resistant strains of TB out of control, warn experts
2012-03-25
Mail & Guardian
NHI pilot districts announced
2012-03-24
Health-e News
TB preventative therapy scorecard
2012-03-23
Plus News
Activists call for emergency Global Fund donor meeting
2012-03-23
Plus News
SA makes good strides in TB treatment
2012-03-22
The New Age
10 districts announced for NHI pilot
2012-03-22
Buanews
NHI pilot will focus on district systems
2012-03-22
Business Day
Blueprint for future TB vaccines unveiled
2012-03-21
Plus News
KZN rolls out dodgy circumcision Klamp despite questions
2012-03-20
Health-e News
Interference with health watchdog feared
2012-03-20
Business Day
Bid to fix failing health-care system
2012-03-20
IOL
SA at forefront of search for new TB vaccine
2012-03-20
Business Day
NHI needs both public & private health sectors
2012-03-19
Health-e News
Stability returning to Gauteng Hospitals - DOH
2012-03-19
Politics Web
North West Province: Maternal deaths 'still too high'
2012-03-19
The New Age
Medical scheme members may be at risk
2012-03-19
IOL
SA firm cuts cost of making HIV drug
2012-03-15
Business Day
Premier finds queues at health facilities
2012-03-15
Business Day
North West first province to cure XDR TB
2012-03-13
Buanews
New approaches could fight killer diseases
2012-03-13
Health-e News
Transnet launches new health train
2012-03-12
News 24
Study deflates hopes for daily TB pill
2012-03-09
Business Day
IPT no good for TB control – Thibela study
2012-03-09
Health-e News
Preventative TB trial disappoints
2012-03-09
Plus News
Eastern Cape: SOS for province’s clinics
2012-03-08
The New Age
Newborns continue to die needlessly
2012-03-08
Health-e News
Report confirms donor fatigue for AIDS
2012-03-08
Health-e News
Less talk and more implementing needed on NHI
2012-03-07
Health-e News
NHI: Quality non-negotiable
2012-03-07
Health-e News
Draft regulations on baby formula, foods published
2012-03-07
BuaNews
Positively negative
2012-03-07
IOL
SA miners have worst TB epidemic in the world
2012-03-07
Health-e News
South Africa sets goal of testing all miners for tuberculosis, getting sufferers treated
2012-03-06
Washington Post
Millennium Development Goal drinking water target met
2012-03-06
The World Health Organization
Health Barometer shows slight progress
2012-03-05
Health-e News
More than 900 000 lives saved by protecting people living with HIV from TB
2012-03-02
WHO
Birth control, HIV link
2012-03-02
Times Live
Premier seeks more aid for Gauteng health
2012-03-01
Business Day
Hormonal contraception advice not reaching women
2012-03-01
Plus News
Serious need to clean up health
2012-02-28
Health-e News
A new mental health framework is needed to prioritize action on global mental health
2012-02-28
Plos Medicine
Gauteng health promised 'major shake-up'
2012-02-27
Mail & Guardian
New reports chart progress - and costs - in HIV fight
2012-02-27
Plus News
Med scheme tax credit a step towards NHI
2012-02-26
IOL
Middle class urged to join in HIV survey
2012-02-24
Times Live
Hospital CEOs to reapply for jobs
2012-02-24
Health-e News
HIV/AIDS: Huge numbers
2012-02-24
Health-e News
Doctors could be forced to stay in SA
2012-02-24
IOL
'Why are our hospitals dirty? It is this system called tenders'
2012-02-24
Sowetan
NHI budget comments confuse health researchers
2012-02-24
Mail & Guardian
Motsoaledi starts health overhaul
2012-02-24
Business Day
Health spending gap narrowing
2012-02-24
IOL
Chronic disease and trauma plague SA health system
2012-02-24
Mail & Guardian
SECTION27′s statement on the 2012 Budget Speech
2012-02-24
Section 27
New health facilities to prepare Mpuma for NHI
2012-02-24
BuaNews
PRESS RELEASE: Health Systems Trust releases fIndings of its latest publications
2012-02-23
Health Systems Trust
HIV testing programme for SA universities launched
2012-02-23
West Cape News
HIV and food security
2012-02-23
The New Age
R1bn pumped towards NHI
2012-02-23
BuaNews
Report reveals primary healthcare status in SA
2012-02-23
Buanews
Health minister wants service overhaul
2012-02-23
IOL
KZN districts overtakes E Cape as most deprived
2012-02-23
Health-e News
Lack of hospital transformation plan ‘of concern’, say Treasury
2012-02-23
Health-e News
SA gets boost to fight killer diseases
2012-02-23
IOL
HST Launch of the SAHR 2011 and DHB 2010/11
2012-02-22
Health Systems Trust
Mkhize breathes life into NHI
2012-02-22
Times Live
Gauteng hospital chiefs get more control
2012-02-22
Business Day
KZN winning the Aids battle
2012-02-22
IOL
SOUTH AFRICA: Global Fund monies finally released
2012-02-22
Plus News
NHI first phase to start in 2013
2012-02-22
News24
Critical Budget addresses NHI funding concerns
2012-02-21
Business Live
HIV transmission to KZN children down
2012-02-21
IOL
Motsoaledi launches HIV campaign
2012-02-21
Eyewitness News
Premier says Gauteng is dealing with its health crisis
2012-02-21
Business Day
Gauteng premier announces health restructuring
2012-02-21
Business Day
Motsoaledi takes aim at alcohol adverts, smoking
2012-02-20
Business Day
Mokonyane: Health and social development to split
2012-02-20
Mail & Guardian
Free State: Health sector to be revitalised with 10-Point Plan
2012-02-17
The New Age
Health minister lifts the lid on fat politicians
2012-02-17
Business Day
Health standards compliance ‘vital to NHI plan’
2012-02-16
Business Day
Cash payments help cut HIV infection rate in young women, study finds
2012-02-16
Guardian
Women need access to dual protection—effective contraceptives and HIV prevention options
2012-02-16
UNAIDS
Limpopo increases HIV, Aids treatment facilities
2012-02-16
Buanews
EDITORIAL: State health needs to be fixed first
2012-02-14
Business Day
HIV rate way down thanks to condoms
2012-02-14
Times Live
Healthcare workers going the extra mile for patients
2012-02-14
Mail & Guardian
HIV/AIDS: You, me and HIV
2012-02-14
Plus News
Green Paper needs open discussion
2012-02-13
Leadership
Proper use of clinics ‘can ease burden on hospitals’
2012-02-13
Business Day
Hospital labs open after debt payment
2012-02-13
News 24
AIDS-drug plant to ‘help cut trade deficit’
2012-02-13
Business Day
Trying to cure a sick health system
2012-02-12
Times Live
Medical costs 'criminal'
2012-02-12
Times Live
'An unexpected piece of heaven'
2012-02-10
Mail & Guardian
Half of HIV infected South Africans are child-bearing women
2012-02-10
Times Live
No drugs and labs in Gauteng
2012-02-09
Health-e News
Pensioners set to benefit from NHI
2012-02-09
Business Live
Revamp to set groundwork for NHI
2012-02-09
News 24
'Alarm' at SA pupils' lack of HIV/Aids knowledge
2012-02-09
Mail & Guardian
Global Fund crisis: SA projects face closure
2012-02-09
Health-e News
MDR-TB trials could make a tangible difference for children
2012-02-09
Health-e News
'Tax breaks for medical professionals needed'
2012-02-08
Business Live
Cry the beloved province
2012-02-08
Health-e News
30 medical labs forced to close
2012-02-07
IOL
Aids orphans 'all alone'
2012-02-06
The New Age
Malaria experts to meet in Durban
2012-02-06
IOL
Minister against closure of labs
2012-02-06
Times Live
SA’s health system steadily healing
2012-02-06
NULL
WHO to issue guidance on hormonal contraceptives and HIV
2012-02-03
UNAIDS
No Time to 'Give Up' on HIV-Fighting Gel
2012-02-03
allAfrica.com
Hospitals not disposing waste properly
2012-02-03
IOL
Malaria kills nearly twice as many people than previously thought, but deaths are declining rapidly
2012-02-03
IHME
National immunisation drive
2012-02-03
Health-e News
Health labs hit by cash crisis
2012-02-01
IOL
KZN biggest culprit in lab cash crisis
2012-02-01
IOL
Men who have sex with men may now be the highest-risk group for HIV in Africa, IAVI study suggests
2012-02-01
Aidsmap
Gauteng faces R235m worth of claims
2012-01-30
Sowetan
Gordhan expected to shed light on National Health Insurance scheme
2012-01-29
The Citizen
UNAIDS and PEPFAR welcome the launch of the Business Leadership Council to end new HIV infections among children by 2015
2012-01-27
UNAIDS
HIV-Related Deaths Slow Economy
2012-01-27
IPS
Gauteng Health drags payments to service providers
2012-01-27
Health-e News
E Cape ordered to cut health budget
2012-01-26
News 24
Doctors in limbo as E Cape orders health lockdown
2012-01-26
Mail & Guardian
Hormonal contraception and HIV risk: no increased risk in South African cohort
2012-01-26
aidsmap
Provincial health department in ICU
2012-01-25
Times Live
KZN scientist makes HIV/Aids breakthrough
2012-01-25
IOL
Expect conditional NHI audit grant in Budget
2012-01-25
Times Live
HIV-Aids researcher awarded R6m prize
2012-01-25
The New Age
Rural hospitals buckle as foreign docs delayed
2012-01-25
Health-e News
Expect conditional NHI audit grant in Budget
2012-01-25
Business Live
Shortage of dentists raises risk of cancer
2012-01-24
Times Live
Gauteng pays health suppliers R400m
2012-01-24
Business Day
Gauteng grapples with hospitals and 'haircuts'
2012-01-24
Mail & Guardian
UNAIDS commits its support to the Global Fund and calls for solidarity
2012-01-24
UNAIDS
Global Fund chief quits after funding cuts
2012-01-24
Reuters
Africa winning against Aids
2012-01-23
IOL
SA has lost 4.4m people to Aids - survey
2012-01-23
News 24
SADC countries battling to reach HIV positive people
2012-01-20
Health-e News
Half of All Abortions Now Unsafe, Study Finds
2012-01-19
IPS
Eastern, Southern Africa scale up efforts against high AIDS prevalence
2012-01-19
UN News Centre
Private hospitals warn of job losses
2012-01-19
IOL
New hospital for Khayelitsha
2012-01-18
IOL
Department's debt spells trouble for Gauteng hospitals
2012-01-18
Mail & Guardian
WHO clarifies "totally" drug resistant TB
2012-01-18
Health-e News
UNAIDS Executive Director congratulates President Jacob Zuma of South Africa on progress in the AIDS response
2012-01-18
UNAIDS
R2m bursary scheme to address shortage of doctors
2012-01-17
Buanews
Doctors, dentists slam private health system
2012-01-16
IOL
Childhood obesity on the increase
2012-01-16
IOL
Groundbreaking vaccine research reveals more clues about HIV
2012-01-15
PlusNews
Plan to cut sugar daddies short
2012-01-13
New Age
Doctors must show up or pay up
2012-01-11
IOL
New Coalition Promotes Investment in Health Workers
2012-01-11
VOA News
MATLAKALA MOTLOUNG: Gauteng’s health shows some improvement
2012-01-09
Business Day
KwaZulu-Natal to prioritise health infrastructure
2012-01-04
Business Day
Zuma takes health services to rural KZN
2012-01-03
Buanews
UNICEF plans major expansion of global vaccine programme
2012-01-03
NULL

2011

2011 in review: key health issues
2011-12-30
WHO
Competition Commission may probe healthcare
2011-12-30
Business Day
HIV/AIDS: Ten big stories in 2011
2011-12-29
Plus News
No date set for school HIV testing programme
2011-12-27
Mail & Guardian
Healthcare is failing women
2011-12-20
Mail & Guardian
Nation's health hinges on HIV and NHI policies
2011-12-19
Times Live
A new category of health professionals
2011-12-15
Health-e News
HIV-Aids campaign wins major award
2011-12-14
The New Age
MARINÉ ERASMUS: Debate on NHI must progress beyond ideology
2011-12-14
Business Day
WHO sets new goal in fight against malaria
2011-12-14
Washington Post
EC gets new weapon in war against cancer
2011-12-13
Buanews
Children disproportionately affected by poverty
2011-12-13
Mail & Guardian
Women are the vulnerable HIV link
2011-12-12
Mail & Guardian
Health tax credit plan ‘progressive’
2011-12-12
IOL
First batch of clinical associates graduates
2011-12-09
Business Day
Are we effectively controlling tobacco? A look at the industry’s data
2011-12-09
EpiAnalysis
HIV-positive women still confused about infant-feeding choices
2011-12-09
Plus News
Greater local ownership of HIV research needed
2011-12-09
Plus News
AIDS funding cuts had been coming ‘long ago’ - Motsoaledi
2011-12-09
Health-e News
‘Health is not about deep pockets’
2011-12-08
IOL
New care centre promises better life for HIV sufferers
2011-12-08
The New Age
High-Level Taskforce to tackle gender inequality
2011-12-08
UNAIDS
MCC Fights AIDS and Tuberculosis in Lesotho
2011-12-08
IIP Digital
Strengthening health systems: delivering on the broader health and development agenda
2011-12-07
UNAIDS
Study shows drug blend boosts breast cancer survival
2011-12-07
Mail & Guardian
HRW report puts gender task team under scrutiny
2011-12-07
Mail & Guardian
Quality health essential for NHI
2011-12-07
Buanews
Depression "overlooked" in treating HIV patients
2011-12-07
Plus News
Society for AIDS in Africa unveils its new strategic plan for 2011- 2015
2011-12-06
UNAIDS
New plan to speed up male circumcision
2011-12-06
Plus News
An expanded arsenal against HIV – but money shortages to implement it
2011-12-05
Health-e News
Voice of Government: ‘Let there be no more shame, blame and discrimination’
2011-12-05
The New Age
COP-17: Health ‘first casualty’ of climate change
2011-12-05
Business Day
Sex classes for pre-teens
2011-12-05
Times Live
MSM meeting stirs controversy at HIV conference
2011-12-05
Plus News
Too many faults with NHI proposal, says DA
2011-12-05
Mail & Guardian
International partners call for accelerated access to voluntary medical male circumcision in eastern and southern Africa
2011-12-05
UNAIDS
ICASA leaders’ panel: Keeping the promise in the HIV response
2011-12-05
UNAIDS
ICASA 2011 to focus on ownership, commitment and support to the AIDS response in Africa
2011-12-04
UNAIDS
Breastfeeding policy battles poverty and perception
2011-12-02
Mail & Guardian
Overseeing the wellbeing of medical aids
2011-12-02
Mail & Guardian
Death rate among youth on the decrease in SA
2011-12-02
Mail & Guardian
New AIDS plan aims to go big
2011-12-01
Health-e News
End to Aids both in and out of reach
2011-12-01
IOL
Zuma to launch new HIV plan amid global funding crisis
2011-12-01
Mail & Guardian
Driving back HIV/AIDS
2011-12-01
Mail & Guardian
HIV infections down in N West
2011-12-01
SABC
TB at top of the list of killers
2011-12-01
IOL
Male Circumcision a Route to Gender Equality
2011-12-01
IPS
Country launches new HIV, TB plan
2011-12-01
Plus News
Zuma's new Aids plan to include TB
2011-12-01
Mail & Guardian
Staying alive: Is South Africa's Aids plan working?
2011-11-30
BBC News
HIV spread by men - Motsoaledi
2011-11-30
iafrica
ANN BERNSTEIN and SANDY JOHNSTON: Look again at the role for a transformed private sector
2011-11-30
Business Day
DONALD GIPS: SA moves closer to goal of AIDS-free generation
2011-11-30
Business Day
Husbands a 'big problem' in HIV transmission
2011-11-30
Times Live
HIV rate stable, but teen rates concerning
2011-11-30
Health-e News
Primary schoolchildren need sex ed - minister
2011-11-30
News 24
One in three women at clinics are HIV-positive
2011-11-30
IOL
Funding crunch imperils progress on AIDS
2011-11-30
Reuters Africa
Stats SA records lower number of registered deaths
2011-11-30
Mail & Guardian
Funding shortages dampen fight against Aids
2011-11-30
Mail & Guardian
Health scores grade C
2011-11-30
The New Age
Motsoaledi set to release HIV stats
2011-11-29
IOL
Tender rigging alleged at Gauteng health department
2011-11-29
Mail & Guardian
Breast feeding can prolong infants’ lives
2011-11-29
The New Age
Global Aids fund faces financial crisis
2011-11-28
Mail & Guardian
Sampson’s Afrikan dream
2011-11-28
IOL
Revamped Germiston hospital opened
2011-11-28
Buanews
Study highlights the impact of climate change on children in South Africa
2011-11-28
Unicef
Decline in AIDS funding risks jeopardizing recent gains made by countries
2011-11-27
UNAIDS
Doctor brain drain costs Africa $2 billion
2011-11-25
Reuters
Microbicide gel fails to work in large international trial
2011-11-25
Aidsmap
Police data on gender violence still falls short
2011-11-24
SABC
HIV campaign shows promise
2011-11-24
IOL
TAC facing closure
2011-11-24
Health-e News
Doha+10: More people accessing HIV treatment
2011-11-23
UNAIDS
Ahead of World AIDS day, UNICEF marks the progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS
2011-11-23
Unicef
KZN launches HIV, TB plan
2011-11-23
IOL
Drastic Child Poverty Might Destroy Lesotho’s Future
2011-11-23
IPS
Teenage pregnancy rate declines in Gauteng
2011-11-22
Buanews
SA Aids plan starts to pay dividends
2011-11-21
Health-e News
HIV/AIDS: "Unprecedented progress", despite poor funding
2011-11-21
Plus News
Children most vulnerable to climate change, warns Unicef
2011-11-21
Business Day
Africa sees dramatic improvement in HIV treatment
2011-11-21
Mail & Guardian
Activists urge change to patent laws
2011-11-21
Plus News
Nearly 50% of people who are eligible for antiretroviral therapy now have access to lifesaving treatment
2011-11-21
UNAIDS
African leaders define shared responsibility for the AIDS response
2011-11-20
NULL
Green paper on NHI ‘contains inaccuracies, lacks evidence’
2011-11-18
Business Day
HPV increases risk of HIV - study
2011-11-18
IOL
SA’s tight patent protection ‘drives high drug prices’
2011-11-17
Business Day
R19bn backlog cripples EC health
2011-11-16
Dispatch
World ‘is losing battle against diabetes’
2011-11-15
Business Day
KwaZulu Natal: Province in good health
2011-11-15
The New Age
SA children stunted and obese
2011-11-14
Health-e News
Gauteng health underspends on hospital repairs
2011-11-14
Mail & Guardian
Fear over cancer-inducing baby bottles
2011-11-14
IOL
Q&A: Women play crucial development role in southern Africa
2011-11-13
IOL
RICHARD KAMWI: Redouble efforts to rid Sadc region of malaria
2011-11-11
Business Day
New report will assist in TB fight
2011-11-11
Tne New Age
Time of great change in TB drug development
2011-11-10
Health-e News
Garden grows in Soweto
2011-11-10
Joburg
NHLS needs urgent payment from health depts
2011-11-10
Buanews
Sex workers stuck in HIV nightmare
2011-11-10
IOL
Zille attacked on unsafe sex call
2011-11-10
IOL
New reports show philanthropic funding for AIDS down at pivotal moment in the response
2011-11-10
UNAIDS
US may grant R3.8bn for Aids fight
2011-11-09
The New Age
Zille targets men who don’t use condoms
2011-11-09
Cape Argus
NHI needs ‘fraud-detection tool’ before roll-out
2011-11-09
Business Day
Improved health pricing model needed, say experts
2011-11-09
Business Live
NW focuses on delivering quality health care
2011-11-09
Buanews
Moses Kotane Hospital is the cleanest
2011-11-09
The New Age
Wits scientists working towards neutralising HIV
2011-11-09
Health-e News
MDR-TB remains a difficult diagnosis for children
2011-11-08
Plus News
Delayed Global Fund money a sign of economic times
2011-11-08
Plus News
Superbugs are not going away
2011-11-07
Business Day
NHI roll-out will deliver benefits says KPMG study
2011-11-07
Business Live
The good news about cancer in developing countries
2011-11-05
The Lancet
Benefits of NHI ‘exceed cost’ — KPMG
2011-11-04
Business Day
Minister begins groundwork for NHI
2011-11-04
Business Day
Brazil's Health System Inspires Abroad, Frustrates at Home
2011-11-04
IPS
KZN medical staff scarce
2011-11-03
IOL
Health minister's audit to usher in new NHI pilot era
2011-11-03
Mail & Guardian
Finding a cure is their mission
2011-11-02
IOL
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Door-to-door outreach cuts TB prevalence
2011-11-01
Plus News
Health Minister launches new health data system
2011-11-01
Buanews
Getting to Zero selected as World AIDS Day theme
2011-11-01
NULL
Taking strides to fill the gaps in public health
2011-10-30
Health-e News
HIV/Aids vs family planning
2011-10-29
Mail & Guardian
MDG's - Shifting the focus from quantity to quality
2011-10-28
Buanews
Phasing in of NHI could be key to its success
2011-10-28
Mail & Guardian
HIV high on the agenda at World Health Summit
2011-10-27
UNAIDS
Much needed healthcare facility for Zululand
2011-10-27
Buanews
Health audit ahead
2011-10-26
New Age
Department earmarks R20m for planning phase of NHI
2011-10-26
Business Day
Addressing the needs of young people critical as world population reaches 7 billion, says UNFPA report
2011-10-26
UNAIDS
R 48bn found for priority projects
2011-10-26
IOL
Billions to be spent on public health
2011-10-25
Money Web
Young people to write new UNAIDS strategy on youth and HIV
2011-10-25
UNAIDS
Vaccine could cut risk of malaria in children by 50%
2011-10-24
Mail & Guardian
Improvement of public hospitals key to NHI success
2011-10-24
Health-e News
HIV/AIDS: Global Fund cancels funding
2011-10-24
PlusNews
Global funding for infectious diseases: TB or not TB?
2011-10-22
The Lancet
Reduce Inequalities to Boost Health, WHO Says
2011-10-21
IPS
Zuma calls for faster traditional medicine
2011-10-20
TimesLive
World forum in Brazil seeks to close health equity gaps
2011-10-20
UNAIDS
Global conference to tackle social conditions that drive health inequities
2011-10-19
The WHO News
Specialised eye care centre for KZN children
2011-10-19
BuaNews
Adapting to today’s epidemic: UNESCO launches its new AIDS Strategy
2011-10-18
UNAIDS
Sexual violence among men neglected
2011-10-18
Plus News
Malaria deaths fall over 20% worldwide in last decade
2011-10-18
BBC News
World's first malaria vaccine works in major trial
2011-10-18
Reuters
Governments "still failing" on mental health issues
2011-10-18
IRIN
Lack of skills costs govt dearly
2011-10-17
IOL
Health dept racks up R5.7bn in irregular expenses
2011-10-14
IOL
Parties want Motsoaledi to explain ‘horror’ audit
2011-10-14
Business Day
Joburg adds input on Aids plan
2011-10-14
Joburg City
Medicines Patent Pool helps make antiretroviral medicines more widely available
2011-10-14
UNAIDS
Billions for hospitals to pave way for state’s NHI
2011-10-12
Business Day
Prevention revolution
2011-10-11
Health-e News
Drive for more black bone marrow donors
2011-10-11
Health-e News
HIV counselling not available for the disabled
2011-10-11
IOL
Launch of the Human Resource for Health Strategy
2011-10-11
National Department of Health South Africa
Tuberculosis on the decline for first time ever – UN report
2011-10-11
UN News Centre
Health minister promises more doctors and nurses
2011-10-11
Mail & Guardian
Strategy to address Health Dept's HR
2011-10-11
BuaNews
Questions on Tactic to Prevent H.I.V.
2011-10-10
NY Times
Motsoaledi speaks of 'brutal' private health system
2011-10-09
Mail & Guardian
SA to mark World Mental Health Day
2011-10-09
BuaNews
In Africa prevention is far cheaper than cure
2011-10-07
Mail & Guardian
CT to host conference on sexual violence against women
2011-10-07
BizCommunity
Building knowledge, skills and hope in southern Africa’s schools
2011-10-07
UNAIDS
WHO highlights global underinvestment in mental health care
2011-10-07
WHO
Health minister outlines NHI plan
2011-10-05
IOL
UNAIDS calls for urgent analysis and more research on hormonal contraceptives and HIV infection risk
2011-10-04
UNAIDS
Global war on tobacco far from over
2011-10-04
Health-e News
Auditor-general not happy with Health Department’s books
2011-10-04
IOL
UN-backed Millennium Villages project in Africa launches second phase
2011-10-03
UN News Centre
Contraceptive Used in Africa May Double Risk of H.I.V.
2011-10-03
NY Times
Where innovation meets implementation
2011-10-03
UNAIDS
Time for action, say HIV science roundtable participants
2011-10-03
UNAIDS
Call to spread word about contraception
2011-10-03
Cape Argus
New KwaNokuthula EMS Station Opens
2011-10-03
Cape Gateway
OPINION: When the private health sector falls short
2011-10-03
Business Day
King Goodwill Zwelethini commended on his visionary response to HIV in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
2011-09-30
UNAIDS
KwaZulu Natal adopts a holistic approach to HIV
2011-09-30
UNAIDS
Lessons to be drawn from KwaZulu Natal’s integrated approach to HIV, health and social services
2011-09-30
UNAIDS
Researchers explain VOICE study changes
2011-09-29
Health-e News
HIV/AIDS: Setback for PrEP as branch of trial is halted
2011-09-29
PlusNews
Integrating human rights, gender equality and HIV prevention in national HIV responses
2011-09-27
UNAIDS
‘Younger, dangerous sex’
2011-09-26
IOL
Poor prenatal health ‘primes kids for failure’
2011-09-26
IOL
Gauteng's dept of ill-health
2011-09-26
TimesLive
Doctor shortage to hit NHI
2011-09-25
The Sunday Independent
Introduction of NHI taxes not immediate: Treasury
2011-09-23
TimesLive
How the health department has failed SA's women
2011-09-23
Mail & Guardian
KAREN HOFMAN and STEPHEN TOLLMAN : Diseases that are just as serious as HIV/AIDS
2011-09-23
Business Day
NHI to cut national spend on health care
2011-09-23
Business Report
'Health synergy needs a shot in the arm'
2011-09-23
TimesLive
Mobile testing units show success in linking people to HIV care, treatment
2011-09-23
aidsmap
NHI comment period extended
2011-09-22
BuaNews
NHI plan needs clarity on the "how"
2011-09-22
Health-e
HIV/AIDS and chronic diseases - learning from each other
2011-09-20
PlusNews
UNICEF-backed conference seeks to ensure inclusion of children with disabilities
2011-09-20
United Nations
Disappointing results from two peer education projects in southern Africa
2011-09-20
aidsmap
HIV campaign gets a boost
2011-09-20
Sowetan
WHO report hails efforts to curb maternal deaths
2011-09-20
The Guardian
Little change in SA’s child mortality rate
2011-09-20
IOL
Moves towards a healthy lifestyle
2011-09-19
Health-e
Uniting around a common agenda to address HIV and non-communicable diseases
2011-09-19
UNAIDS
R198m boost for maternal, child health care
2011-09-19
BuaNews
More effort needed to fight lifestyle diseases
2011-09-19
BuaNews
Uniting around a common agenda to address HIV and non-communicable diseases
2011-09-19
UNAIDS
New WHO study details low-cost solutions to help curb the tide on noncommunicable diseases
2011-09-18
WHO
Zuma to attend UNGA66
2011-09-18
BuaNews
Spotlight on lifestyle diseases
2011-09-18
BuaNews
High youth Aids rate 'not result of risky sex'
2011-09-18
TimesLive
SA doctors to the rescue in Somalia
2011-09-18
TimesLive
Comment: Stop dithering at death's door
2011-09-16
Mail & Guardian
Patients air ill feelings over clinic facility
2011-09-16
IOL
AIDS vaccine critical
2011-09-15
Health-e News
Poor access to cancer treatment
2011-09-15
Health-e News
Long wait for cervical cancer help
2011-09-15
Health-e News
Use social media to strengthen health systems
2011-09-15
SciDevNet
WHO maps noncommunicable disease trends in all countries
2011-09-14
WHO
Medical aids ‘owe state hospitals millions’
2011-09-14
IOL
Primary health care gets an EU boost
2011-09-14
Buanews
HIV/AIDS: RV144 vaccine trial - what happens next?
2011-09-14
PlusNews
PEPFAR Announces Largest Study of Combination HIV Prevention
2011-09-14
US Department of State
EU's R1.25bn Aids lifeline
2011-09-13
TimesLive
Health minister eyes 'junk food' industry
2011-09-13
TimesLive
SA gets ready for trial of successful Thai vaccine
2011-09-13
Health-e
Give baby the best – breast milk
2011-09-13
IOL
Rural community to discuss NHI
2011-09-13
Buanews
The George W. Bush Institute, the U.S. Department of State, Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, and UNAIDS announce new women’s health initiative
2011-09-13
UNAIDS
Alcohol warning for pregnant women
2011-09-12
Sowetan
Many die from non-communicable diseases
2011-09-12
The New Age
NHI to address inequity in healthcare system - Health DG
2011-09-12
MoneyWeb
Non-communicable diseases take center stage
2011-09-12
Buanews
Service Delivery: Rural healthcare on track
2011-09-12
The New Age
Pneumonia study begins
2011-09-12
Times Live
Pushing up VAT 'the least damaging way to fund NHI'
2011-09-12
Mail & Guardian
NHI to address inequity in healthcare system - Health DG
2011-09-12
Moneyweb
Time for renewed focus on cancer
2011-09-12
Health-e
Low-Cost Healthcare Goes High-Tech
2011-09-12
IPS News
UNAIDS reiterates critical role of South Africa in AIDS response
2011-09-10
UNAIDS
Medical aids swell
2011-09-09
The New Age
South Africa: CD4 count at time of HIV diagnosis improves retention in care for patients who need ART immediately
2011-09-09
aidsmap
Rise in alcohol-related deaths in diabetics
2011-09-09
health24
Youth need help
2011-09-08
Sowetan
Varsity in HIV research
2011-09-08
The New Age
3 provinces sit on vast Health funds
2011-09-07
Sowetan
More are being cured of TB in Gauteng
2011-09-07
Sowetan
Tobacco kills 6m yearly
2011-09-07
Sowetan
S Africans called on to fight lifestyle diseases
2011-09-07
BuaNews
Step up and stamp out heart disease
2011-09-07
health24
Eastern Cape graft exposed
2011-09-07
Business Day
Health Spending Shambles
2011-09-07
Times Live
Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Unveiled
2011-09-07
Cape Gateway
Young Americans have more risky sex than South Africans
2011-09-06
Health-e
Tokollo District Hospital scores COHSASA accreditation
2011-09-06
Health-e
Pregnancy-linked strokes increasing
2011-09-06
health24
Service Delivery: Bridging the medical skills gap
2011-09-06
The New Age
Lifestyle linked to diabetes
2011-09-06
health24
Dire warning for NHI’s future
2011-09-06
IOL
HIV/Aids directory will help needy
2011-09-05
Daily News
Suicide in SA increasing
2011-09-05
health24
NHI must socially mobilise SA
2011-09-02
BuaNews
NHI 'no cure for sick public facilities'
2011-09-02
Mail & Guardian
TB cure rate on the rise in Gauteng
2011-09-02
BuaNews
Newborns struggle to survive
2011-09-02
health24
More openness needed around HIV
2011-08-31
BuaNews
Political rights of children put in spotlight
2011-08-31
Sowetan
Health seminar to address challenges women face
2011-08-30
The New Age
Newborn deaths decrease but account for higher share of global child deaths
2011-08-30
WHO
Action on health crisis
2011-08-30
Sowetan
NHI could be a tax squeeze
2011-08-29
IOL
Exploding seven myths about HIV
2011-08-29
Mail and Guardian
Media Alert: World Health Organization's Global Campaign for Violence Prevention
2011-08-29
Cape Gateway
Maternal mortality and morbidity – still not right
2011-08-28
PHASA
HIV Vaccine development: Challenges and Progress
2011-08-28
PHASA
KZN leads on breast-feeding
2011-08-28
Health-e News
Minister`s Speaking Notes: Breastfeeding Consultative Meeting
2011-08-26
NDoH
Exclusive breastfeeding plan 'impractical'
2011-08-26
Mail and Guardian
Hospital gets eye-opening gift
2011-08-26
The New Age
Policy turnaround on breastfeeding
2011-08-26
Plus News
S.Africa's HIV infections fall to 5.4 million: government
2011-08-26
AFP
HIV rate outpacing prevention, says Motlanthe
2011-08-25
Mail and Guardian
Tackling Aids from the top
2011-08-25
Grocott's Mail
NHI will not cost as much as you think
2011-08-24
The Mercury
NHI tax to equal aid scheme costs
2011-08-24
IOL
Breast is best, says Motsoaledi
2011-08-24
Mail and Guardian
SA needs to lead on NCD goals at UN meeting
2011-08-24
Health-e News
AIDS breakthrough threatened by budget woes
2011-08-24
Africa Renewal
HIV Experts Create the Roadmap for Providing PrEP to Uninfected Individuals to Reduce the Risk of HIV Infection
2011-08-24
PR Newswire
Mammoth task to clear murky picture of public health staff needs
2011-08-23
Business Day
National Health Insurance briefing by Department of Health
2011-08-23
Parlimentary Monitoring Group
Asia-Pacific gears up for 10th International Congress on AIDS
2011-08-22
UNAIDS
Experts divided over baby circumcision plan
2011-08-21
Times Live
NHI will lead to 10% tax increase - report
2011-08-19
Business Day
Further evidence that `breast is best` for children of mothers with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
2011-08-19
Aidsmap
Motsoaledi: SA healthcare needs an attitude transplant
2011-08-18
Mail and Guardian
MPs get glimpse of NHI planning
2011-08-18
Times Live
Health boss tells of security lapses at state hospitals
2011-08-18
Business Day
Children as citizens
2011-08-17
Health-e News
"Worrying" drop in global spending
2011-08-17
Plus News
S.Africa health insurance plan could sicken economy
2011-08-17
Reuters
Better Structure for Better Health
2011-08-16
The Star
Kaiser/UNAIDS study finds drop in overall disbursements for AIDS response in 2010, seven out of 15 governments report reductions
2011-08-16
UNAIDS
R150m upgrade for downscaled Chris Hani Baragwanath
2011-08-16
Mail and Guardian
Shortage of drug-resistant TB treatment looms
2011-08-16
Plus News
HIV drug-prevention strategy carries risks
2011-08-16
natureNews
EDITORIAL: SA still in the dark over NHI
2011-08-15
Business Day
New health staff plan ‘key to NHI’
2011-08-15
Business Day
HIV treatment now for 2.5 million
2011-08-15
The New Age
Is NHI a magic bullet?
2011-08-15
Business Day
Middle class will fund NHI
2011-08-15
Business Day
More Gauteng nurses trained for ARV treatment
2011-08-15
Times Live
SOUTH AFRICA: Govt moves to earlier HIV treatment
2011-08-15
Plus News
Compulsory HIV tests not Health's policy
2011-08-15
Times Live
Early ARV treatment will save lives
2011-08-15
Health-e News
Experts examine NHI draft
2011-08-13
IOL
NHI’s R125bn price tag for one year
2011-08-12
IOL
Unless state hospitals improve, national insurance will change little
2011-08-12
Business Day
Tax hike is last resort to fund NHI — Gordhan
2011-08-12
Business Day
Statement on the meeting of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC)
2011-08-12
South African Government Information
‘Confront legal and policy barriers to HIV’: Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Dialogue on HIV and the Law
2011-08-12
UNAIDS
National Health Insurance: A dummy's guide
2011-08-12
Mail and Guardian
KZN: HIV-Aids dealt huge blow
2011-08-12
The New Age
Call for probe into courier pharmacies
2011-08-11
Business Day
Health Systems Trust assists in moving towards Universal Access
2011-08-11
Health Systems Trust
Media statement by Minister of Health: Release of Green Paper on National Health Insurance
2011-08-11
National Department of Health
Government prepares facilities ahead of NHI implementation
2011-08-11
Buanews
Doctors welcome CEO regulations
2011-08-10
Business Day
Health tax only way to fund NHI scheme
2011-08-10
Times Live
New online nutrition initiative can help protect lives and health of millions of children
2011-08-10
The WHO
Consumer watchdog angers med schemes
2011-08-08
Business Day
New NHI 'will secure healthier wealther future for the masses'
2011-08-08
Health-e News
South Africa: Failing Maternity Care
2011-08-08
Human Rights Watch
SA will fail millennium maternity goal
2011-08-08
Business Day
Donors continue to hold back support from Global Fund
2011-08-06
The Lancet
Qualified CEOs to replace 'clerks'
2011-08-05
Times Live
Mobile application for HIV data visualization at your fingertips
2011-08-05
UNAIDS
Pregnancy doubled risk of female-to-male HIV transmission in Partners in Prevention study
2011-08-05
Aidsmap
New Measures to Boost Health Care
2011-08-05
Buanews
Circumcision proves yet again that it can reduce HIV
2011-08-04
Health-e News
'Women hardest hit by TB'
2011-08-04
IOL
Hospital Workflow And Schedules Improved By Automated Workflow System
2011-08-04
Medical News Today
The Measles Initiative Vaccinates One Billion Children in First Decade
2011-08-04
PR Newswire
Forty more retired nurses to strengthen Gauteng health services
2011-08-03
Business Day
Lesson from HIV counselling and testing drive
2011-08-03
Sowetan
Forced HIV tests probed
2011-08-03
Times Live
Report reveals national healthcare well below par
2011-08-03
New Age
AIDS divides the globe
2011-08-03
LA Times
Improved Access to Women's Health Campaign Launched
2011-08-03
Cape Gateway
Press Release: New health care distribution model could save lives in developing countries
2011-08-01
Rice University
Pricing in health sector under fire
2011-07-31
IOL
HIV-positive Swazis protest over sick service
2011-07-29
Mail and Guardian
ANC proposes new watchdog for private hospitals
2011-07-28
Business Day
Retention of pre-ART patients poor in sub-Saharan Africa
2011-07-28
Aidsmap
Council set to regulate alternative medicines
2011-07-27
Business Day
Young people key to reversing the global AIDS epidemic and leading the response
2011-07-27
UNAIDS
High levels of unmet need for family planning in people with HIV - couples unaware of conception and contraception options
2011-07-26
Aidsmap
Western Cape Celebrates 100 000 ART Patients Milestone
2011-07-26
Cape Gateway
Gauteng tests 3 million for HIV
2011-07-26
Buanews
Alternative medicines to be scrutinised
2011-07-26
Business Day
Big indaba for leading South African researchers and health experts
2011-07-26
NDOH
SOUTH AFRICA: Prisons expand HIV services
2011-07-26
PlusNews
What's next for HIV prevention? Paying people to be healthy
2011-07-25
Aidsmap
Adult male circumcision – new developments
2011-07-25
PlusNews
Vaccine crisis on confusion over Zambia
2011-07-22
Business Day
Fixing health care
2011-07-22
Mail and Guardian
State drug company 'not a quick fix'
2011-07-22
Mail and Guardian
NHI: Behind the proposals
2011-07-22
Mail and Guardian
HIV-reducing effect of circumcision confirmed
2011-07-21
Business Day
Lessons from HCT campaign
2011-07-21
Health-e News
No hiding place: The long-sought goal of a cure for AIDS is inching closer
2011-07-21
The Economist
WHO warns against the use of inaccurate blood tests for active tuberculosis
2011-07-20
WHO
Bad news for drug prices in middle-income countries
2011-07-20
Plus News
Pre-exposure prophylaxis does work for women, two studies find
2011-07-19
Aidsmap
South Africa’s PMTCT programme reduces mother-to-child transmission to under 4%
2011-07-19
Aidsmap
Govt mulls state pharmaceutical company
2011-07-19
Mail & Guardian
Anti-HIV drug made by GM plants begins trials in humans
2011-07-19
Guardian
Funding for HIV treatment research exceeded US$ 2.4 billion in 2009
2011-07-19
UNAIDS
Report on HIV Prevention Research Funding Says New Investment Critical to Capitalize on HIV Prevention Research Breakthroughs
2011-07-19
UNAIDS
Political leadership key to male circumcision success
2011-07-18
Plus News
Confusion and panic over supply of ARVs
2011-07-18
Plus News
Life expectancy for people with HIV in Africa may be comparable to general population if they are on treatment
2011-07-18
Aidsmap
Rome IAS conference is landmark moment for HIV science, say experts
2011-07-17
Aidsmap
UNAIDS Executive Director’s speech at the first Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Health
2011-07-15
UNAIDS
Minister finally gets going with universal health plan
2011-07-14
Business Day
Cape health MEC working on partnership deal to offer dialysis
2011-07-14
Business Day
Two major studies show that HIV drugs prevent infection
2011-07-14
Aidsmap
Viral load monitoring of ART patients linked to lower death rate on treatment in southern Africa
2011-07-14
Aidsmap
More proof that PrEP works
2011-07-14
PlusNews
Survey reveals gaps in HIV programming for MSM
2011-07-14
PlusNews
Cabinet set to approve NHI policy document
2011-07-13
Business Day
UNAIDS and WHO hail new results showing that a once-daily pill for HIV-negative people can prevent them from acquiring HIV
2011-07-13
UNAIDS
World food prices rise sharply in June
2011-07-12
Business Day
Triple ART reduces maternal death, premature and still birth, Mozambique / Malawi study shows
2011-07-12
Aidsmap
Majority Still Lack Access to Safe Water
2011-07-12
Interpress Service
Gilead first to join medicines patent pool
2011-07-12
PlusNews
Primary health care gets 112 new community service doctors
2011-07-12
The New Age
Shape up for NHI, health industry told
2011-07-11
IOL
Call to protect hospitals from strike
2011-07-11
Business Day
Madiba Day launch for health units
2011-07-11
The New Age
First meeting of BRICS health ministers brings new leadership to global health
2011-07-11
UNAIDS
Highly vulnerable transport sector needs effective HIV programmes
2011-07-11
UNAIDS
Health department says review of salt in food is a ‘red herring’
2011-07-08
Business Day
Primary health care given a boost
2011-07-08
Times Live
Hospital gets incubators after deaths
2011-07-07
Health-e News
WHO wants more graphic warnings to cut smoking rates
2011-07-07
Reuters
HIV/AIDS: Debunking the spending backlash
2011-07-07
PlusNews
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launches annual progress report on the Millennium Development Goals
2011-07-07
UNAIDS
NHI details urgently needed
2011-07-06
IOL
Thinking globally to improve mental health
2011-07-06
National Institutes of Health News
Minister takes on 'predatory' system
2011-07-06
The New Age
Health minister moots ‘three levels of care’
2011-07-05
Business Day
Zuma to assess health services
2011-07-05
The Star
Regulate health costs: Motsoaledi
2011-07-04
TimesLive
Risk factors for HIV vary between African cities, need tailored responses
2011-07-04
Aidsmap
ZIMBABWE: Rate of male circumcision speeds up
2011-07-04
PlusNews
Health matters to top agenda for Zuma's Limpopo visit
2011-07-03
Buanews
Rich rewards for five female researchers
2011-07-03
Cape Argus
Eastern Cape sewage works ‘pose health risk’
2011-07-01
Business Day
U.N. Women's Agency Being "Strangled at Birth"
2011-06-30
IPS News
South Africans shirk medical insurance
2011-06-29
Mail & Guardian
Western Cape Department of Health walks away with Top Performing Government Award
2011-06-29
Western Cape Department of Health
Western Cape Health Minister Appoints NGOs on Provincial AIDS Council
2011-06-29
Western Cape Department of Health
NHI to be phased in over 14 years
2011-06-29
IOL
Crucial HIV drug in short supply
2011-06-28
Business Day
Healthcare stalemate ‘risks lives’
2011-06-27
Business Day
Older ARVs associated with premature ageing
2011-06-27
PlusNews
Reproductive services could open door to HIV prevention
2011-06-27
PlusNews
Scant regard for HIV care workers in SADC
2011-06-27
Southern Times
World Heading to Slow Motion Health Crisis
2011-06-27
IPS News
SA healthcare spending declines
2011-06-23
Business Day
Thousands of students test for HIV
2011-06-23
BuaNews
AIDS conspiracy believers less likely to condomise
2011-06-22
PlusNews
Midwives could save 3.6-million lives
2011-06-21
Health-e News
HIV/Aids committee shows serious attitude
2011-06-21
The New Age
Influenza outbreak - NO NEED TO PANIC
2011-06-21
NDOH
Invitation to test for HIV ups test rate among male partners of pregnant women in South Africa
2011-06-21
Aidsmap
New Math in HIV Fight
2011-06-21
Wall Street Journal
Opening doors for dialogue
2011-06-21
IOL
Plug the fraud drain
2011-06-21
TimesLive
New public health approaches aim to reduce the spread of HIV and save lives of men who have sex with men and transgender people
2011-06-21
UNAIDS
Treasury seeks equality in tax for medical bills
2011-06-20
IOL
How does Africa tackle cervical cancer?
2011-06-20
Guardian
Millions still die due to lack of midwives: UN
2011-06-20
Reuters Africa
Face off over condoms at schools
2011-06-20
IOL
A strategic revolution in HIV and global health
2011-06-18
The Lancet
Next steps for Tenofovir gel: CONRAD and TIA sign license agreement
2011-06-17
Eureka Alert
Lessons From AIDS/HIV Advocacy Efforts
2011-06-16
Wall Street Journal
Findings prompt more research into anti-HIV gel
2011-06-15
Business Day
Groundbreaking film joins the fight against HIV/Aids
2011-06-15
Media Update
Local scientists lead study of anti-HIV gel
2011-06-14
TimesLive
Bold new goal for 2020 set at UN AIDS summit
2011-06-13
PlusNews
UNAIDS Priority Area Business Cases
2011-06-13
UNAIDS
Concerns about efficacy, cost and side-effects possible barriers to PrEP uptake in groups with high HIV risk
2011-06-13
Aidsmap
Health facilities due for security upgrade
2011-06-13
IOL
Review of hi-tech procurement in provinces
2011-06-10
Business Day
Promise and peril in ARV-based prevention
2011-06-10
PlusNews
Ban Ki-moon: we must end Aids by 2020
2011-06-09
Guardian
Good news on the PMTCT front
2011-06-09
Health-e News
Fieldwork Co-ordinator - Medical Research Council Vacancy
2011-06-09
Medical Research Council
Project Coodinator - Enhancing State Responsiveness to Gender Based Violence
2011-06-09
Heinrich Boell Stiftung (HBS) and Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre (TLAC)
Advanced Sexualities Studies Course (ASSC)
2011-06-09
International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS) and the Centre for Visual Methodologies, UKZN.
Writing an abstract for a scientific conference - a skills-building workshop.
2011-06-09
Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA)
SOUTH AFRICA: Mother-to-child HIV transmission plummets
2011-06-09
PlusNews
New world report on disability: Breaking down barriers
2011-06-09
UNAIDS
Proactive disease campaign ‘results in cost savings’
2011-06-08
Business Day
SOUTH AFRICA: Top five recent successes in HIV
2011-06-08
PlusNews
Linking Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV Services
2011-06-08
UNFPA
SA 'embraces' eHealth capabilities
2011-06-07
Business Live
SA must treat to prevent HIV
2011-06-07
Health-e News
Cellphone firms ‘can partner in NHI plan’
2011-06-06
Business Day
Govt ready to treat all people with CD4 of 350
2011-06-06
Health-e News
Plans to support microbicide trial
2011-06-06
Health-e News
Fifth Global Partners Forum focuses on care, protection and support for children affected by HIV and AIDS
2011-06-03
UNICEF
UNAIDS Press Release- AIDS at 30: Nations at the crossroads
2011-06-03
UNAIDS
2500 Young people newly infected with HIV every day, according to Opportunity in Crisis
2011-06-01
UNICEF
The state of SA’s children
2011-06-01
Health-e News
MEC not liable for HIV claims
2011-05-31
IOL
Progress made in fighting AIDS: Motsoaledi
2011-05-31
TimesLive
Motsoaledi tables budget
2011-05-31
Health-e News
Tough decisions about money and treatment are ahead as AIDS turns 30
2011-05-30
Washington Post
Ten years of HIV treatment - a look back
2011-05-17
Plus News
Health Systems Trust and the National Lotteries Board join hands to assist in the President's HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign
2011-01-01
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