How to decode Big Tobacco’s illicit trade fiction
On the front lines of the Tobacco Bill battle, the first salvo of the year was launched. British American Tobacco South Africa (Batsa) announced in January that... Read more.
Obesity: the chronic disease that isn’t treated like one
A study about weight loss medications that was published in the British Medical Journal in January didn’t seem like good news. Oxford researchers looked at 37... Read more.
The anti-HIV jab Buhle trusts – and 456 000 South Africans can soon get for free
For the past three years, Buhle Sikade (22) has been using an injection—called lenacapavir (LEN)—that gives her almost foolproof protection against getting... Read more.
Hitch in SA’s plan to dispense six-monthly HIV prevention jabs by 2027
The South African government is adamant that it could fill the potential gap in the number of doses it will need of the twice-yearly HIV prevention jab to end Aids... Read more.
Six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February 2026
One in 10 clinics in South Africa — across 22 health districts in six provinces — could start to hand out a twice-a-year anti-HIV jab as early as February if... Read more.
