Health
US aid cuts undermine HIV prevention in South Africa, report finds
US funding cuts to South Africa have dismantled HIV prevention programmes just as they are needed to support the rollout of the new prevention...
Ghana’s digital health boom: Apps bridge healthcare gap
In Ghana, a growing number of people are turning to their smartphones to access medical care, as digital health platforms and telemedicine services rapidly...
SAHRC gives deadline to Eastern Cape Health
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has given the Eastern Cape Health Department 14 days to submit detailed responses to 27 complaints communities...
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...
You can’t buy your way out of a broken health system
Many South Africans live carefully curated lives. Private schools. Medical aid. Gated estates. Armed response. If the public system fails, the thinking goes, we...
Students build an AI-enabled early pregnancy warning risks prototype system
When the Stars of Innovation, the US-Kenya AI Challenge, announced its finalists, for a breathless second, the room stopped being a conference hall and...
Eastern Cape welcomes 38 New Year’s Day babies by 10am
The Eastern Cape ushered in the New Year with both new life and renewed hope, as 38 babies were born across the province by...
Rise in teen pregnancy a ‘national crisis’, says Aaron Motsoaledi on...
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has issued a stark warning, describing the relentless rise in teenage pregnancies as a critical issue demanding urgent national...
Bumper Christmas for SA with over 1600 babies born on the...
This Christmas, the most precious gifts didn't come wrapped under a tree—they arrived in delivery rooms across the nation.
In a cheerful surge of new...
Ending period poverty through inclusive conversations
In South Africa, a silent crisis forces one in three girls to miss up to a week of school each month. The cause of...
