US funding cut for HIV and TB research spells global health disaster, experts have warned

In December, the Global Fund and the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief committed to funding the roll-out of lenacapavir in countries they support

The NHI Act says funding healthcare for all should come from tax but economic growth is in a vice and many people are without jobs

The city’s car-free day is going into its ninth year, far outlasting most initiatives like it around the world, including in South Africa

Until recently, the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief funded nonprofits in South Africa to help provincial health departments test people for HIV and put them on treatment

About 60 000 South Africans die in a year from diseases that are not caused by tuberculosis or HIV before they turn 70, and about a fifth of these are from diabetes

In sub-Saharan Africa, patients face a ‘wild west’ where treatments for snake bites cost the Earth or don’t work

A federal judge has enforced a temporary restraining order blocking Donald Trump from freezing federal grants

Such programmes still qualify for a limited waiver, which will expire towards the end of April, but only for approved activities

In his 2025 State of the Nation address the president promised improved healthcare access and infrastructure

Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer and a leading cause of death among South African women

‘Nnomakhayas’ understand a community’s values, practices and problems, as well as modern medicine, making them effective carers

However, restrictive policies, stigma, discrimination and financial hardship can stand in the way of girls continuing their education