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What’s driving anti-immigrant healthcare blockades? Sharon Ekambaram from Lawyers for Human Rights says it's everything from ...

Twenty-five years ago, South Africans battled for ARVs to keep people alive. Now the focus has shifted to medicines that can prevent HIV altogether. Health Beat looks at Aids at 44 — and how the story ...

The South African government says it could fill the potential gap in the number of doses it will need of the twice-yearly HIV ...

In today’s newsletter, Tanya Pampalone tells us why we need our educators to better understand how to work with disabilities. Sign up for our newsletter today.

On a recent day, Indira Govender, a doctor in a rural community in northern KwaZulu-Natal, was busy with her weekly session at the local clinic when she witnessed three people breaking down mentally.

The signing of the National Health Insurance Bill on Wednesday doesn’t necessarily guarantee that it will become law, especially if the ANC loses power. A law expert says a new government may decide ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan explains how Sahpra registered LEN within 65 days, how it works and how it will get distributed. Sign up for our newsletter today. South Africa has become the first ...

Although taxpayer money now funds the bulk of South Africa’s HIV programme, getting to the point where we have the largest HIV treatment programme in the world, would not have been possible without ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan asks who in SA should get LEN first. Sign up for our newsletter today. One in ten clinics in South Africa — across 22 health districts in six provinces — could start ...