Marlene le Roux: “I’m a disabled woman, look me in the eye”

High-octane executive force Marlene le Roux tells Biénne Huisman about contracting polio when she was three months old, about not dimming her light, and renovations that made the Artscape Theatre Cent...

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What the Public Protector's food safety investigation reveals about Gauteng’s public health early warning system

From inspecting spaza shops to monitoring water quality, Environmental Health Practitioners help prevent disease before outbreaks occur. A Public Protector investigation reveals why Gauteng municipali...

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Closing the gap is not enough for children born with cleft lip or cleft palate

Every three minutes, a child with a cleft lip or cleft palate is born somewhere in the world. While surgery can repair this, Kholofelo Mphahlele argues that the real measure of success is a culminatio...

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Dr Hermann Reuter says the biggest battle after HIV in SA is addiction - and it is being ignored

Dr Hermann Reuter did pioneering work treating HIV in the early 2000s in Cape Town and in the rural Eastern Cape. Today, his focus is substance abuse, which he believes is the country’s biggest health...

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Dr Hermann Reuter says the biggest battle after HIV in SA is addiction - and it is being ignored

Dr Hermann Reuter did pioneering work treating HIV in the early 2000s in Cape Town and in the rural Eastern Cape. Today, his focus is substance abuse, which he believes is the country’s biggest health...

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When medicines are made outside the factory: Why pharmacovigilance matters more than ever

A high-profile court case has thrust the legalities of compounding medicines in South Africa into the spotlight. Behind the immediate legal issues, hide a series of unresolved questions about how we s...

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Reforming prescribed minimum benefits is the first step to affordable medical cover

With plans in motion to roll out universal health coverage in South Africa, Dr Katlego Mothudi, of the Board of Healthcare Funders, argues that revising the compulsory prescribed minimum benefits that...

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Reforming prescribed minimum benefits is the first step to affordable medical cover

With plans in motion to roll out universal health coverage in South Africa, Dr Katlego Mothudi, of the Board of Healthcare Funders, argues that revising the compulsory prescribed minimum benefits that...

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AIDS 2026: Some pieces falling into place for monthly HIV prevention pill, but key data not yet in

If an HIV prevention pill that provides a month of protection at a time performs well in two ongoing clinical trials, it could become the next big thing in HIV prevention after the lenacapavir injecti...

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People with HIV are living longer but have fewer years of good health, new guidelines aim to change that

South Africa has an ageing population of people living with HIV. For the first time a set of clinical guidelines maps out a framework to help keep this group of people healthier for longer, reports El...

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People with HIV are living longer but have fewer years of good health, new guidelines aim to change that

South Africa has an ageing population of people living with HIV. For the first time a set of clinical guidelines maps out a framework to help keep this group of people healthier for longer, reports El...

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AIDS 2026: Some pieces falling into place for monthly HIV prevention pill, but key data not yet in

If an HIV prevention pill that provides a month of protection at a time performs well in two ongoing clinical trials, it could become the next big thing in HIV prevention after the lenacapavir injecti...

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Positive interim findings on new once-weekly HIV treatment pill

A new antiretroviral combination pill that is taken only once a week appears to work as well as daily pills at treating HIV. This is according to interim study findings...

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Positive interim findings on new once-weekly HIV treatment pill

A new antiretroviral combination pill that is taken only once a week appears to work as well as daily pills at treating HIV. This is according to interim study findings to be presented next week at th...

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Positive interim findings on new once-weekly HIV treatment pill

A new antiretroviral combination pill that is taken only once a week appears to work as well as daily pills at treating HIV. This is according to interim study findings...

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When medicines are made outside the factory: Why pharmacovigilance matters more than ever

A high-profile court case has thrust the legalities of compounding medicines in South Africa into the spotlight. Behind the immediate legal issues, hide a series of unresolved questions about how we s...

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“At the clinic … you can feel them staring” – How specialised services are helping...

An NGO offers safe, private HIV services to Men who Have Sex with Men and transgender people in George. Sue Segar met with some of the people using these services,...

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Faith Muthambi | Provinces owe the NHLS billions, patients could pay the price. It's time to crack the whip

Provincial debt to the National Health Laboratory Service is not just a financial governance matter, but also a public healthcare service delivery risk that affects diagnoses, treatment, disease surve...

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"My kids will never struggle like I did” – how one doctor’s vision opened doors for hundreds of rural healthcare workers

Dr Andrew Ross’s idea of sponsoring rural students to study for careers in healthcare has succeeded beyond his dreams. Sue Segar sat down with him and chatted to the four students who bagged the initi...

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From test tubes to treatment: Two TB researchers on getting the ancient disease themselves

Being a researcher who studies tuberculosis in the lab is one thing, having the TB bug in your lungs is quite another. Elri Voigt sat down with two of a relatively small number of people who have expe...

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A guide to South Africa's 12 childhood vaccines

There are 12 childhood vaccines in wide use in South Africa. This guide unpacks what you need to know about each of them.

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A guide to South Africa's 12 childhood vaccines

There are 12 childhood vaccines in wide use in South Africa. This guide unpacks what you need to know about each of them.

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