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HIV/AIDS

HIV funding still falls short of targets after pledges: what’s at stake

Melanie Bisnauth 5 Jan 2026

Promptathons: Catalysing AI Adoption and Innovation in the Enterprise

Education

Promptathons: Catalysing AI Adoption and Innovation in the Enterprise

Issued by Shaper 8 Jul 2025

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Noncommunicable diseases

Experts call for mandatory warning labels to combat South Africa's childhood obesity

8 Sep 2025

Source: Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital CEO, Anita Parbhoo, is the 2024 recipient of the Jakes Gerwel Award in Public Health. Photo supplied by Jeffrey Abrahams.

Healthcare

Anita Parbhoo wins Jakes Gerwel Award

30 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Prof Lucy Gilson, the head of UCT’s Health Policy and Systems Division, was co-awarded the prestigious Virchow Prize in Germany.

Healthcare

UCT academic scoops prestigious global health award

30 Jul 2024

Farm workers and their children are exposed to pesticides that have been banned in Europe. These pesticides remain in the environment, and studies have found them all year round in three river catchments in the Western Cape. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round

Steve Kretzmann 12 Jun 2024

Marketing

The 60-plus consumer: South Africa's untapped market opportunity

25 Jan 2024

Noncommunicable diseases

Diabetes is South Africa's second biggest killer disease: hiking the sugar tax would help

6 Nov 2023

Source: Advin Healthcare.

Healthcare

Tuberculosis risk skyrockets in global prisoners

30 Jun 2023

How to make healthy eating choices easier

Nutrition

How to make healthy eating choices easier

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 5 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. Professor Refiloe Masekela, head of UKZN’s Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Covid-19

Children in sub-Saharan Africa dying of Covid-19 at a higher rate than others

20 Jan 2022

Air quality an important differentiator for commercial property in 2022

Facilities & Property Management

Air quality an important differentiator for commercial property in 2022

Issued by SFI Group 8 Dec 2021

Source: ©dolgachov

Women's Health

Women in healthcare still face barriers to advancement

8 Nov 2021

COP26: How the world will measure progress on the Paris climate agreement and keep countries accountable

Climate Change

COP26: How the world will measure progress on the Paris climate agreement and keep countries accountable

Steven Lam, Sherilee Harper and Warren Dodd 2 Sep 2021

Source: ©tashatuvango

Public Health

Exploring the important lessons about global cooperation in public health

Wafaie Fawzi, Tang Kun & Alex Taylor 22 Jul 2021

#WorldTBDay2021: Adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV at increased risk

Tuberculosis

#WorldTBDay2021: Adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV at increased risk

24 Mar 2021

Cohsasa elects new leaders

Public Health

Cohsasa elects new leaders

Issued by COHSASA 10 Mar 2021

Medical staff check each others protective suits. Photo by SUMY SADURNI/AFP via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

Ebola strikes West Africa again: key questions and lessons from the past

Mosoka Fallah 19 Feb 2021

Unsung recycling heroes, waste reclaimers feel lockdown pinch

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Unsung recycling heroes, waste reclaimers feel lockdown pinch

Mologadi Makwela 9 Dec 2020

Medical Research

South Africa is testing digital technology to detect outbreaks of respiratory diseases

Cheryl Cohen & Sibongile Walaza 5 Nov 2020

The increasingly well-coordinated global anti-vaccine movement has repurposed itself to challenge the very reality of COVID-19. Hasan Esen/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Covid-19

Covid-19: A global survey shows worrying signs of vaccine hesitancy

Scott C Ratzan, Agnes Binagwaho, Heidi Larson, Jeffrey V Lazarus, Kenneth Rabin & Lawrence O Gostin 29 Oct 2020

Professor Christian Happi, director of the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, displays one of the most advanced automated acid extractors being used in the laboratory. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Nigeria needs innovation and science investment to help control Covid-19

Christian Happi & Ifeyinwa Aniebo 28 Oct 2020

Mary-Ann Davies

Covid-19

TB, HIV less likely to cause Covid-19 death than other comorbidities

Nicci Botha 10 Jun 2020

Workers from Kinross Gold Mine, South Africa. Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images

Mining

Health and safety in the spotlight as South Africa's miners go back to work

Nancy Coulson & Nicola Christofides 7 May 2020

Commuters jam a Toronto subway platform. Widespread adoption of habits that help prevent infection may boost behavioural herd immunity.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

Infectious Diseases

Coronavirus: How behaviour can help control the spread of COVID-19

Peter Hall 27 Feb 2020

Preventing TB: a big drug price cut paves the way for global scale-up

Tuberculosis

Preventing TB: a big drug price cut paves the way for global scale-up

Gavin Churchyard 14 Jan 2020

Mobile instant messaging platforms are used by many health professionals to share information and professional experiences. Shutterstock

Public Health

How WhatsApp groups support Nigeria's nurse graduates

Ademola Johnson Ajuwon & Christoph Pimmer 14 Nov 2019

Corporations misused evidence to manipulate health policy. Shutterstock

Public Health

How business misrepresented evidence: the South African sugar tax story

Gary Fooks, Gary Sacks, Graham Box & Simon Williams 1 Nov 2019

Foremost health quality and safety conference for Cape Town

Public Health

Foremost health quality and safety conference for Cape Town

Issued by COHSASA 17 Oct 2019

Medical Research

Quarter century study on ageing in South Africa offers new perspectives

Kathleen Kahn & Stephen Tollman 17 Oct 2019

High-income country trainees and experts must learn to listen and be humble. Shutterstock

Public Health

Global health still mimics colonial ways: here's how to break the pattern

Madhukar Pai 19 Aug 2019

Natalie Zimmelman

Public Health

South Africa's healthcare system lacks real data

9 Jul 2019

Professor Valerie Mizrahi. Photo: Robyn Walker/UCT

Tuberculosis

UCT scientist uses award to fund TB research

10 Jun 2019

We tested baby food sugar levels in South Africa. This is what we found

FMCG

We tested baby food sugar levels in South Africa. This is what we found

Karen Hofman and Nicola Christofides 30 May 2019

Can vaccines help fight the rise of drug-resistant microbes?

Public Health

Can vaccines help fight the rise of drug-resistant microbes?

Chris Sweeney 10 Apr 2019

Antimalarial drugs on bed nets could lead to drop in malaria transmission

Malaria

Antimalarial drugs on bed nets could lead to drop in malaria transmission

12 Mar 2019

Poorer South Africans are bombarded with fast food. Shutterstock

Nutrition

Local solutions can boost healthier food choices in South Africa

Karen Hofman & Safura Abdool Karim 11 Mar 2019

Nearly half of childhood cancers worldwide are undiagnosed

Paediatrics

Nearly half of childhood cancers worldwide are undiagnosed

28 Feb 2019

Global evidence suggests that alcohol advertisements increase adolescents’ favourable attitudes towards drinking. Shutterstock

Public Health

How easy access to alcohol, and adverts, affect women in South Africa

Leslie London & Neo Morojele 30 Jan 2019

Radical transformations likely needed to achieve universal healthcare

Public Health

Radical transformations likely needed to achieve universal healthcare

28 Dec 2018

Widespread, occasional use of antibiotics in US linked with resistance

Public Health

Widespread, occasional use of antibiotics in US linked with resistance

19 Dec 2018

Will NHI be just another state-owned enterprise?

NHI

Will NHI be just another state-owned enterprise?

Melody Emmett 25 Oct 2018

Increasing cholesterol medication adherence with financial incentives may be cost-effective

Noncommunicable diseases

Increasing cholesterol medication adherence with financial incentives may be cost-effective

16 Oct 2018

Oncology

Low-dose aspirin may lower ovarian cancer risk

12 Oct 2018

Radical transformation needed to achieve UHC

NHI

Radical transformation needed to achieve UHC

27 Aug 2018

How the lack of affordable vegetables is creating a billion-dollar obesity epidemic in South Africa

Food Security

How the lack of affordable vegetables is creating a billion-dollar obesity epidemic in South Africa

16 Aug 2018

When disaster strikes

Emergency Medicine

When disaster strikes

Karen Feldscher 8 Aug 2018

NCDs are the biggest killer in poorer countries

Medical Research

NCDs are the biggest killer in poorer countries

27 Jul 2018

Viral suppression helps lower risk for many types of cancer, study finds

Oncology

Viral suppression helps lower risk for many types of cancer, study finds

Elisabeth Reitman 25 Jun 2018

A woman with her treatment regime for extensively drug-resistant TB in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. MSF

Tuberculosis

The remarkable story of hope: how attitudes to drug-resistant TB changed

Eric Goemaere 31 May 2018