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1 month ago | 
health-e.org.za | Kathryn Cleary |Molefi Sompane |Montsho Matlala |Yoliswa Sobuwa
The abrupt halt of PEPFAR (the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) funding to South Africa threatens the country’s fight against HIV, putting thousands of healthcare workers’ jobs at risk and disrupting treatment for millions of patients. With 7.8 million people living with HIV, South Africa now faces a funding shortfall of around R8 billion that could upend progress made in reducing infections and deaths.
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1 month ago | 
health-e.org.za | Yoliswa Sobuwa |Kathryn Cleary |Molefi Sompane |Montsho Matlala
The Universal Health Care Access Coalition (UHAC), an affiliation of health professionals, founders, and advocacy groups, argues that the government’s focus on pricing alone will not reduce the high cost of private healthcare. The coalition was responding to the government’s announcement last week of measures being adopted to implement recommendations made by the Health Market Inquiry to address the high prices in the sector.
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1 month ago | 
health-e.org.za | Molefi Sompane |Kathryn Cleary |Montsho Matlala |Yoliswa Sobuwa
Tensions are high in Parys in the Free State, where frustrated residents of Tumahole township have shut the town down in a protest for clean running water, which residents say they haven’t had in eight months. According to community member Tshepo Naale, the problems in Parys started in June of 2022 and continued into 2023 when the first shutdown happened.
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1 month ago | 
health-e.org.za | Montsho Matlala |Kathryn Cleary |Yoliswa Sobuwa
The family of 16-year-old Katlego Ledwaba and members of his local football club at Mogoto village in Zebediela, Limpopo are blaming nurses at Mogoto clinic for his recent untimely death. On the afternoon of February 12, the teenager complained of shortness of breath during practice with his teammates in the Zebediela Black Pirates football club at their grounds. At around five pm, he collapsed and lost consciousness, according to fellow players and the family.
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1 month ago | 
health-e.org.za | Kathryn Cleary |Ina Skosana |Yoliswa Sobuwa
Public health experts and activists warn the sudden cut of US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will strain an already overburdened public health system, with potential long-term consequences for HIV and tuberculosis (TB) response efforts.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Siyabonga Kamnqa |Ufrieda Ho |Chris Bateman |Kathryn Cleary
Understaffing of pharmacists partly contributes to medicine stockouts. (Photo: Patrick Tomasso/Unsplash) News & Features22nd November 2024 | Chris Bateman It’s acknowledged in key policy documents, well known at the coalface and much ventilated in the media: South Africa’s public healthcare system has too few healthcare workers, especially medical doctors, certain specialists, and theatre nurses. Less recognised however is the shortage of public sector pharmacists.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Jesse Copelyn |Elri Voigt |Kathryn Cleary |Tiyese Jeranji
Tuberculosis is linked to a higher likelihood of negative pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth. (Photo: Shvets/Pexels) News & Features29th October 2024 | Tiyese Jeranji Pregnant women are typically excluded from clinical trials of new TB medicines. This has led to a lack of solid scientific evidence on how best to treat women who fall ill with TB while they are expecting.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Tiyese Jeranji |Kathryn Cleary |Marcus Low |Nathan Geffen
The only effective treatment for severe snakebite envenomation from a potentially deadly snake is antivenom. (Picture: Johan Marais, African Snakebite Institute) News & Features26th August 2024 | Jesse Copelyn In recent years, shortages of snake antivenom have plagued South Africa and much of the globe. Even when antivenom is available, potentially serious side effects often limit its use.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Luvuyo Mehlwana |Tiyese Jeranji |Elri Voigt |Kathryn Cleary
Newly appointed MEC for Health Dieketseng Mashego. (Photo: Limpopo Department of Health) News & Features15th July 2024 | Ufrieda Ho The deployment of the relatively unknown Dieketseng Mashego as Limpopo’s new MEC for health has raised eyebrows. Ufrieda Ho rounds up some responses to her appointment. Limpopo’s health MEC Dieketseng Mashego has clocked up her first 30 days in office.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Thabo Molelekwa |Alicestine October |Luvuyo Mehlwana |Kathryn Cleary
Heroin use has ballooned over recent years in South Africa. (Rebcentre/Pixabay) News & Features17th April 2024 | Jesse Copelyn Various sources of data show that heroin use has increased markedly in South Africa. In this in-depth story, Jesse Copelyn analyses the drivers of the crisis, the policies that could help curb it, and those that could make it even worse.
