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2 months ago | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Claire Botha |Elri Voigt |Tiyese Jeranji |Laura Owings
The Ivan Toms Centre for Health building in Green Point, Cape Town. (Photo: Jesse Copelyn/GroundUp/Spotlight) News & Features21st February 2025 | Jesse Copelyn Despite a waiver on life-saving humanitarian aid, USAID funding for crucial medical services remains frozen. Services remain closed as organisations await approval of revised budgets limited to what is allowed under the waiver.
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2 months ago | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Ndivhuwo Rambau |Sibongile Tshabalala |Laura Owings |Tiyese Jeranji
(Photo of Ramaphosa: Ashraf Hendricks. Photo of Trump: Daniel Torok via Wikipedia) Comment & Analysis29th January 2025 | Marcus Low and Nathan Geffen Following US President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend foreign aid, President Cyril Ramaphosa can display great leadership by meeting with leaders of wealthy countries and convincing them to increase spending to support the health systems of poorer countries.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Ufrieda Ho |Amy Green |Elri Voigt |Laura Owings
South Africa’s HIV testing programme has been a huge success over the last decade, largely due to the use of rapid tests. (File photo: Unicef) Comment & Analysis28th November 2024 | Salim S.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Laura Owings |Elri Voigt |Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz |Biénne Huisman
Activists from the Treatment Action Campaign to demand longer ARV refills for people living with HIV. (Photo: @TAC/X) News & Features26th November 2024 | Elri Voigt Whether or not someone living with HIV in South Africa gets a one- or three-months’ supply of antiretrovirals at a time depends partly on the clinic where they happen to go for HIV care.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Tiyese Jeranji |Marcus Low |Elri Voigt |Laura Owings
Of the roughly 490 000 people living with HIV in North West, around 380 000 are on antiretroviral treatment. (File Photo: Stefan Heunis/MSF) News & Features25th July 2024 | Nthusang Lefafa Despite some improvement over the past three years, the North West province continues to experience medicine shortages, according to a survey by a community clinic monitoring initiative. We unpack the latest findings and ask why shortages persist in the province.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Elri Voigt |Sue Segar |Tiyese Jeranji |Laura Owings
TB is the leading cause of death from an infectious disease in South Africa. (Photo: Robina Weermeijer/Unsplash) News & Features17th July 2024 | Tiyese Jeranji Most tuberculosis (TB) tests still require a trip to the clinic. Now, new technology has made it possible to test people at home. This could be a big deal for South Africa, where much TB goes undiagnosed. We unpack the findings and implications of a recent study into such TB home testing.
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May 8, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Marcus Low |Elri Voigt |Laura Owings |Biénne Huisman
Professor Ntobeko Ntusi in front of a painting depicting student protests inside his office at Groote Schuur Hospital - the same office that once housed his mentor, the late Professor Bongani Mayosi. (Photo: Biénne Huisman/Spotlight) News & Features8th May 2024 | Biénne Huisman Professor Ntobeko Ntusi may be softspoken, but he is not afraid to stand by his strongly held views.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Laura Owings |Tiyese Jeranji |Jesse Copelyn |Biénne Huisman
Dr Shaheem de Vries was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Groote Schuur Hospital on 01 February 2024, taking the reins from Dr Bhavna Patel. News & Features25th April 2024 | Biénne Huisman From Antarctica to Haiti, to red zones in Cape Town, Dr Shaheem de Vries is accustomed to getting his hands dirty while saving lives. He tells Spotlight’s Biénne Huisman about the new challenges he faces as CEO of Groote Schuur Hospital.
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Nov 7, 2023 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Refilwe Mochoari |Biénne Huisman |Tiyese Jeranji |Laura Owings
Dr Juli Switala has worked in hospitals around the world, and seen firsthand the challenges of treating kids with TB. PHOTO: Nasief Manie/ Spotlight News & Features7th November 2023 | Biénne Huisman Dr Juli Switala from Pretoria has treated children in Nigeria, helped fatally ill patients during the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, and has delivered babies at Afghanistan’s Khost Maternity Hospital against a backdrop of upheaval and violence.
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Jul 25, 2023 | 
shorturl.at | Thabo Molelekwa |Laura Owings |Elri Voigt |Marcus Low
South Africa’s National Strategic Plan for HIV, TB and STIs (2023 – 2028) was launched at Tlhabane Stadium in Rustenburg, North West as the world commemorated World TB Day on 24 March. PHOTO: Denvor de Wee/Spotlight Comment & Analysis25th July 2023 | Marcus Low Making the case for governments and donors to pump money into the HIV response has become more difficult over the last decade.
