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2 months ago | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Salomé Meyer |Mark Heywood
Last week, another World Cancer Day came and went. It is globally commemorated each year on 4 February. This year the Union for International Cancer Control, a global organisation with more than 1,000 members in 170 countries, launched its advocacy campaign, United by Unique, to focus on people-centred care. This theme resonates with the priorities of South Africa’s Cancer Alliance, as our focus is on promoting equitable and timely diagnosis and care of cancer for all. Don't want to see this?
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Biénne Huisman |Amy Green |Khanyisa Mapipa |Salomé Meyer
Lenacapavir is in a relatively new class of antiretroviral medicines which interferes with the protein shell that protects HIV’s genetic material and the enzymes it needs for viral replication. (Photo: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay) News & Features1st July 2024 | Thabo Molelekwa and Marcus Low An HIV prevention injection that provides six months of protection per shot has been shown to be highly effective in a pivotal trial largely conducted in South Africa.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Khanyisa Mapipa |Salomé Meyer |Marcus Low |Amy Green
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana tables his 2024 Budget during a joint seating of the National Assembly in the Cape Town City Hall.
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Aug 1, 2023 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Salomé Meyer |Biénne Huisman |Julia Chaskalson |Mbali Baduza
The Gauteng health department announced that healthcare workers will now be trained to handle patients who become violent.
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Adele Baleta |Khanyisa Mapipa |Salomé Meyer |Alicestine October
Professor Ryan Blumenthal, a senior specialist forensic pathologist at the University of Pretoria was one of the speakers at a recently held Forensic DNA Symposium in Cape Town. PHOTO: Elmi le Roux/Walla Films News & Features5th July 2023 | Sue Segar Warning: This article contains references to suicide and graphic descriptions of dead bodies that some readers may find upsetting.
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Mar 23, 2023 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Khanyisa Mapipa |Salomé Meyer |Mbalenhle Baduza |Refilwe Mochoari
In 2021, TB accounted for 56 000 deaths in the country. The disease remains the leading cause of death in South Africa. PHOTO: GCIS Comment & Analysis23rd March 2023 | Wieda Human, Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, Janet Giddy, Ingrid Schoeman and Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death in South Africa. In 2021, TB accounted for 56 000 deaths and 304 000 people got sick with TB in the country.
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Mar 14, 2023 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Khanyisa Mapipa |Salomé Meyer
SPOTLIGHT OP ED On 8 March, the Gauteng MEC for Finance, Jacob Mamabolo, delivered his budget speech in which he said that R784m had been set aside for the provincial health department to ‘address backlogs in surgical and radiation oncology services’ in Gauteng. In a statement, we at SECTION27 welcomed this news and commended the Gauteng Treasury for the work and efforts towards making these funds available.
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Mar 13, 2023 | 
allafrica.com | Khanyisa Mapipa |Salomé Meyer
On 8 March 2023, the Gauteng MEC for Finance Jacob Mamabolo delivered his budget speech in which he indicated that an amount of R784 million has been set aside for the provincial health department to "address backlogs in surgical and radiation oncology services" in Gauteng. In a statement, we at SECTION27 welcomed this news and commended the Gauteng Treasury for the work and efforts towards making these funds available.
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Mar 10, 2023 | 
news24.com | Khanyisa Mapipa |Salomé Meyer
VOICESOn 8 March 2023, the Gauteng MEC for Finance Jacob Mamabolo delivered his budget speech in which he indicated that an amount of R784 million has been set aside for the provincial health department to “address backlogs in surgical and radiation oncology services” in Gauteng. In a statement, we at SECTION27 welcomed this news and commended the Gauteng Treasury for the work and efforts towards making these funds available.
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Feb 10, 2023 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Catherine Tomlinson |Salomé Meyer |Thabo Molelekwa |Alicestine October
Meaningful comprehensive sex education is an important lever in ensuring girls and young women are fully empowered to exercise their sexual and reproductive health rights. IMAGE: Marco Verch Comment & Analysis10th February 2023 | Julia Chaskalson Young people, especially young women, account for a huge chunk of the nearly 200 000 new HIV infections in South Africa every year. Preventing HIV infections in this group is thus an obvious priority.
