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Oct 30, 2024 | spotlightnsp.co.za | Elri Voigt |Tiyese Jeranji |Sean MacDonell |Biénne Huisman

TB is caused by a rod-shaped bacterium - mycobacterium tuberculosis - that mainly invades the lungs but can also spread to other parts of the body. (Photo: Silvio Ross/Pixabay) News & Features30th October 2024 | Marcus Low An estimated 56 000 people in South Africa and 1.25 million around the world died of TB in 2023, according to just-published figures from the WHO. This means that in 2023 TB overtook COVID-19 as the top infectious disease killer on the planet.

Aug 28, 2024 | spotlightnsp.co.za | Tiyese Jeranji |Biénne Huisman |Khanyisa Mapipa |Sean MacDonell

Sister Leonie Weyers says staff at the Saartjie Baartman centre try to find moments to laugh often. (Photo: Nasief Manie/Spotlight) News & Features28th August 2024 | Biénne Huisman The only full-time nurse at the Saartjie Baartman Centre, Sister Leonie Weyers, is not only a caregiver to her patients but also helps them to “feel beautiful” again. Biénne Huisman spent time with her at the shelter situated on gang-war turf in Manenberg.

Jun 19, 2024 | spotlightnsp.co.za | Catherine Tomlinson |Elri Voigt |Sean MacDonell |Marcus Low

Former health minister Aaron Motsoaledi vaccinates a pupil at a school in Mangaung during the launch of the human papilloma virus vaccine drive in 2014. (Photo: GCIS) News & Features19th June 2024 | Catherine Tomlinson A decade into South Africa’s HPV vaccination programme, the health department is switching from a two-dose to a single dose vaccine regimen and girls in private schools are set to start receiving government subsidised jabs.

Apr 11, 2024 | spotlightnsp.co.za | Elri Voigt |Amy Green |Sean MacDonell |Marcus Low

Epidemiologist Alex de Voux speaks to Spotlight in a quiet corner of the Colorado Convention Centre where she presented research on congenital syphilis at CROI. (Photo: Biénne Huisman/Spotlight) News & Features11th April 2024 | Biénne Huisman Developing tools to empower people to take their health into their own hands inspires epidemiologist Alex de Voux. Biénne Huisman recently caught up with her.