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Spotlight is an online platform that focuses on South Africa's efforts in tackling TB and HIV, along with the current status of our healthcare systems and the individuals who rely on and support them. Occasionally, we release special print versions of Spotlight when there is a need and when funding permits. Additionally, we are working on a podcast, which is currently in its early stages.

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Why some babies in South Africa are still getting HIV

1 month ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz

Despite an incredible reduction in the number of babies who acquire HIV from their mothers, many are still getting infected in this way. (Photo: Ryan Graybill/Unsplash) News & Features14th May 2025 | Elna Schütz Over the last two decades, South Africa made massive progress in reducing transmission of HIV from mothers to their babies. Even so, about 7 000 babies still contract the virus every year.
Gauteng state doctors gear up for a fight with health department over proposed changes to overtime payments

1 month ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Ufrieda Ho

Many state doctors work far beyond their contracted hours due to emergencies, understaffing, and other factors. (Photo: Mulyardi/Unsplash) News & Features8th May 2025 | Ufrieda Ho Trade unions, medical associations and universities are raising the alarm that Gauteng budget cuts at the cost of doctors’ take-home pay will have dire consequences for public sector health.
Large numbers of TB survivors in SA struggling with lung damage, experts say

1 month ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Chris Bateman

While tuberculosis is curable, recovery doesn't necessarily mean the lungs return to their original, pre-illness condition. (Photo: Robina Weermeijer/Unsplash) News & Features5th May 2025 | Chris Bateman There are over three million people alive in South Africa who have been cured of TB. But even after being cured, many continue to suffer the long-term after-effects of the disease.
Cape Town study brings hope to newborns left behind in HIV treatment advances

1 month ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Biénne Huisman

Professor Adrie Bekker explains the findings of a study on two novel formulations for the administration of dolutegravir in babies born to mothers living with HIV. (Photo: Biénne Huisman/Spotlight) News & Features30th April 2025 | Biénne Huisman Research led by Professor Adrie Bekker is paving the way for an important HIV medicine to be made available to neonates in a way that is both safe and much more convenient than previous options.
How an SAMRC study found that HIV deaths in SA may be massively undercounted

2 months ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Chris Bateman

A new study suggests that oft quoted data on what people died of is not showing the full picture. (Image: Anna Shvets/Pexels) News & Features24th April 2025 | Chris Bateman It is widely acknowledged among health and demographic experts that relying solely on what is written on death certificates does not paint an accurate picture of what people in South Africa are actually dying of.
New research challenges thinking on the places where TB is transmitted

2 months ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Biénne Huisman

Recent data indicates that casual interactions in social places contribute significantly to the spread of TB. (Photo: Tumisu/Pixabay) News & Features7th April 2025 | Biénne Huisman For centuries, it was believed that tuberculosis spread primarily when a vulnerable person spends hours in a poorly ventilated space with someone infectious. But new findings suggest that much TB transmission also occurs through casual contact.
SA has world class medical researchers - they can and should be bailed out

2 months ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Marcus Low |Nathan Geffen

Medical research as we know it in South Africa is facing an existential threat. (Image: BulentYILDIZ/Pixabay) Comment & Analysis3rd April 2025 | Marcus Low and Nathan Geffen The sudden and severe US cuts to grants from the world’s largest health research funder threaten to unravel the medical research landscape in South Africa. A crucial question now is whether the government will turn this crisis into an opportunity for renewal.
Inside government’s confused response to the US funding crisis

2 months ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Catherine Tomlinson |Siyabonga Kamnqa |Elri Voigt |Biénne Huisman

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. (Photo: Kopano Tlape/GCIS) News & Features17th April 2025 | Jesse Copelyn In late-January, the US suspended billions of dollars worth of international aid, including for HIV-related programmes in South Africa. The South African government could have responded by triggering an emergency funding mechanism but has failed to do so yet.
Inside the SAMRC’s race to rescue health research in SA

2 months ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Amy Green |Tiyese Jeranji |Marcus Low |Yogan Pillay

Health research in South Africa is facing an unprecedented crisis due to the ongoing termination of funding from the United States government. (Photo: CDC/Unsplash) News & Features15th April 2025 | Catherine Tomlinson Health research in South Africa has been plunged into crisis with the abrupt termination of several large research grants from the US, with more grant terminations expected in the coming days and weeks.
8 million people living with HIV in SA, according to latest estimates

2 months ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Tiyese Jeranji |Nthusang Lefafa |Marcus Low |Francois Venter

Around 12.8% of South Africa's population is living with HIV. (Photo: Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Pexels) News & Features31st March 2025 | Marcus Low The number of people living with HIV in South Africa has for the first time reached the eight million mark. Of these, around 6.2 million are on treatment, according to new estimates. The number of people living with HIV in South Africa continues to rise, surpassing eight million in 2024.