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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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Inside government’s confused response to the US funding crisis

1 week 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.
8 million people living with HIV in SA, according to latest estimates

3 weeks 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.
SA unveils ambitious new HIV campaign amid aid crisis

1 month ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Biénne Huisman |Umunyana Rugege |Tiyese Jeranji |Chris Bateman

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) News & Features6th March 2025 | Ufrieda Ho Amid major disruptions caused by aid cuts from the United States government, the health department aims to enrol a record number – an additional 1.1 million – of people living with HIV on life-saving antiretroviral medicine this year.
Francois Venter | Our HIV response will collapse without US funding - unless we act urgently

1 month ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Marcus Low |Tiyese Jeranji |Biénne Huisman |Francois Venter

Professor Francois Venter is one of the foremost HIV research scientists in South Africa and hails from the Ezintsha Research Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand. (Photo: Supplied) Comment & Analysis4th March 2025 | Francois Venter South Africa faces its worst health crisis in 20 years. Worse than COVID, and one that will overshadow diabetes as a major killer, while pouring petrol on a dwindling TB fire.
USAID funding cuts end vital HIV programme for orphans

1 month ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz |Biénne Huisman |Nthusang Lefafa |Elri Voigt

The Networking HIV and AIDS Community of Southern Africa which relied on USAID money to fund one of their projects. (Supplied: NACOSA/Anotherlove Productions) News & Features3rd March 2025 | Jesse Copelyn South Africa’s public health system is in turmoil after the widespread cancellation of USAID funding agreements. Among others, a USAID-funded project that helped to keep orphaned children on their HIV medication was forced to close.
Research hub aims to decode health challenges facing ‘people of the dew’

1 month ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Nthusang Lefafa |Tiyese Jeranji |Catherine Tomlinson |Ufrieda Ho

Findings from the BAMMISHO project will inform strategies to address the challenges of mining and migration, fostering sustainable solutions for communities to thrive. (File photo: SAPRIN) News & Features27th February 2025 | Nthusang Lefafa A new health research hub brings hope of improving health services in the Rustenburg Valley in the North West Province.
In-depth | Will the latest private health reforms bring down prices?

1 month ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Luvuyo Mehlwana |Ufrieda Ho |Biénne Huisman |Elri Voigt

The government took its first steps towards the implementation of the recommendation of Health Market Inquiry into the private healthcare sector. (Photo: Bild von Tung Lam/Pixabay) News & Features26th February 2025 | Chris Bateman Medical aid schemes will be given collective power to negotiate prices, according to draft regulations published last week.
It is a time for solutions, says Prof Tulio de Oliveira in face of US funding cuts

1 month ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Tiyese Jeranji |Ektaa Deochand |Mbalenhle Baduza |Luvuyo Mehlwana

Professor Tulio de Oliveira. (Photo: Supplied) News & Features24th February 2025 | Biénne Huisman Cuts to United States spending on aid and medical research have caused widespread havoc and anxiety in the last month. Professor Tulio de Oliveira sat down with Spotlight’s Biénne Huisman to talk through what it might mean for health research in South Africa.
US funding remains frozen for many life-saving services

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.
#InsideTheBox with Dr Andy Gray | Essential medicines - essential to whom?

2 months ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Catherine Tomlinson |Marcus Low |Tiyese Jeranji |Andy Gray

#InsideTheBox is a column by Dr Andy Gray, a pharmaceutical sciences expert at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Pharmaceutical Policy and Evidence Based Practice.