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A substantial proportion of people may refuse or delay taking a Covid-19 vaccine. Shutterstock

Public Health

Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link

Steven Lloyd Wilson & Charles Shey Wiysonge 4 Dec 2020

People relying on HIV prevention, care and treatment services have become even more vulnerable because of COVID-19. Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images

HIV/AIDS

Why it's important to keep diagnosing and treating HIV during the Covid-19 pandemic

Kathryn L Hopkins & Glenda Gray 30 Nov 2020

Noncommunicable diseases

Diabetes is a ticking time bomb in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chinwe Juliana Iwu-Jaja, Andre Pascal Kengne & Charles Shey Wiysonge 13 Nov 2020

UKZN’s Emeritus Professor Anna Coutsoudis

HIV/AIDS

SA study recommends changes to PMTCT guidelines

10 Nov 2020

The polio eradication programme in Africa directly combated a severe debilitating disease. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

How ending polio in Africa has had positive spinoffs for public health

Charles Shey Wiysonge 4 Nov 2020

Road safety campaign commits to ensuring the safety of children

Logistics & Transport

Road safety campaign commits to ensuring the safety of children

9 Oct 2020

Covid-19

Experts dissect SA's Covid-19 response

14 Sep 2020

Logistics & Transport

Four more airports to operate under level 2

26 Aug 2020

Treasury grants 90-days deferral of excise tax due on alcoholic beverages

FMCG

Treasury grants 90-days deferral of excise tax due on alcoholic beverages

4 Aug 2020

People exercising in Ellis Park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dino Lloyd/Gallo Images via Getty Images

NHI

South Africans must be healthier for universal healthcare to succeed

Jane Simmonds & Charles Parry 8 Jul 2020

A volunteer receives an injection from a medical worker during the country’s first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against Covid-19 in Soweto, South Africa. Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

Covid-19 vaccine: the challenges of running a trial in the middle of a pandemic

Jeffrey Mphahlele 7 Jul 2020

Call for action to address malnutrition in all its forms

Nutrition

Call for action to address malnutrition in all its forms

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 17 Jun 2020

Debacle over child malnutrition rates belittles suffering

Covid-19

Debacle over child malnutrition rates belittles suffering

28 May 2020

Professor Glenda Gray

Covid-19

SAMRC drops probe into Prof Glenda Gray's Covid-19 regulations comments

26 May 2020

The drug is set to improve HIV treatment. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

ARV breakthrough: trial in South Africa confirms effectiveness of new drug

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 29 Nov 2019

Africa is home to 92% of malaria cases and 93% of malaria deaths. Shutterstock

Malaria

Collaboration pushes frontiers of anti-malaria drug regimes

Kelly Chibale & Richard Gordon 19 Nov 2019

Mental health

We did the sums on South Africa's mental health spend. They're not pretty

Sumaiyah Docrat & Crick Lund 9 Oct 2019

Professor Glenda Gray, president of the South African Medical Research Council. Photo: South African Medical Research Council

HIV/AIDS

Hope for HIV vaccine being tested in South Africa

Elsabé Brits 23 Sep 2019

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Teach the boy-child to respect all genders from an early age

11 Sep 2019

Image: World Vision International

Malaria

Antimalarials less effective in malnourished children

16 Aug 2019

The drug is set to improve HIV treatment. shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

ARV breakthrough: trial in South Africa confirms effectiveness of new drug

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 6 Aug 2019

Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock

Medical Research

Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa

Moses John Bockarie 8 Jul 2019

There’s a lack of research that deals specifically with conditions in African countries. Shutterstock

Medical Research

Africa needs to up its research game to fight non-communicable diseases

Andre Pascal Kengne, Elvis Banboye Kidzeru & Muki Shey 19 Jun 2019

HIV/AIDS

The three big studies pushing at the frontiers of HIV prevention

Glenda Gray 14 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Paediatrics

Breastfeeding could provide life-long immunity to infection, study

4 Jun 2019

Mycobacterium tuberculosis under the microscope.

Tuberculosis

SU researchers study resistance to 'protect' new TB drug

3 Jun 2019

Global evidence suggests that alcohol advertisements increase adolescents’ favourable attitudes towards drinking. Shutterstock

Public Health

How easy access to alcohol, and adverts, affect women in South Africa

Leslie London & Neo Morojele 30 Jan 2019

While women in sub-Saharan Africa live longer than men, many of these extra years are lived in poor health. Shutterstock

Noncommunicable diseases

People in Africa live longer. But their health is poor in those extra years

Charles Shey Wiysonge 20 Dec 2018

Professor Kelly Chibale. Photo: Je'nine May

Medical Research

R&D is the pipeline for science jobs in Africa

5 Dec 2018

The life expectancy improvements in sub-Saharan Africa vary between men and women. Shutterstock

Noncommunicable diseases

Lifestyle diseases could scupper Africa's rising life expectancy

Charles Shey Wiysonge 27 Nov 2018

Yellow mongoose probably don’t come to mind when thinking of scavengers - but they have been found to scavenge and scatter body parts. Jonathan Pledger/Shutterstock

Medical Research

How scavengers can help forensic scientists identify human corpses

Victoria Gibbon 15 Nov 2018

The WHO recommends HIV viral load testing to monitor people on ARVs. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

How innovation can help end the Aids epidemic by 2030

Glenda Gray 23 Oct 2018

Social media can be an effective research tool but there are challenges

Research

Social media can be an effective research tool but there are challenges

12 Sep 2018

Professor Anneke Hesseling, Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University. Photo: Stellenbosch University

Tuberculosis

Children with MDR-TB can be treated successfully

21 Aug 2018

#InspiringFiftySA 2018 winners announced

Technology

#InspiringFiftySA 2018 winners announced

1 Aug 2018

Pilot programme to expand access to care for NCDs

Noncommunicable diseases

Pilot programme to expand access to care for NCDs

10 Jul 2018

Professor Keertan Dheda, UCT director of the lung infection and immunity unit. Photo: UCT

Medical Research

New UCT unit to tackle origins of antimicrobial resistance

4 Jul 2018

Dr Andre Kengne

Noncommunicable diseases

Diabesity on the increase in young African women

2 May 2018

Dr Caradee Wright, senior specialist scientist at the South African Medical Research Council

Public Health

Climate change and its affect on healthcare systems

5 Apr 2018

Professor Glenda Gray, president of the SAMRC

Medical Research

The continent's first genomics centre paves the way for Afrocentric medicine

15 Feb 2018

Shaping the future of African healthcare: Finalists for DHCT Accelerator Programme announced

Healthcare

Shaping the future of African healthcare: Finalists for DHCT Accelerator Programme announced

22 Jan 2018

No - heart disease is not SA's leading cause of death

Medical Research

No - heart disease is not SA's leading cause of death

Africa Check 6 Sep 2017

Obesity in SA (Image Supplied)

Medical Research

Study finds large number of South Africans happy to be overweight

29 Aug 2017

Minister of science and technology, Naledi Pandoor

Medical Research

SA signs innovation agreement with Novartis

Nicci Botha 25 May 2017

Finding an African solution for maternal deaths

Medtech

Finding an African solution for maternal deaths

17 May 2017

International recognition for two Wits University academics

Education

International recognition for two Wits University academics

25 Apr 2017

#BizTrends2017: Six game-changers in the modern world of medicine

Trends

#BizTrends2017: Six game-changers in the modern world of medicine

Surike Viviers 10 Jan 2017

#WDD: SA's coloured population worst affected by diabetes

Noncommunicable diseases

#WDD: SA's coloured population worst affected by diabetes

14 Nov 2016