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What’s driving anti-immigrant healthcare blockades? Sharon Ekambaram from Lawyers for Human Rights says it's everything from ...

The South African government says it could fill the potential gap in the number of doses it will need of the twice-yearly HIV ...

Twenty-five years ago, South Africans battled for ARVs to keep people alive. Now the focus has shifted to medicines that can prevent HIV altogether. Health Beat looks at Aids at 44 — and how the story ...

On a recent day, Indira Govender, a doctor in a rural community in northern KwaZulu-Natal, was busy with her weekly session at the local clinic when she witnessed three people breaking down mentally.

On Saturday, the US state department issued details of who qualifies for a limited waiver during the Trump administration’s 90-day pause of foreign aid. The freeze has resulted in the temporary close ...

The first batch of lenacapavir shots, a new six-monthly anti-HIV injection, should “be managed strategically”, said Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi in October. But who should get what slice of the ...

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Imagine watching loved ones swept away, land and livestock destroyed, possessions lost within hours. For many, that’s reality as climate disasters wreak havoc on lives and livelihoods. Health Beat ...