Although a new draft Tobacco Bill for South Africa was published in 2018 to get the country’s nicotine habit under control, ...

In today’s newsletter, Tanya Pampalone tells us why we need our educators to better understand how to work with disabilities.

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South Africa has become the first African country — and our medicines regulator the third worldwide — to register the revolutionary twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir (LEN). The shot could bring ...

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 ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan explains how the twice-yearly HIV prevention jab, lenacapavir, will be rolled out with or without the US. Sign up for our newsletter today. The Global Fund for HIV, TB ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan explains how US President Donald Trump ordered USAID-funded HIV organisations in SA to shut down. Sign up for our newsletter today. Pepfar-funded HIV organisations in ...

In today’s newsletter, our editor-in-chief Mia Malan and content editor Linda Pretorius look at what it may cost South Africa to supply HIV-prevention drug lenacapavir. Sign up for our newsletter now.