The standoff between business, healthcare professionals, and the presidency over the health compact is a clear sign of the difficulties for the government of national unity (GNU). The compact is the product of 202’s second presidential health summit. It has been...
Strengthening health systems is vital to achieving universal health coverage (UHC), a critical part of the United Nations’ third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), which aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for everyone. As a member of the UN...
Avoidable blindness and vision impairment are significant global health issues. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that at least 1 billion people worldwide suffer from preventable or treatable vision problems. Around 11 million people in South Africa live...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the latest mpox outbreak in Africa an international health emergency, urging global support. However, there is a severe lack of funds to combat the potentially deadly virus. To control the spread of Mpox in the...
On Friday, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) raised its risk level for Mpox after a new strain of the virus was found outside Africa for the first time, in Sweden. The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Mpox a global public health...
