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Gauteng faces a cancer treatment backlog. Find out how recent court decisions demand accountability and timely patient care.

Find out the critical issues affecting future pandemic preparedness in South Africa, including healthcare declines and vaccine demand.

South Africa’s Health Minister calls for increased health financing, debt relief, and transparency to strengthen Universal Health Coverage.

Medical scheme tax credits help middle- and lower-income earners afford private healthcare, easing the burden on the public system.

The Trump administration intends to halt funding for Gavi and reduce malaria vaccine initiatives, jeopardising global vaccination campaigns.

Discover the disproportionate burden of stillbirths in low-income regions like sub-Saharan Africa. Uncover strategies for reducing this alarming trend.

Challenges in meeting UN Sustainable Development Goals for tuberculosis include late diagnosis, high HIV co-infection, and poverty-related barriers to care.

South African researchers face significant funding cuts from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), jeopardising critical HIV/AIDS and TB research.

The US FDA has warned Aspen Pharmacare, Africa’s largest drugmaker, citing breaches in manufacturing standards for eye drops produced at its Gqeberha facility.

Motsoaledi assures Parliament that the nation remains on track to meet its HIV treatment targets despite cuts in US aid, showing the country’s self-reliance.

Pharmaceutical companies urge the Trump administration and EU to exclude medical goods from tariff wars, warning of potential price hikes and access barriers.