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...
Nine healthcare professional bodies, representing over 25,000 practitioners in South Africa, have announced that they will not sign the president’s health compact. Under the banner of the South African Health Professionals Collaboration (SAHPC), these organisations...
The Gauteng health department will have to return R570 million to the government after failing to spend R1.1 billion allocated for the 2023/24 financial year. The department had requested to roll over R780 million but received approval from the Treasury to roll over...
