Dr Liezl du Plessis tells Biénne Huisman about the public sector paediatric oncology unit she established in Kimberley, and ...

South Africa’s health department should assess the inclusion of boys in its public human papillomavirus vaccination programme ...

The road to cancer treatment in South Africa often involves many encounters with healthcare workers and long journeys far ...

They are qualified, ready, and willing to serve their communities. But scores of these doctors in KwaZulu-Natal, are becoming ...

As South Africa is piecing together a new policy document on palliative care services for people with life-limiting and ...

South Africa has a healthcare worker crisis. Those in power need to face it and think bigger about how to address it, argues ...

Much of South Africa’s public health sector is plagued by long waiting times for surgery, a situation that was made much worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, an inspiring project at Groote Schuur ...

“We do not have a reach of rheumatology in all provinces in South Africa,” says Dr Ayesha Wadee, the president of the South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association (SARAA). “I think there [are] a ...

Ritshidze, South Africa’s powerhouse community-led healthcare monitor, is on the brink of shutting down. Experts warn its collapse could unravel years of progress in our clinics – just as worrying new ...

Epinephrine auto-injectors, often known by the commercial name EpiPen, can be life-savers for people suffering severe allergic reactions, but the treatments are difficult to find in South Africa and ...

From inspecting spaza shops to monitoring water quality, Environmental Health Practitioners help prevent disease before outbreaks occur. A Public Protector investigation reveals why Gauteng ...

From 5–7 May, the Constitutional Court will hear two of the multiple challenges to the NHI Act. Sasha Stevenson, Executive Director of SECTION27, considers what will be on the line in these first ...