South Africa will be among the first countries in the world to receive doses of lenacapavir, the long-acting HIV prevention drug administered once every six months. This was announced by health ...

Patients admitted to Hewu Hospital in the Eastern Cape are subjected to cold wards with no heaters and dilapidated prefabricated walls. Situated at Whittlesea about 35 km from Que ...

“Johannesburg was the recipient of the Accelerating Program Achievements to Control the HIV Epidemic (APACE) award that was funded through PEPFAR to support the achievement of 95, 95, 95,” says Chauke ...

Hewu Hospital is facing a severe nursing staff shortage.

Residents of Welkom demand an end to the water crisis and sewage spills that have arisen due to the town's rapid growth and failing infrastructure, impacting water.

Health officials have praised Dlamini’s grassroots efforts, noting the impact of peer-led education in communities most affected by drug use. “People listen to someone who’s lived it,” says one ...

Low screening coverage, late diagnoses, high HIV prevalence, and limited access to treatment and vaccines are driving cervical cancer cases and deaths in South Africa. The country has a cervical ...

Chris Bateman is a veteran healthcare writer, having served as News Editor at the SA Medical Journal from 2000-2016, after which he went freelance. He has won seven Discovery Health annual journalism ...

When Phumzile Mayiza, 33, started her menstrual cycle at 14, she was bewildered. Growing up in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal in kwaHlabisa, she was not exposed to information about what was happening to her ...