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How nurses are learning to administer the new HIV prevention injection
South Africa’s rollout of lenacapavir, a six-monthly HIV prevention injection, requires nurses to learn, adapt and find ways to make it work for patients. Christina Pitt unpacks how.
The case for including more babies and young children in medical research
All medicines and treatments have to go through lengthy safety and efficacy testing, but this is particularly tricky – and often delayed – for one important age group. Elna Schütz explores the complexities of conducting clinical trials involving babies, and why those complexities are worth grappling with.
Health policy trailblazer Precious Matsoso credits patience, keeping her cool, and The Beatles
Precious Matsoso tells Biénne Huisman how, over three decades, she helped shape some of the most consequential health policy negotiations in South Africa and in global governance. She also shares memories about her Soweto childhood filled with music, science, and political uprisings.
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