Interactive Data Dashboards
Live indicators, province breakdowns and downloadable data.
As the world gathers in Amsterdam for the 22nd International AIDS Conference, Anele Yawa writes that just like the gag rule and Global Fund withdrawal is political, the failure in South Africa to act against corrupt individuals is political.
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The People’s Health Movement South Africa (PHm-SA) are supportive of the principles that underpin the NHI, but they have several reservations about whether the NHI Bill can deliver universal health coverage. David Sanders & Louis Reynolds of PHM-SA explains.
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As an old AIDS activist, with a passion for womens rights (my activism began in 1986 and I was one of the first to write about HIV and women; my first book was published nearly a decade later, after many articles etc), I am dazzled and frustrated to see how we can make progress in…
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Why have sexual and reproductive rights remained controversial and contested in Africa? Building on a previous SRHR-focussed Spotlight article by Thuthu Mbatha and Mark Heywood, Tendai Mafuma takes on this difficult question.
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Over 70 North West doctors have released an open letter expressing their concern over the impact the ongoing labour action is having on the delivery of health services.
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Cryptococcosis (“crypto”) is a common AIDS-defining fungal opportunistic infection worldwide. It has been neglected for many years. This is about to change.
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Just as with HIV, every single one of us knows another person who is experiencing mental ill health. However, this may be hidden – due to stigma, shame, lack of understanding, and lack of adequate treatment, writes Professor Francois Venter.
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At the end of this year, South Africa’s big plan to fight HIV and tuberculosis comes to an end. The National Strategic Plan for HIV, TB and STIs 2012-2016 will be replaced by the 2017-2021 NSP. It is vital that the new NSP avoids the mistakes of the past and fully incorporates new scientific evidence.
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This open letter from Mark Heywood appeared on Spotlight’s website and in the Daily Maverick at the end of August. While we are three months further down the line, the issues highlighted by Mark are still relevant and important to take note of as the new plan for HIV and TB is crafted. We welcome…
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Antiretroviral therapy in South Africa seems set for a revolution with a new drug combination that is highly effective and involves only one pill a day that is smaller than an aspirin. Dr Michelle Moorhouse, one of South Africa’s top HIV clinicians explains.
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Public service has become synonymous with blind loyalty to the political head and those who are the most loyal bureaucrats become the most powerful as intellectual honesty and competence fly out the window, writes Fareed Abdullah.
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Having reported with many journalist colleagues on the darkest days on former President Thabo Mbeki and his health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s distressing, fatal and quite mad HIV-denialism, the latest saga around social grants did bring back a sense of déjà vu.
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