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Health in 2024 | The year in fewer than 1 000 words

Posted in: Editorial, Healthcare system, HIV, Latest, Perspectives, Spotlight, TB

From the NHI Act to major advances in HIV prevention, it has been another busy year in the world of healthcare. Spotlight editors Marcus Low and Adiel Ismail recap the year’s health developments and identify some key trends in fewer than 1 000 words.

Health in 2024 | The year in fewer than 1 000 words

Behind the Life Esidimeni headlines is the suffering of human beings who deserved better

Posted in: Editorial, Gauteng, Healthcare system, Latest, Perspectives, Provinces, Spotlight

While we focus here on the nine deaths that Judge Mmonoa Teffo found to be unnatural, there were 144 deaths associated with the Life Esidimeni tragedy. Ultimately, these were human beings and for the world to know what happened to them is better than the world not knowing.