Which of the breakthrough weight loss medicines can you get in SA?

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Focus, Healthcare system, InFocus, Latest, Spotlight

The remarkable efficacy of new diabetes and weight loss medicines like Ozempic and Mounjaro have been one of the biggest health stories of recent years. Despite rising rates of diabetes and obesity, access to these medicines remain limited in South Africa. Catherine Tomlinson asks which of the GLP-1 agonists are available here and at what price.

Which of the breakthrough weight loss medicines can you get in SA?

Obesity and HIV: Semaglutide should be rolled out in SA, says Dr Nomathemba Chandiwana

Posted in: HIV/AIDS, InFocus, Latest

Obesity is a public health crisis in South Africa, similar to HIV in the late 1990s, Dr Nomathemba Chandiwana tells Spotlight on the sidelines of the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Denver, Colorado. She also presented research that found lifestyle behaviour changes had a limited effect on reversing weight gain in people living with HIV.

Obesity and HIV: Semaglutide should be rolled out in SA, says Dr Nomathemba Chandiwana

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