Health in 2025: The year in fewer than 1 000 words

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Editorial, Focus, Healthcare system, Healthcare Workers, HIV/AIDS, InFocus, Latest, Spotlight, TB

The year’s biggest health story by far has been the cuts to US aid for health and US support for health research. But it’s also been a year of important HIV prevention developments, NHI court cases, ongoing crises in some of our provincial health departments, and some first steps toward accountability for the corruption at Tembisa Hospital.

Health in 2025: The year in fewer than 1 000 words

Stateless in SA: Primrose Modisane’s years-long struggle for legal recognition

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

When South Africans get caught up in the country’s often dysfunctional home affairs system, sometimes even DNA evidence isn’t enough to prove their citizenship. This can, among others, have consequences for people’s ability to access healthcare services. For foreign nationals, navigating the system can be even harder.