New hope after shuttered Hillbrow transgender clinic finds new partner in state hospital

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Focus, Gauteng, Healthcare system, HIV/AIDS, InFocus, Latest, Provinces, Reproductive Health, Spotlight

United States funding cuts shredded specialised services at a transgender clinic in the heart of Johannesburg. But a new collaborative initiative refuses to let this be the end of the journey for trans clients. Journalist Ufrieda Ho and photographer Thom Pierce meet some of the people at the forefront of the project.

New hope after shuttered Hillbrow transgender clinic finds new partner in state hospital

Saving mothers, shaping policy: Professor Susan Fawcus’ fight for mothers

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

Over a long and distinguished career, Professor Susan Fawcus has become known for her work trying to reduce the deaths of mothers and babies in South Africa. In her home in Cape Town, the soft-spoken champion for health equity chats with Spotlight about her journey as a researcher, doctor, and obstetrician, and shares her fears of rising maternal mortality in an age of austerity.