South Africa is pushing ahead with the planned rollout of the Pfizer vaccine, with experts not overly concerned about the results of a new study showing that the...Weekly Roundup
The evidence on Ivermectin is flimsy and there is no compelling case for it to be used in the fight against COVID-19. The Times reports that this is according to the...Medico-Legal
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) Section 21 Access to Unregistered Medicines – January 2021
IVERMECTIN CONTROLLED COMPASSIONATE USE...South Africa
With death and infection rates climbing, MedicalBrief notes that health experts have slated the government's readiness for the second wave of COVID-19.
The SA Medical...
October 7th, 2020Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize looked like the voice of reason during the pandemic, and he works hard. But getting rid of advisers who only told him the truth is a sign...
September 30th, 2020All the most outspoken medical scientists serving on the South African government's Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) on COVID-19 who found themselves at public...
In a sharp departure from his position last month, on Thursday (27 August), Health Minister Zweli Mkhize released a tranche of the scientific advisories he commissioned...Weekly Roundup
The deadline to produce 20,000 non-invasive ventilators has been pushed back for a third time, with the National Ventilator Project (NVP) running a month behind...
June 24th, 2020Nine medical experts from Kwazulu-Natal are part of the high-level Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) which was formed to help steer government’s response to the...
June 17th, 2020Dexamethasone, a cheap and widely-used steroid, has become the first drug shown to save COVID-19 lives, in what University of Oxford scientists said is a “major...
