June 9th, 2021The SA Medical Association told parliamentarians that thousands of local doctors may emigrate if the NHI is adopted in its current form, reports MedicalBrief. It...
May 19th, 2021From the suffering of the pandemic comes the possibility of building a reimagined world, writes, Prof Keymanthri Moodley of Stellenbosch University. It will require...
May 19th, 2021Bans on alcohol could be a sensible policy to help South Africa through new health crises, suggests a study published this week in the Australasian journal Drug and...
May 5th, 2021Researchers at the Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Academic Hospital write: SARS-CoV-2 is the third known coronavirus within the past 18 years to cause severe...
Researchers from the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative at the University of Cape Town, the Aurum Institute, the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in...Harm Reduction
While the tobacco sales ban had detrimental effects on the economy in South Africa in 2020, research shows that one benefit was a sharp reduction – nearly 70% – in...Weekly Roundup
South Africa will have enough vaccines to weather the COVID storm, say experts. But, reports the Financial Mail, whether they arrive ahead of winter or by the end of the...
February 24th, 2021The failure of South Africa's tobacco sales ban shows the "painful" limits to forcing social change, writes Stellenbosch University's Prof Willem Boshoff. The...
February 10th, 2021Professor Salim Abdool Karim has become a household name in the past year, writesUniversity World News. Celebrity status has two indicators: media interest in the...
February 10th, 2021South African authorities should have in advance leveraged participation in vaccine clinical trials to ensure better post-trial benefits, write Prof Keymanthri Moodley...
