October 10th, 2018There are signs that the National Health Insurance (NHI) has the potential not only to be hijacked by commercial interest groups, but is tumbling down the slippery...
October 8th, 2018A Bhekisisa article claiming that the tobacco industry was buying ads and Twitter coverage to thwart tobacco control in South Africa, elicited an irritated response...
October 3rd, 2018Medical and healthcare scientists performed well in this year's annual National Research Foundation (NRF) awards.
The Research Excellence Award for Next...
October 3rd, 2018“Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is not just a health issue, it’s a societal issue – it involves all of us,” said Ian Wakefield, BD Africa country manager,...
September 26th, 2018A candidate tuberculosis vaccine significantly reduced the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-negative adults who were already infected with latent TB at the...
US Centres for Disease Control boss Dr Alfred Bere has been granted R100,000 bail after saying he would “most likely” contract diseases in South Africa’s...
September 5th, 2018Whatever the current failures of the proposed National Health Insurance scheme, it has the potential "to move the country towards socio-economic equality by...
September 3rd, 2018Tobacco companies are thriving in Africa due to weak anti-tobacco and tax laws. A study by the University of Cape Town’s Economics of Tobacco Control Project found...
September 3rd, 2018Following a cacophony of criticism of South Africa’s Tobacco Bill, supporters the legislation are having their say. An article in Daily Maverick outlines a campaign by...
August 29th, 2018Higher levels of natural killer cells in blood are associated with tuberculosis (TB) latency, reports a University of Cape Town study in collaboration with Stanford...
