The Forum of International Respiratory Societies, a coalition of respiratory doctors and scientists, warns that there is mounting evidence to justify calling for a ban...Weekly Roundup
The informal settlement of Khayelitsha in Cape Town is the latest site of a multi-country trial that aims to transform the treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis...HIV/AIDS
A study among pregnant women in South Africa has found many lack control over condom use – and would be willing to use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to protect...
May 23rd, 2018A large international trial has found an as-needed combined-drug inhaler treatmet that is a viable option with mild asthma, where up to 80% of patients do not follow the...
May 23rd, 2018The funding that has been allocated in the past to TB is ‘pitiful in comparison to HIV’, says Dr Helen Cox, an epidemiologist at the University of Cape Town's...
Research has shown that addressing HIV in certain key populations is a priority in order to end the epidemic in the general population. Kate Rees, honorary research...Infectious Diseases
Two recent studies conducted by the University of Cape Town have found significant contamination of hair clippers with blood and blood-borne viruses, especially...Public Health
South Africa's Cabinet has approved the Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill, which provides for a ban on smoking at outdoor public places....
May 9th, 2018Natasha Salant, a law graduate from the University of Cape Town, currently interning at the Rural Health Advocacy Project writes in a Bhekisisa report.
“About 200m...
The Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill is the government’s first significant reforms to tobacco control legislation in a decade. But,...
