While vaccine acceptance has increased by five percentage points to 72%, with whites and younger people more hesitant, while acceptance has increased markedly among...Medico-Legal
Tahera Mather, a long-time associate and former personal spokesperson of Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, was at the centre of a dubious communications contract awarded...
March 17th, 2021South Africa has a far higher number of people with tuberculosis (TB) than previously thought and many of them have not been diagnosed or treated, found the country's...
February 24th, 2021Politicians trying to jump to the front of South Africa's vaccination queue explain that it's to counter vaccine hesitancy. Columnist Ivo Vegter describes it's nothing...
The Human Sciences Research Council is in the final stages of preparation for a study that will establish the extent of COVID-19 infection in the general population...SA Provincial Health
A seroprevalence survey in Cape Town found that 40% of 2,700 public healthcare users tested positive for COVID-19, with antibody prevalence higher in more densely...South Africa
Most of South Africa's nurses lack confidence in their training, more than 40% have poor health, and a quarter are experiencing severe psychological distress, reports a...Coronavirus
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) rapidly became a public health emergency of international...South Africa
The government has for the first time published its comprehensive case for banning the sale of tobacco products during the lockdown, saying emerging research shows...
September 25th, 2019
The rights of migrants to healthcare are not absolute, writes Prof Narnia Bohle-Muller, in Daily Maverick. There are exceptions and international human rights law...
