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My controversial 100kg revolution
Santie Pretorius details her weight loss journey, which included surgery, in a new book.
Service delivery starts with data. See who’s been missing from the spreadsheets
Without accurate data, maginalised groups risk being left behind - again.
This country has upheld its ban on gay sex. Here’s why it could be...
“The failure to decriminalise consensual same-sex relations will undermine Kenya’s aim of reaching universal health coverage,” UNAids says.
Curing a sick system: Doctors and nurses must speak out for patients and themselves
Medicine shouldn’t be the only thing on the books at our medical schools. Here are some tips for healthcare workers to handle abuse.
Could the debate over South Africa’s temporary alcohol sales ban have a subtext you’re...
No, South Africa's alcohol ban wasn't the only thing that helped lower hospital trauma admissions recently, but it did play a substantial role.
NHI: The problem with trying to kill two birds with one stone
The National Health Insurance scheme aims to solve two problems — fixing poorly-run health facilities and distributing the money available for healthcare in the country in a more equitable way — simultaneously. But trying to fix two things at once may make things worse, writes Dave Martin.
Life Esidimeni should have fast-tracked – not frozen – SA’s mental health plans
The Life Esidimeni tragedy was the worst possible outcome for a move away from psychiatric care, but well-managed community-based mental health care is still a proven way to treat people’s mental illnesses with dignity.
‘How COVID has affected my mental health as a doctor’
During epidemics doctors face moral dilemmas forcing them to make decisions against their conscience — such as having to follow treatment guidelines designed to cope with limited resources. COVID-19 is no different.
Border walls don’t stop viruses. But this might
Both the United States and South Africa have punted increased border security as a way to curb the coronavirus outbreak. Here's why South Africa should be thinking less about walls and more about amnesty as cases mount.
Scars of conflict: ‘We should not forget Africa’s women’
Community health workers are bringing healthcare to the homes of HIV-infected pregnant women in rural Cameroon. It has saved many babies.
Has our COVID fight crippled our efforts to fight HIV and TB?
During the HIV pandemic, doctors were traumatised by the government’s indifference towards patients’ lack of access to treatment. In the case of COVID-19, some physicians say, they have to cope with the devastating consequences of most of the country’s health resources having been allocated to one disease.
A life-saving shift: New reductions in doctors’ hours are still far off the mark
Research shows that any shift longer than 16 hours puts doctors and patients at risk.
Redefining risk: When it’s okay to be HIV-positive and have sex without a condom
HIV-positive people who have very low levels of HIV in their blood can’t sexually transmit the virus. Here’s what it means for you & SA.
Could this drug one day come out of the club and onto your therapist’s...
Ecstasy users are more empathetic than those who take other drugs – even when not on it.
Mediation could ease SA’s medico-legal woes but it’s no quick fix
South Africa is now home to more than 90 trained medical mediators, but there’s not much work to go around - yet.
Exhausted doctors endanger health
Medical interns are leading the battle to reduce the dangerously overlong working hours that compromise the safety of patients.