South Africa approved lenacapavir on October 21, 2025—a twice-yearly injection offering near-100% HIV protection. This ...

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Dar es Salaam. South Africa has become the first African nation to approve the use of an injectable HIV prevention drug, marking a major milestone in the continent’s fight against the virus.The South ...

By William Baloyi When President Donald Trump issued an executive order suspending all foreign aid to South Africa, in ...

For decades, a vicious cycle held our healthcare system hostage: treat illness when it appears, then manage complications as ...

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For two years, Xolani Mngomezulu from Indlovu Village in Mtubatuba, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, took at least eight pills a day and endured painful kanamycin injections after being diagnosed with multi ...

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The Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, called on South Africans, especially Members of Parliament (MPs), to vigorously ...

A groundbreaking study led by South African and Indonesian researchers will investigate if people with asymptomatic TB can still transmit the disease.

According to WHO estimates, one in every ten medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is either substandard or falsified.

A vial of lenacapavir at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation's research site, Cape Town, South Africa, 23 July 2024 ...