In some parts of the country HIV testing was dependent on US money, so testing has just stopped
News | 3 March 2025
Despite waivers, court judgments and assurances from the embassy, USAID funding for projects that provide HIV medication has not resumed
News | 21 February 2025
Legal challenges have restored funding but damage has been done
News | 18 February 2025
Some harm reduction and LGBTI services have already closed
News | 11 February 2025
Teachers and principals tell GroundUp how their schools are coping
News | 31 January 2025
An uptick in psychosis has followed
Feature | 28 January 2025
Harm reduction centre succeeds where rehabs often fail
Feature | 19 December 2024
Preliminary research shows people are using fentanyl, a lab-made opioid over 30 times as potent as heroin, responsible for thousands of deaths in the US
News | 9 December 2024
People who use heroin in Durban are increasingly switching from smoking to injecting, causing public health concerns
News | 3 December 2024
But the multinational pharmaceutical company says it offered government solutions
News | 15 November 2024
In response to high rates of heroin use, the government will pilot an opioid agonist therapy program
News | 15 November 2024
A program supplying sterile injection equipment was stopped for months in Cape Town
Feature | 5 November 2024
In 2022, over 700-tonnes of lead chromates were imported into the country from India alone
News | 29 October 2024
Needle programs are officially supported, but the state often obstructs them
Feature | 21 October 2024
South Africa’s central position in a drug smuggling route between West Asia and Europe plays a role
Analysis | 9 October 2024