Health

US funding cuts could cause over 150,000 extra HIV infections in SA by 2028

Experts say this can be avoided if the South African government covers some of the defunded services

Court orders Gauteng health department to treat cancer patients

Judge rules failure to deal with backlog of patients needing radiation treatment is unconstitutional

SA has world class medical researchers – they can and should be bailed out

A thriving black market for medicines has emerged in Joburg

Immigrants shunned by clinics resort to buying unregulated medicines from illegal vendors

Days of protests in Indwe over hospital downgrade

Health MEC assures residents there will be no downgrade if they are against it

Political will needed to save lives amid USAID funding cuts, say activists

“We will not let our people die” says Zackie Achmat

How much does our HIV response depend on US funding?

Critical services in some high-burden districts have collapsed

My five-hour wait for treatment at Mamelodi hospital

Gauteng Health MEC has said Mamelodi Regional Hospital meets National Health Insurance standards, but my experience was not good

“We were told to stop everything immediately”: Lesotho HIV programmes collapse after USAID decision

Fear of a surge in new infections as antiretroviral medicines become harder to get

Our HIV response will collapse without US funding - unless we act urgently

Reassurances that state clinics will pick up the lost services are empty

US-funded programmes in South Africa benefit the US too

The world class research conducted in SA is vital for everyone

Former tavern has served as a clinic for decades

Eastern Cape health department has no funds to build Tsomo a clinic

US funding remains frozen for many life-saving services

Despite waivers, court judgments and assurances from the embassy, USAID funding for projects that provide HIV medication has not resumed

Nearly five years and R38-million later, Mamelodi families still don’t have a clinic

The City of Tshwane fired the construction company last year

Teenager hitchhiking to the nearest clinic delivers her stillborn baby on the roadside

Villagers in the Eastern Cape town where Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was born often wait six hours for an ambulance

HIV patients go weeks without medicines after US aid cut

Legal challenges have restored funding but damage has been done