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

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

The titles of more than 700 multi-year NIH grants have been changed this year, according to an analysis by Jeremy Berg, a ...

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has registered the drug Lenacapavir, which the World Health ...

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 ...

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has announced the registration of lenacapavir, making South Africa the first country on the continent to approve the groundbreaking ...