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Trump Administration Withdraws Salmonella Testing Plan for Poultry
The rule, which has been in the works for years, would have made American consumers safer.
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
A thriving black market for medicines has emerged in Joburg
Immigrants shunned by clinics resort to buying unregulated medicines from illegal vendors
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
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
No money to fix broken clinic, says health department
Patients say no maintenance has been done on Colchester’s health facility since 2020
“All I want is a job” pleads unemployed doctor
Unemployed health graduates march in Pretoria, demanding urgent action from Treasury
Protest outside Delft community health centre after baby’s death
The health department says the centre cannot treat patients who need specialist care and the child was referred to Tygerberg Hospital
Limpopo villagers protest over “one-nurse clinic”
The department has now temporarily closed Valdezia clinic
Cheap tik takes hold in Tshwane townships
An uptick in psychosis has followed
Community health workers must be made permanent, rules labour court
Over 50,000 people affected
Health workers bring Gqeberha hospital to a standstill
Strike since Monday at Dora Nginza Hospital over unpaid overtime
