President Jacob Zuma failed to focus on reforms that fix any of the health care in South Africa in the next five years.
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In a bid to improve health care in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma has made several promises in the last three years. Some have materialised faster than others.
With limited laboratory capacity and a lack of experts and funding, an outbreak of the Zika virus in Africa could be problematic.
Despite Nigeria’s success in eradicating polio, it is struggling to get a grip on mother and child vaccinations.
The closure of several mines in South Africa and production cuts could have a detrimental impact on the health of miners who rely on in-house HIV and TB treatment programmes.
South Africa produces a limited number of medical sub-specialists due to the way in which the training programme is set up. This could improve with a paradigm shift.
Newly appointed Nigerian Health Minister Isaac Adewole is focused on providing primary healthcare services.
The danger with typhoid is that symptoms are quite insidious and mimic those of other infectious diseases.
It’s impossible to think about maternal health in Ethiopia without thinking about the time and distance between where rural women live and where the government constructs health facilities.
Newly proposed regulations in South Africa that would change the way traditional healers operate have come under fire.
Internationally, the effects of a homeopathic flu remedy has been dismissed – but, in South Africa, it is still being advertised as effective.
Rising temperatures affect people living in the developing world differently to those living in Europe and North America.
Although developments in neuroscience is on the brink of offering hope for millions of Parkinson’s disease sufferers, currently there is no cure.
Many people struggle to get an eating plan and exercise routine to follow. The trick is that individualism is key.
There has been a drastic reduction in the fat content of red meat in the last 40 years. South African red meat can now be classified as lean.
When men deny the paternity of children, many South African women feel like they have no recourse. Making DNA tests affordable and accessible could change this.
Lamb and mutton meat from parts of South Africa have a unique taste, which, according to science, depends on what the animal eats.
Young women in southern Africa are most at risk of becoming infected with HIV. If they take a pre-exposure prophylaxis like Truvada it could change their lives.
South Africa’s plan for universal health coverage has taken another crucial step with the introduction of a new policy document aimed at delivering more equitable healthcare.
Unregulated over-the-counter skin lighteners can have detrimental effects on the men and women who use them. So why are governments in Africa not taking steps to ban these products?
Thalidomide was responsible for one of the biggest drug disasters in history. It is making a comeback. But is Africa equipped to handle this controversial drug?
South Africa’s programmes preventing HIV transmission from mothers to children have been hugely successful. But there are still gaps that need to be filled.
Women who were found to have lied in a clinical trial testing anti-HIV drugs were heavily criticised. But there are several factors that drove them to lie.
Scientists are developing various products that can provide contraception and protection from sexually transmitted infections and HIV at the same time.
Although men make up two-thirds of HIV-related deaths, there are not enough services geared towards helping them.