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Source: Supplied. Tom Kariuki, SFA Foundation executive director at the Deltas Africa ll launch event in Nairobi, Kenya.

Medical Research

Science for Africa Foundation launches $70m research programme

11 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Juliet Houghton, the chief executive officer of the Southern African HIV Clinician’s Society.

HIV/AIDS

#HIVToday: SA prepares to roll out new HIV treatment plan for children

Katja Hamilton 14 Mar 2023

Covid-19

Treatment of Covid with antibiotics could add to the problem of drug resistance

Adam Mustapha 17 Jan 2022

Malaria

The warning lights are on for malaria medicines in Africa

Fredros Okumu and Deus Ishengoma 14 Dec 2021

Pharmaceuticals

South Africa needs to tighten controls on substandard and counterfeit medicines. Here's how

David R. Katerere 25 Nov 2021

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Tuberculosis

First-of-a-kind TB dashboard launched

21 Sep 2021

People relying on HIV prevention, care and treatment services have become even more vulnerable because of COVID-19. Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images

HIV/AIDS

Why it's important to keep diagnosing and treating HIV during the Covid-19 pandemic

Kathryn L Hopkins & Glenda Gray 30 Nov 2020

Dr Bha Ndungane-Tlakula, country medical director, Pfizer South Africa

Public Health

Antimicrobial resistance - a threat to modern health

20 Nov 2020

Early diagnosis and treatment are key in the fight against HIV. Peter Casaer

HIV/AIDS

Millions of people are on treatment for HIV: why are so many still dying?

Gilles van Cutsem 19 Nov 2020

Illustration of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria. GettyImages

Infectious Diseases

Drug-resistant gonorrhoea is a growing threat: a South African case study

Remco Peters & Liteboho Daniel Maduna 28 Oct 2020

Scientists around Africa are working at the cutting edge of research and their work is relevant beyond the continent. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images

Medical Research

Quality research in Africa matters more than ever - for the whole world

Thomas Kariuki & Elizabeth Marincola 16 Oct 2020

This is the HIV combination treatment pill of choice (though this is only one of several brands) for newly diagnosed HIV patients in South Africa. The regimen has proven very effective at suppressing HIV, and patients tolerate it well, but it is associated with obesity in women.

HIV/AIDS

Weight gain worries for newer HIV treatment regimens

James Stent 2 Oct 2020

Many factors influence how consistently women take their HIV medicine. GettyImages

HIV/AIDS

Zambian study points to why some mothers don't carry on taking HIV drugs

Jerry John Nutor 30 Sep 2020

Professor Gerhard Walzl. Image: Twitter

Tuberculosis

Study to evaluate new TB diagnostic tests and treatments

9 Sep 2020

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Medical Research

Antibiotic resistance: cheap diagnostic test could be a saviour

Lara Marks & Ankur Mutreja 11 Aug 2020

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Medical Research

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Pui-Ying Iroh Tam 4 Aug 2020

A healthcare worker in a protective suit is seen at a quarantine and isolation centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Covid-19

How Covid-19 threatens efforts to contain HIV/Aids in South Africa

Nesri Padayatchi & Kogie Naidoo 21 Jul 2020

HIV/AIDS

South Africa steps up its game to end mother-to-child transmission of HIV

Ute Feuch & Jeannette Wessels 9 Jan 2020

Pharmaceuticals

We are using computer models to fight drug resistance

Ozlem Tastan Bishop 13 Dec 2019

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HIV/AIDS

What does HIV look like in South Africa?

Nicci Botha 6 Dec 2019

Africa is home to 92% of malaria cases and 93% of malaria deaths. Shutterstock

Malaria

Collaboration pushes frontiers of anti-malaria drug regimes

Kelly Chibale & Richard Gordon 19 Nov 2019

Electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, the cause of TB. Photo: NIAID via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Tuberculosis

South African researchers develop quicker way to detect drug resistance

Elsabé Brits 11 Jul 2019

Fruit bats can pass Ebola on to humans. Jeffrey Paul Wade/Shutterstock

Infectious Diseases

Ebola outbreaks may be more common than we think

14 Jun 2019

TB, which is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, is a leading cause of death. Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock

Tuberculosis

Major battles have been won against TB. But the war isn't over

Bavesh Kana 22 Mar 2019

Professor Steve Kerrigan

Medical Research

New drug shows promise for treating sepsis

11 Mar 2019

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Pharmaceuticals

Antibiotic resistance: public awareness campaigns might not work

Marco Haenssgen 6 Mar 2019

Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup. Shutterstock

Medical Research

Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

Lamech Mwapagha 30 Jan 2019

Around 18% of previously treated TB cases are drug resistant. Shutterstock

Tuberculosis

How we used computers to figure out drugs that can beat drug-resistant TB

Ruben Cloete 16 Jan 2019

10 biggest threats to global health

Public Health

10 biggest threats to global health

15 Jan 2019

Why the issue of drug resistance in animal farming means a fight against urban elites

Research & Development

Why the issue of drug resistance in animal farming means a fight against urban elites

27 Dec 2018

Science, strides and a resilient nation... 30 years later

Health & Welfare

Science, strides and a resilient nation... 30 years later

Dr Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa 3 Dec 2018

Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

Medical Research

Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

Wiida Fourie-Basson 5 Nov 2018

Public Health

Why drugs alone won't stop the spread of parasitic worms in Africa

Justin Komguep Nono & Hlumani Ndlovu 10 Oct 2018

Developing new malaria drugs before its too late

Malaria

Developing new malaria drugs before its too late

Richard Kamwi and Havana Chikoto 20 Aug 2018

Daniel Irungu/EPA

Medical Research

Nanomedicine could revolutionise the way we treat TB. Here's how

Sarah D'Souza and Admire Dube 20 Aug 2018

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

Pharmaceuticals

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

29 Jun 2018

Mosquitoes are only one problem when it comes to malaria. Fake medicines are another. Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

Malaria

Fake drugs are one reason malaria still kills so many

11 Jun 2018

A woman with her treatment regime for extensively drug-resistant TB in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. MSF

Tuberculosis

The remarkable story of hope: how attitudes to drug-resistant TB changed

Eric Goemaere 31 May 2018

Professor Kelly Chibale

Medical Research

Local scientist makes it onto Fortune's World's Greatest Leaders list

Kim Cloete 24 Apr 2018

#WorldTBDay: Rise in drug-resistant TB

Tuberculosis

#WorldTBDay: Rise in drug-resistant TB

22 Mar 2018

WHO keeps tabs on antibiotic resistance with new system

Public Health

WHO keeps tabs on antibiotic resistance with new system

7 Feb 2018

Researchers use genome data to find MDR TB-fighting compounds

Medical Research

Researchers use genome data to find MDR TB-fighting compounds

24 Aug 2017

Partnership to boost HIV treatment

HIV/AIDS

Partnership to boost HIV treatment

5 Jul 2017

10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2017

Marketing & Media

10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2017

19 Jun 2017

Penicillin shortages as pharma companies eye newer, more lucrative drugs

Pharmaceuticals

Penicillin shortages as pharma companies eye newer, more lucrative drugs

KEILA GUIMARÃES 8 Jun 2017

Healthcare

Viruses, vaccines and superbugs: The biggest stories of 2016

LAURA LOPEZ GONZALEZ 30 Dec 2016

Treatment doe not kill TB completely

Tuberculosis

Treatment doe not kill TB completely

16 Sep 2016

IBM Research opens second lab on African continent

ICT

IBM Research opens second lab on African continent

26 Aug 2016

Dundee research explains drug resistance in ovarian cancer

Oncology

Dundee research explains drug resistance in ovarian cancer

19 Aug 2016

Retail

Next-generation antimalarial treatment

22 Jun 2016