Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects between 5% and 7% of schoolgoing children. But because doctors can only prescribe treatment for a month at a time, many kids in South Africa ...

As politicians, activists and researchers duke it out from labs and clinics and press conferences, those who have the most to ...

More than a quarter of South African children under the age of five are chronically malnourished. That’s bad for them, their ...

In the latest episode of Health Beat, we unpack the growing use of the psychedelic drug, ketamine, to treat severe depression and chronic pain. Research shows it can work quickly to improve mood, but ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan explain why HIV scientists and government are once again pitted against each other. Sign up for our newsletter today. In the leafy office park not far from Charlotte ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan says South Africa needs R2.82-billion to plug the US funding gap. Sign up for our newsletter today. The national health department is convinced that all US government ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan explains how the twice-yearly HIV prevention jab, lenacapavir, will be rolled out with or without the US. Sign up for our newsletter today. The Global Fund for HIV, TB ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan explains how US President Donald Trump ordered USAID-funded HIV organisations in SA to shut down. Sign up for our newsletter today. Pepfar-funded HIV organisations in ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan asks what the future of South Africa’s US-funded HIV programmes are after Trump takes over. Sign up for our newsletter today. Mia Malan is the founder and ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan explains why Gilead Sciences and Sahpra are talking about lenacapavir. Sign up for our newsletter now. Gilead Sciences, the maker of a twice-a-year anti-HIV injection, ...