SPOTLIGHT ANALYSIS How well did SA’s medicines regulator Sahpra perform in 2022? 9 min 0 By Catherine Tomlinson for Spotlight
#FOODJUSTICE SA’s exploding obesity epidemic — department of health launches draft prevention and management strategy 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
PUBLIC HEALTHCARE OP-ED The role of provincial health departments in creating a wellbeing society - a new name, a new direction? 5 min 0 By Yogan Pillay, Keith Cloete, Kent Buse, Anders Nordstrom
BHEKISISA OP-ED Life Esidimeni should have fast-tracked, not frozen, South Africa’s mental health plans 8 min 1 By Leon de Beer
ALL FIZZ AND NO FUNCTION OP-ED Coke and dagger — headlines write themselves as Coca-Cola named sponsor for COP27 4 min 1 By Petronell Kruger and Sameera Mahomedy
PUBLIC HEALTH OP-ED Patent protection, access to Covid vaccines and the right to healthcare versus corporate profits 4 min 0 By Alexis Habiyaremye
BHEKISISA CENTRE FOR HEALTH JOURNALISM Inside South Africa’s mRNA hub – what it looks like and how it works 10 min 0 By Linda Pretorius and Mia Malan
SMOKE AND MIRRORS OP-ED Relentless targeting of youth by e-cigarette manufacturers poses significant future health risks 4 min 0 By Nicole Vellios
#FOODJUSTICE OP-ED Formula feed industry engagement with academia sours the breastfeeding agenda 6 min 0 By Chantell Witten
#FOODJUSTICE OP-ED Critical steps need to be taken for SA’s food system to deliver nutrition for all 4 min 0 By Greg S Garrett
E-CIGARETTES Long-awaited move to regulate vaping gets thumbs-up from health scientists, but leaves industry fuming 5 min 1 By Victoria O’Regan
WELL-BEING OP-ED Mental disorders continue to be widespread, under-treated and under-resourced 4 min 0 By Soraya Seedat
SPOTLIGHT IN-DEPTH After slow start, uptake for urine TB test is picking up 6 min 0 By Tiyese Jeranji for Spotlight
BREAST IS BEST OP-ED Breastfeeding is an investment in the next generation and the government must play its part 3 min 0 By Dudu Maziya and Ofentse Mboweni
MRSA OP-ED Antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections are a major public health threat for Africa 3 min 0 By Pascale Ondoa and Yewande Alimi
CHILD HEALTHCARE Infant formula firms are using unwitting doctors and nurses to boost sales, WHO reveals 5 min 0 By Laura Lopez Gonzalez
BHEKISISA CENTRE FOR HEALTH JOURNALISM The oldest trick in big tobacco’s playbook nearly derailed SA’s TB conference - here’s why 6 min 0 By Joan van Dyk for the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism
POLLUTION SOLUTIONS City of Joburg reopens vandalised air quality monitoring station to clean up ‘the air we share’ 3 min 1 By Onke Ngcuka
SA HEALTHCARE OP-ED Improving access to sexual and reproductive health — a constitutional right in South Africa 4 min 0 By Veloshnee Govender and Yogan Pillay
