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A twice-yearly injection protecting against HIV is transforming prevention efforts, with nearly 48,000 people already enrolled. Young women are leading the charge, choosing long-term protection over daily pills.
When doctors asked Llona Makhubedu to withdraw life support from her newborn son, she refused. Today, 18 years later, Paballo is thriving at boarding school thanks to comprehensive support that made all the difference.
A groundbreaking immunotherapy has been registered in South Africa to treat a rare and aggressive head and neck cancer that often goes undiagnosed until advanced stages. The treatment harnesses the body's own immune system to fight cancer, offering new hope for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
The KwaZulu-Natal College of Nursing just received approval to offer a full Bachelor of Nursing degree, creating a faster path for nurses to become specialists. This milestone means future nurses can jump straight into advanced training without taking extra steps.
A groundbreaking tuberculosis vaccine currently in final trials could become the first new TB vaccine in over a century. South Africa is already preparing to roll it out if approved, potentially transforming the fight against a disease that still claims countless lives.
South Africa just became one of the first countries to roll out a revolutionary twice-yearly HIV prevention injection that could change the game for millions. After a decade of strategic planning, the nation is proving that bold public health leadership saves lives.
Over 6,000 people in Gauteng, South Africa received a groundbreaking twice-yearly HIV prevention injection in its first month, crushing the province's rollout goal. The success brings the nation closer to ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
South Africa has brilliant health innovators, but most solutions never reach patients who need them. Now, leaders are creating a new system to guide innovations from lab to real-world impact.
A Johannesburg hospital just became the first in Africa to use a groundbreaking machine that keeps donor livers alive outside the body, potentially saving countless patients who might otherwise die waiting for a transplant. In a country facing severe organ shortages, this technology could transform how many lives get saved.
Clinics across South Africa began rolling out lenacapavir this week, a groundbreaking HIV prevention injection that requires just two shots per year and is over 96% effective. Despite some staffing challenges, patients are celebrating easier access to life-changing protection.
Children across South Africa's Free State now have access to life-saving heart procedures close to home, thanks to a cutting-edge cardiac lab that just opened at Universitas Academic Hospital. The new facility is part of a massive digital health transformation bringing safer, faster care to families who once traveled hundreds of miles for treatment.
A South African man who received 12 life-saving shocks in one hour now lives free of dangerous heart rhythms, thanks to a groundbreaking treatment combining heart mapping and precision radiation. It's one of the first procedures of its kind in Africa.