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Source: Francesca Conradie.

Tuberculosis

Study revolutionises global TB treatment

28 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Amsterdam Institute for Global Health & Development.

Tuberculosis

$94m injected into TB fight

25 Mar 2024

Six-month treatment effective for multi-drug-resistant TB, study finds

Tuberculosis

Six-month treatment effective for multi-drug-resistant TB, study finds

8 Jun 2021

Medicines are only approved for use by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority when there is sufficient evidence that their benefits outweigh their risks.

Covid-19

Ivermectin and Covid-19: Why it's promising but why we need to be cautious

Rufaro Samanga 15 Jan 2021

The urban poor have been hit hard by coronavirus. We must ask who cities are designed to serve

Sustainable Development

The urban poor have been hit hard by coronavirus. We must ask who cities are designed to serve

Colin McFarlane 8 Jun 2020

Grant to fund child-friendly TB treatments

Tuberculosis

Grant to fund child-friendly TB treatments

22 Oct 2019

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Advertising

#OrchidsandOnions: MSF campaign is just the medicine

Brendan Seery 24 Sep 2019

Mycobacterium tuberculosis under the microscope.

Tuberculosis

SU researchers study resistance to 'protect' new TB drug

3 Jun 2019

Drug-resistant TB research programme launched in PE

Tuberculosis

Drug-resistant TB research programme launched in PE

28 Mar 2019

UCT student receives L'Oréal-Unesco doctoral fellowship

Higher Education

UCT student receives L'Oréal-Unesco doctoral fellowship

7 Dec 2018

Professor Keertan Dheda, UCT director of the lung infection and immunity unit. Photo: UCT

Medical Research

New UCT unit to tackle origins of antimicrobial resistance

4 Jul 2018

Bedaquiline roll-out to drastically change TB treatment

Tuberculosis

Bedaquiline roll-out to drastically change TB treatment

19 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

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

Source: Bhekisisa/Marina Bazo

Public Health

Is 'all-in-one healthcare' a dream?

Mia Malan 16 May 2017

Larissa Klazinga, regional policy and advocacy manager for AHF Southern Africa

Tuberculosis

SA needs to do more to curb drug-resistant TB strains

24 Mar 2017

Healthcare

Viruses, vaccines and superbugs: The biggest stories of 2016

LAURA LOPEZ GONZALEZ 30 Dec 2016

JPS Africa launches as independent NPO

NPO

JPS Africa launches as independent NPO

9 Dec 2015

TB or no TB, new treatment for drug resistant strain

Tuberculosis

TB or no TB, new treatment for drug resistant strain

27 Feb 2015

The real risk of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Infectious Diseases

The real risk of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

25 Nov 2014

National Pharmacy Week - highlighting use, abuse of antibiotics

Exhibitions & Events

National Pharmacy Week - highlighting use, abuse of antibiotics

25 Aug 2014

Financial Services

More cash for varsity research

1 Nov 2013

Tuberculosis

Top TB scientists' urgent call for effective vaccines

17 Oct 2012

Healthcare workers run the gauntlet of TB infection every day

Tuberculosis

Healthcare workers run the gauntlet of TB infection every day

4 Aug 2011

Hospital-acquired infections - healthcare's ticking time bomb

Medtech

Hospital-acquired infections - healthcare's ticking time bomb

14 Mar 2011

Tuberculosis

New look at XDR-TB in SA

3 Jun 2010

Media

Inaugural TB media award winners

14 May 2010

Healthcare

SASM, Biotechnology Innovation Centres, Innovation Fund host 2009 Bio2Biz Conference

10 Jul 2009

Tuberculosis

Pledge to fight drug-resistant TB

7 Apr 2009

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis: neglected aspects of the disease under the spotlight in Rio

3 Apr 2009

Tuberculosis

Kenya: isolation wards vital in the fight against TB

3 Nov 2008

Comprehensive treatment of extensively drug-resistant TB works, study finds

Tuberculosis

Comprehensive treatment of extensively drug-resistant TB works, study finds

Judith Montminy 29 Oct 2008

HIV/AIDS

AIDS 2008: The WHO says that more people with HIV should be screened for TB

10 Aug 2008

Healthcare

Stop medicine inflation in its tracks

Issued by Martina Nicholson Associates 27 Jun 2008

Healthcare

South African TB conference Durban 1 - 4 July 2008

Issued by Magda Naude 17 Jun 2008

Tuberculosis

Kenya: Displacement raises risk of drug-resistant TB

3 Apr 2008

Tuberculosis

WHO releases report on global scale of drug-resistant TB

29 Feb 2008

Public Health

Health spending to grow by 10%

Gabi Khumalo 21 Feb 2008

Tuberculosis

TB Imbizo to discuss challenges

Gabi Khumalo 18 Feb 2008

Infectious Diseases

Extremely dangerous TB strain detected in Botswana

22 Jan 2008