"South African women do not need more pink balloons or hashtags. They need functioning diagnostic clinics, staffed and equipped laboratories and radiology services, adequate theatre slates, more chemotherapy chairs..., research that is based on our unique population and well-trained oncology teams."
www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/... Pinkwashing and hollow solidarity
Beyond the pink ribbon: Breast cancer and the battlefield of a woman’s body
If breast cancer teaches us anything, it is that our bodies cannot wait for political promises. South African women deserve more than pink campaigns that do not translate into measurable change.
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Reposted by: François Venter, Els Torreele
Please, we are begging you, listen to REAL doctors and scientists.
And in case anyone needs a reminder: neither Donald Trump or RFK Jr. are doctors.
And in case anyone needs a reminder: neither Donald Trump or RFK Jr. are doctors.
www.who.int/news/item/26... "The era of governments subsidizing the profits of private industries by footing the long-term health care costs of cheap tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks must end."
More ways, to save more lives, for less money:
World Health Assembly adopts more Best Buys
to tackle noncommunicable diseases
The World Health Organization has expanded the list of ‘NCD best buys’. The updated list was approved at the 76th World Health Assembly, a move that will support governments to select lifesaving inter...
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www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/09/19/e... "Whichever way you slice it, the harsh truth is that even in 2025, the devastating crisis in Gauteng’s health system shows no sign of improvement. Corruption still plagues the department just as severely as it did a decade ago, if not more so."
EDITORIAL | The rot runs deep: Gauteng Health’s dance of impunity betrays the people it is meant to serve
The courts have spoken. The health ombud has issued devastating reports. The Auditor-General has again put damning evidence on the table. Civil society has protested. Yet, the devastating crisis in Ga...
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www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025... Brilliant article. Especially about those armchair right wingers and empty statements from government.
SA’s new emergency: Accountability is becoming a death sentence
We cannot afford to look away from the assassination of lawyer Bouwer van Niekerk – the latest in what appears to be an escalation of threats and attacks against lawyers, investigators, auditors, whis...
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A second government health system collapses on our border - and I am pretty sure two others are too - but crisis, what crisis?
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser... This. THIS!
Does the Fact That AI Is Brilliant at Writing “Learning Objectives” Prove They're Not Really Needed?
Recently, I was invited to speak at a primary care conference on a terrific topic: “Can’t Miss Diagnoses in ID for the PCP.” Love it. So many great examples come to mind — endocarditis, Lemierre syndr...
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www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025... Fascinating history.
Why we should not forget the yellow fever story
A primary driver of the monumental endeavour to develop the yellow fever vaccine was a shared sense of responsibility that America, having the means and knowledge, should use its resources for the goo...
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For more than 27 years, raw sewage has been flowing into the Kruger National Park from Phalaborwa. Sewers and pump stations in Phalaborwa are barely working, despite having been refurbished.
Read groundup.org.za/article/sten... by Bernard Chiguvare
Read groundup.org.za/article/sten... by Bernard Chiguvare
Auditor-General investigates sewage flowing into Kruger National Park
But a separate investigation by the Blue Scorpions appears to have stalled
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amabhungane.org/amabhungane-... The contempt our politicians in parliament have for their oversight responsibilities
AmaBhungane bids to challenge the Public Procurement Act
amabhungane.org
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025... "But neither Dada Morero nor his MMC for infrastructure, Jack Sekwaila, were anywhere to be seen; nor was the city’s bomb squad appointed to deal with service delivery crises. Not even President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Swat team for Joburg..."
Hundreds of thousands in Joburg go without water — mayor AWOL
In the radio silence from authorities, Johannesburg’s active citizens stepped into the crisis. WhatsApp groups with reach across all communities pinned locations and shared information on where to fin...
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www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 14 million people. Stop calling the politicians making the cuts 'unserious' people.
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
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www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/... "Today, the Eastern Cape’s vast road network shows this; meticulously repaired in middle-class suburbs, but deeply broken in Black townships, and virtually invisible in remote villages." We really need a new government.
What the state of Eastern Cape roads says about who matters
My plans to present research in Europe were interrupted when Qatar shut its airspace. The irony was sharp. My research argues that poor infrastructure – like roads full of potholes or bus routes that ...
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www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025... But we're building more medical schools. Who needs strategy when we have blind hope?
Frustrated Free State doctors face unemployment after Cuban medical training in systemic crisis
A cohort of young doctors whose training was funded by the Free State government through the Nelson Mandela-Fidel Castro Bursary programme have been unable to find work in the public health sector upo...
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www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025... But we're building more medical schools. Who needs strategy when we have blind hope?
Frustrated Free State doctors face unemployment after Cuban medical training in systemic crisis
A cohort of young doctors whose training was funded by the Free State government through the Nelson Mandela-Fidel Castro Bursary programme have been unable to find work in the public health sector upo...
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