In the hospitals of 1980s South Africa, Naeemah Abrahams saw how often women showed up battered and bruised, a phenomenon her colleagues didn’t make much of. Three decades later, she’s one of the researchers turning the tide on gender-based violence
Repeated claims that the country was “following the science” really meant it was following a particular science followed by some Western scientists
As scientists scramble to learn more about it, infectious disease expert Professor Salim Abdool Karim says current vaccines are effective against the new variant
The vast majority of hospital admissions in Gauteng are of unvaccinated people, data from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases shows
Safety, side-effects and the jargon-filled scientific information explained for those who have concerns about getting vaccinated
Our system is still not conducive for dealing with community transmissions. Harsher restrictions and constant lockdowns are not the answer
A team working with the country’s Covid ministerial advisory committee uses a formula to keep tabs on the rise of infections. Here’s how it works
SA is on the verge of rolling out Covid-19 vaccines, but can we vaccinate children and pregnant women, and which jabs work against the 501Y.V2 variant?
In December 2020, scientists announced that a new variant of the Covid-19 — called 501Y.V2 — had been identified in South Africa. Here’s a look at what we’ve learnt in the past month about the new variant that is driving the country’s second wave of infections
Although the new strain 501Y.V2 of the virus has spread 50% more rapidly, current evidence shows that it is not more severe than the one experienced in the first wave
Professor Salim Abdool Karim talks to Nicolene de Wee about his responsibility as head of the ministerial advisory committee tasked with guiding the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Governments need to provide the modelling and data informing the strategy to control the spread of the novel coronavirus
The government’s professed reliance on science to justify its response to the pandemic reveals both its overconfidence and its insecurities about getting citizens to cooperate
South Africa needs clear communication between departments and with the public, particularly now during the Covid-19 pandemic
100 000 tests. 600 000 people screened. And an increase in daily tests to 30 000 — inside what the state is doing with the time the lockdown bought
With little money to respond to Covid-19, the government is looking at other sources of funding
The government’s plan to deal with the pandemic and its aftermath includes managing ‘the challenges of bereavement’ that will accompany large-scale deaths
The disease has a unique trajectory in South Africa, thanks to the rapid move to declare a national disaster and institute a lockdown. But this has only bought time to prepare for the worst
Read South Africa’s Covid-19 response as presented by Professor Salim Abdool Karim on Monday
Salim Abdool Karim joins Newton, Hawking and Einstein as a member of an extraordinary society
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/ 29 November 2011
A gel researchers once hailed as a breakthrough in the prevention of HIV transmission among women, has been shown to be ineffective.
Revolutionary new vaginal treatment could avert 800 000 Aids deaths over the next 20 years.
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/ 25 September 2008
One of the key anti-TB drugs, rifampicin, increases the speed at which one class of ARVs is broken down by the body.
People with a genetic variation that slows down HIV may also be causing a mutation to the Aids syndrome that makes it less potent if transmitted to others, South African researchers said on Friday. The human immunodeficiency virus that causes Aids attacks immune system cells