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One in three adult South Africans live with obesity. Researcher Nomathemba Chandiwana says it’s time to start treating it like a chronic condition. (Yunmai/Unsplash)
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Obesity: the chronic disease that isn’t treated like one

A review of 37 studies found that when people stop taking weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, the weight comes back

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
After a year of US funding cuts across global public health, including South Africa’s hard-hit HIV programmes, new realities are settling in. We spoke to Mitchell Warren from the New York HIV advocacy organisation, Avac, to find out what that means for South Africa. Photo: Paul Botes

What will HIV funding look like in 2026?

After a year of US funding cuts across global public health, including South Africa’s hard-hit HIV programmes, new realities are settling in

  • Eyaaz
9 min read