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Conventional and complementary healthcare professionals need to work together

An inter-referral system between conventional and complementary medical practitioners is essential to giving patients optimal care in our diverse society

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/Aids says the crisis is not an isolated supply-chain issue but a ‘systemic failure’ that demands urgent government intervention

US funding cut for HIV and TB research spells global health disaster, experts have warned

The termination of research finance puts pressure on South Africa’s response to tuberculosis and could slow down the capacity to develop new tests, one expert said

  • Aarti Bhana
5 min read
The continent must come up with long-term solutions to wean countries off aid dependency. Photo: Guillem Sartorio/AFP

How Africa can recover from the disease of aid dependency

In a changing world order, the continent must make urgent moves to wean itself off handouts

3 min read