Why Africa's journalists aren't doing a good job on COVID-19: ShutterstockThe media’s coverage of COVID-19 is being questioned as the disease sweeps across the world. The pandemic has severely tested national health systems and is wreaking havoc on economies and ordinary lives. How can the media constructively communicate the urgency and severity of … [Read more...] about Why Africa’s journalists aren’t doing a good job on COVID-19 | The Conversation
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TB, HIV and COVID-19: urgent questions as three epidemics collide | The Conversation
TB, HIV and COVID-19: urgent questions as three epidemics collide: Doctors Without Borders supporters march in protest to the American Consulate in Johannesburg in 2012 over lack of funding to fight HIV. Photo by Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty ImagesTuberculosis (TB) and HIV pose a significant burden on South Africa’s health system. There’s a close relationship between the two. … [Read more...] about TB, HIV and COVID-19: urgent questions as three epidemics collide | The Conversation
TB: Scientists know a great deal, but there’s still more to learn | The Conversation
TB: Scientists know a great deal, but there's still more to learn: Fluorescence microscopy of mycobacteria. Michael A. Reiche, Timothy J. de Wet, Ryan Dinkele and Digby F. WarnerSouth Africa has one of the highest rates of tuberculosis (TB) infection globally. Almost 400 000 patients are treated for TB annually. It is also the most common cause of death in South Africa. As … [Read more...] about TB: Scientists know a great deal, but there’s still more to learn | The Conversation
COVID-19: the cure could be worse than the disease for South Africa | The Conversation
COVID-19: the cure could be worse than the disease for South Africa: South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa declaring a national lockdown as a result of COVID-19. EPA/picture supplied by GCIS (Government Information Services)As the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spreads worldwide, some governments have taken rapid and unprecedented action. Others, led by bigoted leaders who … [Read more...] about COVID-19: the cure could be worse than the disease for South Africa | The Conversation
Pandemics act on social fault lines: lessons for COVID-19 from HIV and AIDS | The Conversation
Pandemics act on social fault lines: lessons for COVID-19 from HIV and AIDS: HIV activists in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa in 2004. Solidarity and organisation were key in fighting HIV stigma. Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty ImagesRalph Kretzen, who died on 26 August 1982, and Pieter Daniël (Charles) Steyn, who died on 1 January 1983, were the first two people officially … [Read more...] about Pandemics act on social fault lines: lessons for COVID-19 from HIV and AIDS | The Conversation
