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A call has gone out for all healthcare facilities – both public and private – to adhere to new guidelines during lockdown and for as long as the Covid-19 pandemic is an issue in South…

Knowledge generated by communities is playing a vital role in informing HIV prevention and treatment programmes as health NGO RIGHT TO CARE gears up to find innovative ways to reach UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets by 2020. These are ambitious treatment targets…

 The CLINICAL HIV RESEARCH UNIT (CHRU) and health NGO RIGHT TO CARE have joined forces to raise awareness about cervical cancer, the leading cause of cancer death among South African women. Tomorrow is International Gynaecological Awareness Day which aims…

Monday, 8 October 2018: Ahead of the South African Drug Policy Week 2018, Prof. Ian Sanne, CEO of Right to Care, one of South Africa’s largest health NGOs, called for South Africa to start a…

South Africa is just over half-way through a massive effort by multiple stakeholders to circumcise 4.3-million men which will avert 1.3-million new HIV infections. But what will it take to achieve the final targets? Dr Khumbulani Moyo, medical male circumcision project director at RIGHT TO CARE explains. Wednesday 1 August 2018: Soon after the World Health Organization recommended…

Thursday, 5 July 2018: Many South Africans still consider the lesbian gay bisexual transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community to be different, abnormal or sinister. “This leads to LGBTI individuals suffering from self-discrimination, social isolation, depression,…

Thursday 7 June 2018: Just being an active member of a club can save a life and make a significant impact on South Africa’s effort to meet the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets focused on ending the AIDS epidemic…

Thursday 22 March 2018: Tuberculosis (TB) is the number one cause of death amongst infectious diseases in South Africa. While the incidence of drug-susceptible (DS-TB), which is treated with the antibiotics rifampicin and isoniazid, has…

Johannesburg – Thursday, 15 June 2018: A groundbreaking ‘ATM pharmacy’ that gives patients with chronic illnesses their repeat medication in under three minutes was officially opened in Alexandra today. The innovative Pharmacy Dispensing Unit™ (PDU™)…