#VOTE4HEALTH | Municipal health services impact the safety of the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe. Find out more: tinyurl.com/55rchdzz You can join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy

TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED | Long-acting injections, vaginal rings, and tablets are the shiny new things in HIV prevention, and they are far from the only things that work. Find out more: tinyurl.com/ajf5fmrr You can join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy

HIV IN SA | Spotlight's interactive HIV dashboard and graph generator is up-to-date with the latest outputs from the Thembisa model: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/hiv-dashboard/

ONE A WEEK? | A new antiretroviral combination pill taken only once a week appears to work as well as daily pills for treating HIV. Here is the lowdown: tinyurl.com/53h8hhk5 Join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy

"YOU CAN FEEL THEM STARING AT YOU" | TB HIV Care recently introduced a range of HIV services aimed at men who have sex with men and transgender people in George. Spotlight met with some of the people using these services. www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2026/07/21/a...

INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES | We bring together diverse voices to foster more informed conversations about the issues shaping health in South Africa: tinyurl.com/bdejbuer Join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy

VACCINES SAVE LIVES | The SA government provides most essential childhood vaccines, but not enough children are being reached. We give you the run down in our newsletter: tinyurl.com/mw8cz2ec Join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy

DO YOU KNOW THEM? Across South Africa, many scientists, healthcare workers, researchers, and activists are working hard every day to make people’s lives better. We've profiled 11 such people in our newsletter: tinyurl.com/ykjn358h Join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy

CRITICAL QUESTION | Can South Africa successfully deliver the six-monthly lenacapavir injection without the trusted pathways that were decimated by cuts to aid from the US? Find out: tinyurl.com/2s3n5c6r Join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy

JUNE 1976 & JUNE 2026 | From the dream of freedom to the dream of an HIV-free future, South Africa’s young people continue to lead the way. www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2026/06/15/n...

PUSHING HEALTH FRONTIERS | We have an impressively long list of world-class researchers working in South Africa. Find out more: tinyurl.com/5f7e29xk Join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy

A SHOT OF HOPE | A breakthrough years in the making finally reaches SA clinics. We give you the rundown on lenacapavir, and a glimpse of what comes next for HIV treatment. Read our newsletter: tinyurl.com/59h6je6r Join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy

It is a BIG moment for SA on Friday. For the first time, the long-acting HIV prevention injection, lenacapavir, will become available in select public clinics across the country. Find out more in our special briefing: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2026/06/03/i...

ONE SHOT, 6 MONTHS OF PROTECTION | Hailed by Science as its 2024 Breakthrough of the Year, an injectable drug that provides six months of HIV protection with a single shot is being rolled out in South Africa from June. Read our special briefing on lenacapavir: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2026/06/03/i...

#WorldNoTobaccoDay | Professor Lekan Ayo-Yusuf: Passing the Tobacco Bill will not solve every public health challenge, but it is one of the clearest and most urgently needed tools to reduce future burdens of TB, cancer, heart disease and nicotine addiction. www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2026/05/29/p...

START AND STAY | One of the most urgent priorities in the HIV response today is making it easier for people living with HIV to start and stay on antiretroviral treatment. Learn more in our newsletter: tinyurl.com/4df4tfvz Join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy

FAKE MEDICINES. FAKE DOCTORS. REAL DANGER | From falsified painkillers and antibiotics to unregistered healthcare practitioners, patient safety is at serious risk. Read our newsletter: tinyurl.com/2zrky56w Join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy

#InsideTheBox | In his regular Spotlight column, Dr Andy Gray explores key issues affecting South Africa’s healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. Take a look at some of his recent columns: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/special-inve...

NIGHT OUTREACH | A mobile clinic provides essential healthcare services to the people of Nkqubela every Thursday evening during the summer months. Spotlight spent some time with the team on their outreach. www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2026/05/19/t...

HIV IN SA | Deaths due to HIV remain worryingly high. The Thembisa team estimates that there was 53 000 HIV-related deaths in the year from mid-2024 to mid-2025. You can explore the new estimates on Spotlight’s HIV dashboard: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/hiv-dashboard/

SA's LATEST HIV NUMBERS ARE IN | 7.9 million people are living with HIV. Treatment coverage has crept up by just 40 000. And 53 000 HIV-related deaths were recorded. What does it all mean? Find out in our newsletter: tinyurl.com/3a7w5kya You can join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy

What you need to know about hantavirus | "This is not another COVID. The current public health risk from hantavirus remains low, " says WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

THE CARE GIVERS | In this week’s newsletter, we explore KwaZulu-Natal’s rural corners where health work involves not only treatment but also presence and persistence. Find out more: tinyurl.com/2ucz6um5 Join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy

THE STAKES ARE HIGH | The Constitutional Court will soon hear the first two of several major court challenges relating to the National Health Insurance Act. Read our newsletter for the crucial takeaways: tinyurl.com/bddwsha9 Join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy

This year’s flu season has started, somewhat ahead of schedule. Find out more about what we know about sub-clade K - a novel variant of influenza doing the rounds. www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2026/04/01/f...

FROM CUTS TO COMEBACK? It has been a bruising year or so for medical researchers in South Africa. Does our government have the vision and ambition to seize the moment? Read our latest newsletter: tinyurl.com/4dra37cs Join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy

JUST IN | The NPA will institute criminal prosecutions against those implicated in the tragic deaths of #LifeEsidimeni patients. The charges are expected to include culpable homicide. From our archives: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/08/01/e...

NEW PRESSURES, OLD PROBLEMS | Our round-up of stories traces a line from a new variant of influenza to the not-so-new systemic cracks in our healthcare system. Explore the full picture in our newsletter: tinyurl.com/rbf97tcf Join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy

Flu season has officially arrived, although somewhat ahead of schedule. In this in-depth article @elri-voigt.bsky.social reports on what experts think we might expect for this year's flu season. www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2026/04/01/f...

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT | Many questions about asymptomatic TB remain unanswered, but we know for sure that right now it is a dangerous threat in the lungs of tens of thousands of people in South Africa. Find out more: tinyurl.com/v56tp68a Join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy