Spotlight NSP

01/06/2026

CHANGING TIMES | HIV treatment has been improved and simplified significantly over the years yet a small fraction of people living with HIV still take complex multi-pill regimens. Spotlight reports on a new combination pill that could make life easier for some in this group.

HIV treatment has been improved and simplified significantly over the years yet a small fraction of people living with HIV still take complex multi-pill regimens. Elri Voigt reports on a new combination pill that could make life easier for some in this group. But as two leading experts point out, th...

29/05/2026

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: https://tinyurl.com/4df4tfvz

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29/05/2026

SMOKE & MIRRORS | SA can continue to get caught up in industry noise while ni****ne addiction spreads among young people, or act decisively to protect future generations, argues Professor Lekan Ayo-Yusuf. ***coDay

If South Africa is serious about ending TB, protecting people living with HIV, and safeguarding the next generation from ni****ne addiction, Parliament must finally pass the To***co Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, argues Professor Lekan Ayo-Yusuf, as we mark World No To***co D...

28/05/2026

HOSPITAL HISTORIES | Spotlight spent time inside the historic KwaZulu-Natal Children’s Hospital in Durban, where painful history and a lifeline for a new generation exist side-by-side.

https://www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2026/05/28/the-childrens-beachfront-hospital-the-apartheid-govt-tried-to-kill-is-reclaiming-its-heartbeat/

27/05/2026

SCALE UP | For 1.5 million people in South Africa living with HIV, the routine of long clinic queues, missed work, and travel costs could be cut to just two clinic visits a year by March 2027.

By March 2027, the health department aims to have 1.5 million people living with HIV on a new programme where they can get a six-month supply of antiretroviral medicines at a time. Early indications suggest that implementation of the programme is slow and uneven, reports Christina Pitt.

25/05/2026

HELP & HOPE | Behind every abandoned baby is a mother in crisis. Biénne Huisman meets the team assisting despairing mums in Durban, while raising babies and toddlers in a happy temporary home.

https://www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2026/05/25/small-things-great-love-the-durban-safe-house-where-babies-wait-for-a-home/

22/05/2026

FAKE MEDICINES. FAKE DOCTORS. REAL DANGER | From falsified painkillers and antibiotics to unregistered healthcare practitioners, patient safety is at serious risk.

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21/05/2026

| 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: https://www.spotlightnsp.co.za/special-investigations/insidethebox/

20/05/2026

FAKE MEDS | From unregulated weight loss injections to unsafe pain tablets, substandard and falsified medical products pose a threat to people's health. Spotlight reports on how regulators are fighting the problem in South Africa.

From unregulated weight loss injections to unsafe pain tablets, substandard and falsified medical products pose a threat to the health of people. Elna Schütz reports on how regulators are fighting the problem in South Africa.

19/05/2026

Seasonal workers in Robertson often struggle to get to the clinic to access basic healthcare during the day, so community health workers in Langeberg have set up mobile clinics to visit the township at night.