The Chronic kidney disease in Africa (CKD-Africa) Collaboration is proud to announce the launch of their new website, going live today, the 4th April 2022.

Dr Fareed Abdullah and Professor Helen Rees, two South African medical practitioners with a long history of working for better healthcare and human rights within South Africa and the global community, were recently appointed to the French National Order of Merit by French President Emmanuel Macron.

The inaugural Harding Prize for Useful and Trustworthy Communication has been jointly won by the ONS Covid Infection Survey and the Cochrane Review of Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19.

A recently published South African study set out to determine sero-positivity against SARS-CoV-2 before the fourth wave of COVID-19, in which the omicron variant was dominant. Sero-positivity measures the presence of antibodies against the virus; it indicates past infection. The study focused on Gauteng, the country’s economic hub. Ozayr Patel asked Shabir Madhi to unpack the results and explain why the findings suggest that South Africa has reached a turning point in the pandemic.

While much has been made of support expressed for the introduction of the National Health Insurance, a closer assessment of presentations on the NHI Bill during parliamentary hearings suggests that a number of concerns still need to be addressed.