https://www.medsf.org/rss/south-africa en https://www.medsf.org/treating-diabetes-and-hypertension-rural-south-africa In South Africa, MEDSF has opened a new project in Eastern Cape province, which provides a community-focused approach to care for people with diabetes and hypertension. Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:15:09 +0000 55f9453f-e4e0-445f-bd06-a5b8b5fc6c0c https://www.medsf.org/thousands-homeless-and-risk-diseases-after-devastating-floods-kwazulu-natal-south-africa Around 40,000 people have been left homeless after floods in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa ripped apart homes, leaving many people vulnerable to water-borne diseases. Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:04:32 +0000 a06e56ac-c2b7-4cba-879b-1babae22a1e7 https://www.medsf.org/protecting-people-comorbidities-covid-19-vaccinations-south-africa A new vaccination support programme in Khayelitsha, South Africa, has proven to protect individuals with comorbidities that increase the risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19. Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:18:33 +0000 9a1704d0-acd8-4615-8351-834f8f070d66 https://www.medsf.org/msf-supports-health-centres-and-communities-affected-violence-sa After a week of unrest in South Africa, people are still feeling the effects of violence with many vulnerable communities reporting difficulties in accessing food and healthcare. Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:22:10 +0000 cdfb0275-8657-42f7-9b51-6e3fd19d0615 https://www.medsf.org/solutions-young-people-risk-drug-resistant-tuberculosis Between 25,000 and 30,000 children are estimated to become sick with DR-TB annually yet child-focused diagnostic, treatment and prevention strategies lack. Tue, 30 Mar 2021 13:36:59 +0000 7f4b70cd-d1fe-4833-b187-5b1596d1c35f https://www.medsf.org/msf-urges-rich-countries-share-appropriate-covid-19-vaccines-southern-africa As Southern Africa struggles under a contagious variant of the coronavirus, MEDSF urges rich countries to share appropriate COVID-19 vaccines with those yet to vaccinate key workers. Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:46:38 +0000 a447fb7d-09bc-4d51-8362-ee1b3e92ced7 https://www.medsf.org/msf-supports-india-and-south-africa-ask-waive-coronavirus-drug-patent-rights MEDSF backs a demand by India and South Africa at the World Trade Organization to waive patent and intellectual property rights on coronavirus COVID-19 drugs and vaccines. Wed, 07 Oct 2020 17:19:54 +0000 464eed3d-3fc6-453c-a097-01dc258bfd5f https://www.medsf.org/south-africa%E2%80%99s-western-cape-breathes-after-covid-19-peak As MEDSF's COVID-19 field hospital in South Africa’s Western Cape province prepares to close, our team there shares valuable medical lessons learned. Thu, 06 Aug 2020 07:27:51 +0000 ecd52fde-95ed-4fbb-9e54-ecab968e8829 https://www.medsf.org/msf-opens-field-hospital-south-africa-braces-covid-19 The Khayelitsha community has borne the brunt of COVID-19 infections in the country, spurring Médecins Sans Frontières (MEDSF) to develop a 60-bed overflow treatment facility in a field hospital next to the district hospital. Fri, 12 Jun 2020 13:39:44 +0000 d6577872-f3da-44b8-862c-b83de01e7dcc https://www.medsf.org/aids-death-toll-stagnates-due-lack-community-level-testing Hundreds of thousands of people still die from AIDS because countries are ill-equipped to detect and treat them, new MEDSF report "No time to lose" reveals. Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:57:00 +0000 3673342f-f52b-414c-8a1d-b87f1efbd408