Spotlight recently reported on a court case aimed at expanding access to breakthrough new treatments for cystic fibrosis and on how this debilitating disease is diagnosed in South Africa. Now, in Part 3 of this special series, Catherine Tomlinson turns the spotlight on how the disease is being.
In recent weeks, cystic fibrosis has been in the headlines because of a court case about access to new treatments for the genetic condition. After reporting on the case, Catherine Tomlinson now unpacks how CF is diagnosed in South Africa and why so many cases fall through the cracks. The good n.
New treatments for cystic fibrosis that dramatically improve the prognosis for sufferers have been developed. They are expensive, however, and patents granted to Vertex, the US company that makes them, block any other companies from supplying the medicines to CF patients in the country. Cheri N.
The Child Health Priorities Association released a statement today, addressed to the government, raising the alarm about the impact of austerity and budget cuts on the lives of South Africa’s poorest children.