Health technology, digital health apps, medtech, telemedicine, and wearables
SAHPRA is recalling five HumaMeter A1c reagent batches after room-temperature storage beyond seven days was linked to falsely low HbA1c results.
An adapted ITREMA-2 reflex strategy is moving into South African public HIV care, using dolutegravir exposure testing to target resistance testing more selectively.
A UCT-led Thembisa model finds clinic-based TB tests using tongue swabs or sputum could cut incidence by up to 49% and deaths by up to 67% — if far more symptomatic patients are actually tested.
South Africa’s pilot mass-rearing facility can produce about 500,000 Anopheles arabiensis a week for sterile-insect technique — promising, still not peer-reviewed elimination.
A Johannesburg study shows drug-exposure testing before resistance sequencing can cut monitoring costs ~23% and better separate adherence gaps from dolutegravir resistance.
South Africa’s digital health space is rapidly evolving, with mobile apps helping people access healthcare support, mental wellness tools and chronic disease management directly from their phones. From maternal healthcare and women’s wellness to anxiety support and preventative care, these five South African health apps are using technology to make healthcare more accessible, affordable and human-centred.
What began as step counters and fitness trackers has evolved into something more significant. Wearable technology is now part of the growing conversation around emergency support and modern health preparedness.