Portfolio

Percept | February 2023 Young South Africans make up over a third of the country’s total population. They should be the engine of the economy, society, and democracy. But instead, nearly half of these young [...]

Percept | July 2022 South Africa is widely regarded as the most unequal country in the world, ranking at the top of the global Gini index. The fact that South Africa’s population growth has outpaced [...]

Percept | May 2022 The health sector provides an important knowledge base to draw on, both from the perspective of using RBF and in terms of the challenges it faces in ensuring quality service provision, [...]

Percept | April 2022 At this current crucial point in South Africa's history, multidimensional inequality remains high. In this follow-up to our first inequality report, we unpack and assess potential levers for change that could [...]

Staring into the abyss: What we know about the burden of non-communicable diseases in South Africa Percept | January 2022 Non-communicable disease (NCD) is a catch-all term for diseases that are not infectious, which meansthat [...]

The double-edged sword of a longer life: NCDs, age and ageing Percept | January 2022 Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) collectively account for more than 70% of global deaths, withover half of those deaths among people older [...]

Sex, gender and NCDs Percept | January 2022 Globally, NCDs have become prominent causes of death for both men and women. This brief sets outto describe the relationships between NCDs and sex, and NCDs and [...]

Geography and NCDs Percept | January 2022 NCDs are the leading causes of death globally, but their burden and risk factors differ acrossgeographies. This brief describes the relationship between geography and NCDs. Geography is acritical [...]

Households and NCDs Percept | January 2022 Despite being defined by their non-infectiousness, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) – likeinfectious ones – often cluster in households. This is not just because of the close proximity of peoplewho [...]

Tracking the next syndemic: The relationship between HIV and noncommunicable diseases Percept | January 2022 The early story of HIV infection was that it was a death sentence. An HIV-infected person wouldeventually develop acquired immune-deficiency [...]

A deep dive into cancer Percept | January 2022 Cancer is a fast-growing health priority all over the world. It’s estimated that 1 in 9 individuals willdevelop cancer in their lifetime, and it’s currently the [...]

The not so sweet truth: A deep dive into diabetes Percept | January 2022 Diabetes was once considered an uncommon disease primarily affecting the wealthy, with lowincomecountries largely unaffected. However, the combination of an ageing [...]