Cyclone Idai washed away the crops that survived a savage drought, leaving 70% of the population in dire need of food.
Before 2011, this country couldn’t prevent cervical cancer let alone screen for it. Since then everything’s changed.
Women – many of them mothers – constitute more than half of the population. What should moms think of before casting their vote?
In a country where treatment can cost two years’ wages, a new project could mean free medical care for 500 million people.
In Kivalo, where cyclones, overfishing and rising seas threaten livelihoods, beekeeping offers an unlikely alternative to fishing.
We invite you to our Policy Dialogue at the 9th annual Aids Conference.
General anaesthetic is supposed to make surgery painless. Now there’s evidence that one person in 20 may be awake when doctors think they’re under.
Life-saving medicines are out of reach for many patients but a World Health Organisation meeting held in Johannesburg this week could change that.
Having banned female genital cutting, his ousting may have been good for democracy but bad for women’s bodies.
When this toddler died at Leratong Hospital, his body disappeared. Here’s what happened when his parents went back there more than a decade later.