Appalling conditions in Free State hospitals reveal a health care system that seems to be corrupt from top to bottom.
In the Free State, access to health services can depend on who you know, as the tragic case of one woman illustrates.
The TAC says it fears the arrest of over 50 community healthcare workers after they began a sit-in at the province’s health department headquarters.
Free State’s health department has been reported to the SA Human Rights Commission over "rights violations" such as food shortages and overcrowding.
The TAC and Section27 say their investigation into the province’s health department shows it needs urgent intervention by three state ministries.
The much-anticipated sanctioning of Wouter Basson has still not happened, 13 years later.
Where traditional beliefs are more real than textbooks, treating mental illness is a balancing act for sangomas and medical doctors alike.
Seven out of 10 women and four out of 10 men in SA have significantly more body fat than what is deemed healthy, shows a groundbreaking new study.
The Treatment Action Campaign has criticised the ANC for what it says is the party’s non-commitment to making condoms available at schools.
With over 400 000 new HIV infections occurring in 2012, South Africa ranks first in HIV incidence in the world, says an HSRC survey.