Health

Why medical aids are putting the price of a safe delivery on some women’s pockets

Article Fatima Hassan & Bhekisisa Team - 17 May 2019

When medical schemes and the law count conceiving as a pre-existing condition, pregnant women lose.

Are the medical aids really fleecing you?

Article Laura Lopez Gonzalez & Bhekisisa Team - 17 May 2019

There's good news and bad news when it comes to PMBs.

Why Discovery Health didn’t pay up

Article Bhekisisa Team - 17 May 2019

Would you join a medical aid if you were perfectly healthy? Most won’t. That’s why we need waiting periods, says Discovery CEO Jonathan Broomberg.

How to get South Africans to buy into the next big thing in medicine

Article Nelisiwe Msomi & Bhekisisa Team - 16 May 2019

These ATMs can decrease the number of patients in clinics but health workers are not helping to achieve that goal.

China’s overfishing of Africa: The lure and the lies

Article Hannah Summers & Bhekisisa Team - 15 May 2019

Scientists and campaigners warn that factories in coastal villages are wreaking environmental and economic havoc.

What your doctor is thinking when they say, ‘I’m afraid I have some bad news’

Article Morgan Pantuck & Bhekisisa Team - 13 May 2019

Doctors have turned to scientific studies for guidance on talking with patients, but the results have largely left them guessing.

The bad news about delivering bad news

Article Morgan Pantuck & Bhekisisa Team - 13 May 2019

Doctors have turned to scientific studies for guidance on talking with patients, but the results have largely left them guessing.

‘I don’t know how my children will survive’: Zimbabwe in crisis

Article Nyasha Chingono & Bhekisisa Team - 10 May 2019

Cyclone Idai washed away the crops that survived a savage drought, leaving 70% of the population in dire need of food.

Shots, myths & cash: The perilous road to curbing cancer

Article Sophie Cousins & Bhekisisa Team - 9 May 2019

Before 2011, this country couldn’t prevent cervical cancer let alone screen for it. Since then everything’s changed.

Vote like a mother: Five things moms should ask politicians this election

Article Julie Mentor, Rumbi Goredema Gorgens & Bhekisisa Team - 1 May 2019

Women – many of them mothers – constitute more than half of the population. What should moms think of before casting their vote?

‘It’s a godsend’: the healthcare scheme bringing hope to India’s sick

Article Amrit Dhillon & Bhekisisa Team - 30 Apr 2019

In a country where treatment can cost two years’ wages, a new project could mean free medical care for 500 million people.

Climate adaptation proves the bee’s knees for fishermen in Madagascar

Article Emilie Filou & Bhekisisa Team - 25 Apr 2019

In Kivalo, where cyclones, overfishing and rising seas threaten livelihoods, beekeeping offers an unlikely alternative to fishing.

Blessers, blessees and HIV: Do we know how to deal with age-disparate sex?

Article Bhekisisa Team - 24 Apr 2019

We invite you to our Policy Dialogue at the 9th annual Aids Conference.

Smoke, spies, and lies: Big Tobacco gatecrashes public health lobby meeting

Article Joan Van Dyk - 23 Apr 2019

South Africa’s top public health experts sat down to discuss the safety of e-cigarettes. The verdict? Stay away.

What do a pair of goggles, a cellphone and a set of headphones have in common?

Article Nelisiwe Msomi - 23 Apr 2019

South Africa's public health nurses are infamous for having bad attitudes. Google goggles could help them change their ways.

Pills and prisoners: Why governments trust Big Pharma more than their citizens

Article Joan Van Dyk - 17 Apr 2019

Italy has come up with a plan to slash the cost of medicines by May. For the plan to work, they need everyone to get on board.

This is what it’s like waking up during surgery

Article David Robson & Bhekisisa Team - 15 Apr 2019

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.

Seven things that will make you think twice about the cost of drugs

Article Joan Van Dyk & Bhekisisa Team - 12 Apr 2019

Life-saving medicines are out of reach for many patients but a World Health Organisation meeting held in Johannesburg this week could change that.

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