The HIV prevention tablet is now available in South Africa but popping a pill every day to stay HIV-negative may not be for everyone
Could companies’ wooing of social media influencers be just a clever ploy to get around the country’s tobacco advertising ban?
When kids at risk of suicide can talk to trained friends & family, they’re seven times less likely to die, says one of the world’s largest studies.
Health workers in Mpumalanga fear for their lives because of crime and unsafe buildings
We’ve proven Depo Provera doesn’t make it easier to contract HIV. But African women are still left with too few contraceptive choices.
We now know the answer after more than 25 years of guessing, but will women believe it?
For 25 years, scientists have wondered whether the Depo-Provera could increase people’s risk of contracting HIV. Today, we find out if it does.
Bhekisisa’s latest policy dialogue takes a deep dive into one of the biggest challenges facing SA’s HIV response at the 9th Aids conference.
Small town, big goals: Eshowe has become one of the first SA communities to put enough people on HIV treatment to reduce new infections in the area.
The rresident promised more funding to the country’s one-stop centres for victims of abuse. But can provinces afford to make good on his promise?
Public health officials and journalists are like two peas in a pot — they need each other.
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.
If allegations prove true, it may mean that corruption at the regulator enabled unqualified people to masquerade as doctors and nurses.
There’s something distinctly cynical about Israel’stargeting of people’s legs in Palestine’s march for freedom.
Inside the Kenyan village that began as a refuge for survivors of sexual violence.
Since the country’s national rollout, less than a quarter of people who’ve started taking PrEP are young women — despite high HIV rates among them.
Policy bans aid going to foreign groups that support abortion rights as secretary of state Pompeo says: ‘This is decent and right’
One in four people carry this potentially deadly bug? Now a new shorter treatment can prevent it from making you sick.
This invasive weed clogs our dam and rivers but in Kenya, it’s become the next big thing in renewable energy.
For years, catching this drug-resistant bacteria meant painful treatment that risked your hearing and mental health. Now, that could be changing.
New research may finally tell us why SA is always among the first to sound the alarm over drug-resistant strains.
Two decades after their son died while illegally detained at a deportation centre outside Johannesburg, this family still hasn’t found his grave.
When a river and several hours of dirt roads stand between you & the nearest hospital, giving birth can be deadly. One nurse is hoping to change that.
Mali joins the ranks of countries such as Sierra Leone, South Africa & Burkina Faso to provide free healthcare to moms and tots.
We tell moms to exclusively breastfeed. But we don’t tell them about all the things that get in the way of that, including depression.
The health department is bracing itself for a perfect storm when climate change and our over-stretched health system collide. But is it doing enough?
Recent national and Gauteng memos demanding all foreign patients pay in full for services likely fell foul of the law.
Ecstasy users are more empathetic than those who take other drugs – even when not on it.
No one really knows how many people inject drugs in east and southern Africa and that’s a bigger problem than you think.