Are social media algorithms designed to prey the mental health of women and people of colour?
A horrifying experience at an illegal abortion provider led Gaopalelwe Phalaetsile to use social media to help women access safe abortion services
But will the country be able to half its maternal mortality ratio by 2030 – in time to achieve its sustainable development goal?
Public health systems are driven by nurses. Yet, they have little authority.
Terminally ill patients in the province have little access to pain relief, or basic care. Here’s one man’s story.
It’s World TB Day. Here’s why human rights and TB responses go hand in hand.
Catch every moment as Life Esidimeni families are told how much money they will get for the loss of their loved ones.
The families of the nearly 150 mental health patients who died in the Life Esidimeni tragedy will know today how much they will be compensated.
Both Life Esidimeni and Listeriosis exposed leadership cracks in our public health system. Are political leaders held accountable for their actions?
In Rwanda, schoolgirls can now buy locally produced, cheaper sanitary towels
Long before red flags were raised, this family fell victim to listeriosis. And this week, tragedy has struck again.
The head of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases’ listeria investigation, Juno Thomas, tells us which foods to bin and how.
The health department will tell you what you should be binning and how to do it safely without causing another public health nightmare.
Gender activists are outraged by the former finance minister’s side comments on government grants during his budget speech.
The new commander-in-chief has made promises, but how likely is he to deliver?
When Ella and her cousin reached a refugee camp in Sudan, it seemed to herald safety. Instead, it was the start of an all too familiar ordeal.
Those who oversaw the removal of mental health patients could face the full wrath of the law as could those standing by as KZN’s cancer care fails.
‘Families should be compensated for trauma, but not for what the deceased went through’, says state advocate.
International insecticide brand Mortein claims that Nigeria contributes 23% of the world’s malaria cases. Does the figure hit the mark?
Want to advocate for your uterus? Here are six ways you can do it.
Patients too poor to settle medical debts are chained to drain pipes, starved and abused in health centres across parts of Africa.
How science discovered that ARVs can bring the levels of HIV in the blood to levels so low it’s virtually undetectable – and impossible to transmit.
This tablet can help to protect the country’s young women from contracting HIV.
A vaginal ring could one day offer women dual protection against HIV infection and unwanted pregnancies. Unless this happens.
Suspended head of Gauteng health Barney Selebano’s court bid to avoid testifying at the ongoing arbitration could keep him off the stand for months.
The future of South Africa’s doctors rests on provincial purses.
He is a father, husband and businessman but the one thing that defined his social existence also taught his daughter an important lesson.
Meanwhile, the London School of Economics and Political Science says it cannot confirm Qedani Mahlangu is a student.
Eleven Gauteng health employees were singled out for censure. Now, only two have been suspended and garnered an alleged R1.3-million in wages.
The South African department of health’s free condoms go head-to-head with the name brand competition.
Poor people who have fled their countries are expected to pay steep rates for treatment at government hospitals in Gauteng.
Only one out of three married women and sexually active teenage girls on the continent use contraception.