Contraception

After Echo: ‘Why the study results scare me’

Article Bhekisisa Team - 13 Jun 2019

We've proven Depo Provera doesn't make it easier to contract HIV. But African women are still left with too few contraceptive choices.

BREAKING: Study confirms this popular birth control does not increase your HIV risk

Article Laura Lopez Gonzalez & Bhekisisa Team - 13 Jun 2019

We now know the answer after more than 25 years of guessing, but will women believe it?

What are Echo Trial results does Depo-Provera birth control shot increase risk of HIV

Article Bhekisisa Team Author & Bhekisisa Team - 13 Jun 2019

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.

This drug could save 25 000 women’s lives but could it cost them their babies?

Article Laura Lopez Gonzalez & Bhekisisa Team - 26 Jul 2018

Take a look at the newest HIV treatment set to hit South Africa's shores in 2019.

Are strong-armed tactics by Big Pharma behind the country’s birth control shortage?

Article bogdan TagDiv - 20 Jul 2018

An international drug maker may have intentionally muscled out local competition to win the bulk of a national birth control tender.

Why it could cost less than R120 per year to save a life

Article Alex Ezeh - 9 May 2018

Maternal deaths in developing regions would fall by 73% if all women had access to contraception and maternal healthcare, shows new research.

A grim anniversary: Hundreds of clinics close as Trump’s gag rule turns one

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Feb 2018

Governments and even anonymous do-gooders are stepping into fill the funding gap left by the US decision, but their pockets will never be deep enough.

Is the rumour mill standing between you and better birth control? Find out.

Article Nelisiwe Msomi - 9 Jan 2018

This implant offers all the protection from unwanted pregnancies with almost none of the clinic visits. So why did many say, ‘thanks, but no thanks’?

Abortion: Government to get tougher on doctors with moral objections

Article Yogan Pillay - 17 Nov 2017

Draft guidelines will look to balance a doctor or nurse's right recuse themselves from performing abortions with a person's right to choose.

Condoms at school? Yes, says a new education policy

Article Laura Lopez Gonzalez - 14 Jun 2017

Parents and staff can no longer keep contraception out of schools in the case of children 12 years and older.

Will the male Pill ever be a reality?

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Nov 2016

'Until there’s more demand from men for a pill of their own, the responsibility will be left to women.'

Birth control: Which one’s best for you?

Videos Staff Reporter - 23 May 2016

Former Bhekisisa reporter, Amy Green, explains what the top five forms of contraception on the continent are, and why.

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The Mogale Centre: A place of hope for young offenders

Athandiwe Saba - 30 Mar 2020

In the last story of her series about children behind bars, Athandiwe Saba speaks to young men who have committed serious crimes and are now living behind the walls of the Mogale Child and Youth Care Centre

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