The future of South Africa’s doctors rests on provincial purses.
Another school could be on the cards for the North West province as well.
Drones can make doctors and nurses more efficient, but they can’t replace them altogether
Finally capping its own medics, the country must now retain them and coax them into rural areas.
They make healthcare more affordable say proponents, but are still underutilised locally
Despite the extreme challenges and deep sadness of daily life in and around Mosul, the resilience of the health workers of Mosul is awe inspiring.
Somehow, African countries are going to have to start footing their own medical bills.
Reporter Pontsho Pilane has been recognised for her reporting on menstruation.
Much is made of alleged shortages in doctors’ posts but clinical associates rarely gets a mention, says professional association.
Fact may be stranger than science fiction as artificial intelligence moves into consulting rooms.
The fight over the pros and cons of a proposed tax on sugar-sweetened drinks is set to be a sticky one.
Many Ugandans were once refugees themselves. Now, they are ‘paying back the good’ and making their country one of the best in the world for refugees.
Care workers may be the backbone of community health care but they sure aren’t paid like it
The US remains one of the leading funders of global health but will this change on president-elect Donald Trump’s watch?
If the US president-elect acts on his election rhetoric, the result for LGBTI programmes may be dire.
More than 200 newly qualified doctors may be left with worthless degrees if provinces can’t raise funds for internship positions
New United Nations report calls for drug companies to spill closely held secrets and patent reforms.
An MSF fieldworker from South Africa is using her skills to help at-risk mothers and children in Pakistan
The industry body says the dwindling number of medical aid members means the government must act.
Poor people who have fled their countries are expected to pay steep rates for treatment at government hospitals in Gauteng.
The buruli ulcer is considered to be a neglected tropical disease but is the third most common bacterial infection after tuberculosis and leprosy.
Sunny weather in South Africa makes skin cancer a risk for many people.
The country has one of the highest tuberculosis burdens.
But it is rapidly gaining access to new diagnostic tools and medicine for drug-resistant TB.
Medical regulatory bodies must be guided by solid evidence rather than pressure from recreational users pushing for the legalisation of the drug.
Early diagnosis, a simple test, vector curbs and a new medicine is effective in many areas, but South Sudan can’t rely on this treatment.
Christian sect leaders in Zimbabwe are slowly coming around to the idea of women giving birth at health clinics, instead of "birth camps".
The case has already contributed to improved jurisprudence on socioeconomic rights in Uganda
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Some residents in rural towns in Mpumalanga have to chose between buying food or going to the doctor.
But the Free Market Foundation maintains the plan will cost the state more than it raises in taxes.
Disease and death flourish while the number of doctors diminishes and the cost of health remains under the microscope, writes Shoks Mnisi Mzolo.
We’ll deliver your baby but sepsis control is your problem, say the country’s rural clinics.
We’ll deliver your baby but sepsis control is your problem, say the country’s rural clinics.