Even if your child has been vaccinated, booster shots provide an extra layer of protection.
Reporter Pontsho Pilane has been recognised for her reporting on menstruation.
Gauteng health department hopes to avoid legal battle as more bodies are discovered.
Left with little choice, many women turn to illegal abortionists to terminate their pregnancies.
Outreach workers say the practice making headlines isn’t as widespread as it’s been made out to be as they rush to prevent more from trying it.
The department moved people to save money and NGOs were happy to take them in for cash.
Almost 100 Gauteng mental health patients died after MEC Qedani Mahlangu’s disastrous decision, the health ombud has found.
When Thami Mabuza found a lump in his chest, he never could have imagined it was breast cancer.
Pontsho Pilane recently presented a proposal to Parliament to introduce free pads for poor people who menstruate. Here’s what she learned.
The World Health Organisation hopes take-home tests will increase the number of the people who know their HIV status
Rape and physical abuse rates more than double those reported in national studies have been recorded in Diepsloot in northern Johannesburg
Peer educators spread the word about HIV prevention one little blue pill at a time
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Bhekisisa is launching a free gender-based violence helpline in Diepsloot
After Sierra Leone’s civil war, money poured in for mental health services. But a decade later, there’s little left to help Ebola’s victims.
How undercover police infiltrated a criminal network that spent years hiding behind a curtain of shelf companies, Swiss bank accounts and pseudonyms.
Life-saving HIV drugs were allegedly diverted from Africa’s public health system to sell in Europe.
C-sections may result in fewer lawsuits, but they are not always the best option.
Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu breaks her silence over the department’s deadly decision to transfer psychiatric patients.
A decision by the Gauteng department of health has left at least 36 dead but has the scandal lifted the lid on the horrors of mental healthcare?
When ‘that time of the month’ comes, you don’t have to reach for disposable tampons or pads.
Tastier kid-friendly tablets will help take the guess work out of treating Kenya’s tiniest TB patients.
A marathon runner with prostate cancer uses his skill to promote awareness and encourage testing.
Why the debate misses the very gendered point in a country where people with uteruses remain disproportionally affected by HIV.
Malan won for her long-form piece, “Diepsloot: Where men think it’s their right to rape.”
After three years of deliberation and research, the South African health department launches flavoured condoms.
It’s World Yoga Day. Mindfulness has seen a resurgence in popularity and is slowly making its way behind the walls of prisons in South Africa.
The government is making female condoms more accessible – and these come with extra benefits.
Is Kenya, currently plagued by a cholera outbreak, about to show the world the energy wealth hidden in human waste?
The South African department of health’s free condoms go head-to-head with the name brand competition.
Healthcare for Kenya’s semi-nomadic communities comes in an unlikely form of camels, who carry medicine to the country’s most remote villages.
Zimbabwe has successfully won the support of chiefs and their people by combining a respect for tradition with safe, modern procedures.
A novel and easy way to disinfect water using freely available solar power is helping to combat the spread of disease in developing countries.