Traditional and Western healers team up to treat patients with HIV and tuberculosis because many people consult more than one health system.
Leaders of Zimbabwe’s Apostolic sects are warming to the idea of women giving birth at health clinics.
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/ 22 February 2016
Health authorities say the visitor diagnosed with the mosquito-spread virus has recovered and there is minimal likelihood of a local outbreak.
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/ 18 February 2016
The Ebola outbreak on the continent showed how countries with poor health systems are unfit to fight epidemics.
Adults scarred by polio are fighting stigma and shame to persuade parents in the DRC to vaccinate their children.
A cruel, unrelenting cycle of poverty, drinking and fetal alcohol syndrome robs families of all hope.
When Demelza Bush was a little girl, she knew she wasn’t. And they weren’t a boy either.
Mabele helped lead the fight for antiretrovirals in SA. A memorial service will be held for her today. This was her last interview with Bhekisisa.
During this initiation season, we look back at what happened in 2013 when bungled initiations cost boys their penises.