What’s left unspoken: If you expect your healthcare provider to lay out your birth control options, you may be in for a long wait
SA’s listeria epidemic is over. Take a look at the detectives who traced the epidemic’s source in this feature from our archives.
‘The illicit sector has a turnover of at least 10% of the world’s pharmaceutical business’
Worried your child could be at risk of contracting the bug as they head back to school? You might have to leave polony off the menu.
The second largest outbreak of listeriosis was in 2011, when the United States had a total of 147 reported cases.
The battle to eliminate fake pharmaceutical products is being stepped up
Readers write in about Robert Mugabe and his regime,and other regime changes in Africa
Enveloped by a choking shroud of toxic smog, New Delhi has declared a public health emergency as Lahore is also covered
Africa’s population is on the rise — necessitating increased investment in the next generation’s access to healthcare and right education.
Following global outrage, where Mugabe’s ambassadorial position was revoked, the Zimbabwean government reacted by calling the WHO the ‘biggest loser’
Maternal mortality is rising in developing countries —and in the United States
Millions of eggs have been destroyed or taken off the shelves across Europe
Society must stay out of young women’s decision whether to have babies or not.
Somehow, African countries are going to have to start footing their own medical bills.
Blind football represents hope and belonging for Egypt’s one million visually impaired.
"Make no mistake: in choosing Tedros, the WHO has made a decisive break from the past. It was about time."
There is, however, good reason to believe that the country can prevent an outbreak, given its recent history of dealing with Ebola outbreaks.
Why languish in illness when the poor could be used to help you live long and prosper? A dubious advertisement recently advocated.
Everyone wants to host mega-events despite the cost and other problems, such as terror attacks.
But this does not include nuclear material left over from mining aborted about 40 years ago.
The World Health Organisation has recommended that people potentially exposed to the Zika virus should practice safe sex.
New Australian research reveals a solution to 1-2 million tonnes a year of cigarette butt waste, which is leaching heavy metals into the earth.
The Elders say everybody is entitled to decent, affordable medical attention.
With just nine cases of the virus so far this year – in Pakistan and Afghanistan – the WHO is confident the battle against polio is nearly won.
Economic exploitation in the developing world has resulted in under-resourced and weak health systems that could not contain the spread of viruses.
Tuberculosis kills more people than HIV. Show your support for people with TB by joining the WHO’s Unmask Stigma Challenge on World TB Day.
Cape Verde, which recorded 22 suspected cases of Zika in the first week of March alone, has reported its first case of microcephaly.
The WHO has dispatched an expert team to southern Guinea after new cases of Ebola surfaced there.
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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.
Migraine hits one in 10 people, resulting not only in pain but costs the world economy billions.
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/ 26 January 2015
Following harsh criticism of its handling of the Ebola outbreak last year, the organisation says it will up its game in dealing with future crises.
This success in saving lives may be offset by the Ebola outbreak, and the UN agency warned of factors that might reverse the progress being made.