Late UCT Medical School dean Bongani Mayosi pioneered the response to a little known but common heart disease at home and across the continent.
The spread of the outbreak to Mbandaka roused the concern of the health ministry and other public health organisations
The US president hit back at The New York Times for publishing ‘fake news’
Longevity is linked to how people approach later life and others’ attitude towards elders
Good things are being said about the World Health Organisation since Ethiopia’s man came on board
The UAE’s ban comes in the wake of SA informing the World Organisation for Animal Health earlier in the month of an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever
The latest outbreak is in a city and next to the Congo River, factors that increase the risk of it spreading rapidly
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has a clear "potential to expand", WHO warned on Wednesday
The virus’ resurgence, this time in a city of more than one-million people could set the scene for a fast-spreading disaster.
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is optimistic the health organisation — along with its partners — will be able to beat the virus
The party has said the outbreak is a state of crisis and has called on all of its members to ensure products linked to the bacteria are removed
The health department will tell you what you should be binning and how to do it safely without causing another public health nightmare.
In the Northern Cape, former mineworkers and their families live with lung-destroying diseases and barely survive financially.
Want to advocate for your uterus? Here are six ways you can do it.
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.