Fertility
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A close listen: Jazz pro, healer and scholar stuns with depth of meaning and musicality
South African pianist and composer Nduduzo Makhathini’s latest album, uNomkhubulwane, is a masterpiece of transcendent spiritual jazz that draws on his Zulu cultural heritage and…
‘It’s not a feminine thing. It’s a family thing’: How men can boost contraception use
Family planning and the resulting demographic dividend are easier to achieve when men join the contraception conversation.
Plastic waste is a planetary crisis
A United Nations meeting in Kenya is a step towards developing a legally binding global treaty that will decisively tackle plastic pollution
Fickle funding for women-led startups hurts femtech
It is difficult for startups to get off the ground, especially when they are women-focused
Are surrogate and IVF babies ‘essential’ in a pandemic?
Now is the time to examine how reproductive health in South Africa is riddled by inequities based on race and class
Seven charts that show the world is actually becoming a better place
A look at key data shows that the world is much better off today than ever before in history
Human egg providers are changing the way we think
South Africa is a popular destination for an ‘egg safari’, and women travel abroad to donate eggs
Why it could cost less than R120 per year to save a life
Maternal deaths in developing regions would fall by 73% if all women had access to contraception and maternal healthcare, shows new research.
Should government health schemes pay for infertility treatment?
"Women are blamed for infertility when, in fact, as we know from research, it is quite often on the man’s side.”
Donor sperm and eggs: How much should a child know?
The Law Reform Commission is examining the rights of donor-conceived children to learn their donors’ identity, but what would a new system look like?
Infertility and tradition: ‘Society thinks having children is your womanhood’
We speak to a young, black woman who is infertile about the stigma she faces in her community.
Sorry man, Julius, but your mass reproduction plan is pretty kak
Rebecca Davis reveals to Malema that white people are giant pandas in the bedroom, so there’s no need for a plan which would seriously suck for women.
New study holds hope for obese women to fall pregnant
Researchers have identified some of the reasons obese women struggle to conceive, and warn that their babies are likely to become overweight.
Fracking chemicals ‘may affect fertility’
Researchers in the US have found that many of the 750 or so chemicals used in fracking are associated with fertility and developmental problems.
‘My eggs use Zimmer frames’
Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. Infertility is from the Moon.