Sexual Health

A step-by-step guide to what really happens at the clinic when you go for lenacapavir, the new six-monthly HIV prevention jab, from initial testing to injection day.

Fifty 50 teenage girls and young women from communities with high rates of HIV, early pregnancy and school drop-out rates spoke about what’s stressing them out, and how they are…

The Population and Health Research Entity at the North-West University (NWU) brings together both budding and veteran researchers with a singular mission: to illuminate and…

Pandemic disrupts the supply of external condoms — and inner ones are unknown and in short supply

Laws on access to sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and age of consent to sexual activity in many countries do not adequately serve the needs of young…

State health facilities and the school curriculum have failed the youth, forcing young mothers into unsupported single parenthood

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Investing in the Future Health Award Winner: Hlokomela Women’s Clinic

Governments and even anonymous do-gooders are stepping into fill the funding gap left by the US decision, but their pockets will never be deep enough.

Activists warn new data shows government may have invested millions into the wrong female condom and may be on the verge of doing it again.

Queer people had only the heterosexual space for early lessons in sexual identity

Society must stay out of young women’s decision whether to have babies or not.

Sexuality education forms part of the Life Orientation curriculum in South African schools to help learners navigate the challenges of growing up

Health services are available but the attitudes of medical staff deter young people

The government is making female condoms more accessible – and these come with extra benefits.