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In Sierra Leone’s island-bound district of Bonthe, Francess Kenjah travelled seven hours to reach the nearest hospital to deliver her baby. (Valeria Scrilatti)

This is what it’s like to give birth in the world’s most dangerous country for moms

18 Mar 2019 00:00Emanuela Zuccalà

When a river and several hours of dirt roads stand between you & the nearest hospital, giving birth can be deadly. One nurse is hoping to change that.

This month, the New African boasts a shocking headline:

Did the apartheid government inject black people with HIV? We look to science.

13 Mar 2019 00:00Mia Malan

This month, the New African boasts a shocking headline: "We deliberately spread Aids in South Africa." Could that be true?

Two doses of PrEP before sex and one tablet every day for 48 hours works just as well as everyday use in gay men and other men who have sex with men. (Morgana Wingard, MSF)

Men, the HIV prevention pill just got easier. Get the '2-1-1' on what to know

25 Feb 2019 00:00 Laura Lopez Gonzalez

Men who have sex with men can now safely use the HIV prevention pill before and after sex, instead of every day.

A child at a clinic in Bamako. The country’s child mortality rate is among the highest in the world. (Muso)

This president is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to an NHI

12 Mar 2019 00:00Kate Hodal

Mali joins the ranks of countries such as Sierra Leone, South Africa & Burkina Faso to provide free healthcare to moms and tots.

National guidelines say babies should get nothing but their mother’s milk for the first six months of life. But fewer than one in 10 women makes it to six months. (AFP)

‘I thought I’d breastfeed my baby for a year. That dream was short-lived’

11 Mar 2019 00:00Indira Govender

We tell moms to exclusively breastfeed. But we don’t tell them about all the things that get in the way of that, including depression.

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People queue in makeshift camps following past threats of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Today, rescinded health department memos requesting foreigners pay in full for healthcare have sparked a national debate. (Fredrik Lemeryd)

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This is what it’s like to give birth in the world’s most dangerous country for moms

Did the apartheid government inject black people with HIV? We look to science.

Men, the HIV prevention pill just got easier. Get the '2-1-1' on what to know

This president is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to an NHI

‘I thought I’d breastfeed my baby for a year. That dream was short-lived’

This is what it’s like to give birth in the world’s most dangerous country for moms

Did the apartheid government inject black people with HIV? We look to science.

Men, the HIV prevention pill just got easier. Get the '2-1-1' on what to know

This president is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to an NHI

‘I thought I’d breastfeed my baby for a year. That dream was short-lived’

Did the apartheid government inject black people with HIV? We look to science.

[WATCH] Busted: Three myths about drug addiction

[LISTEN] This mom became a sex worker and her daughter is fine with it

This is how a SA toddler died at the #Bosasa-run Lindela

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This is what it’s like to give birth in the world’s most dangerous country for moms

Did the apartheid government inject black people with HIV? We look to science.

Men, the HIV prevention pill just got easier. Get the '2-1-1' on what to know

This president is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to an NHI

‘I thought I’d breastfeed my baby for a year. That dream was short-lived’

Did the apartheid government inject black people with HIV? We look to science.

[WATCH] Busted: Three myths about drug addiction

[LISTEN] This mom became a sex worker and her daughter is fine with it

This is how a SA toddler died at the #Bosasa-run Lindela

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