Governments will have to snuggle up to private healthcare companies to plug the $300-billion gap they need for universal health coverage. (Luis Robayo, AFP)

Estranged bedfellows: Why the private sector remains wary of universal healthcare

Joan van Dyk

Globally, one in four private healthcare groups surveyed won’t work with governments.

Should you believe the hype about the “foreign threat” to healthcare? (GCIS)

Should you believe Motsoaledi's hype about the 'foreign threat' to healthcare?

Bhekisisa Reporters

A 'foreign threat’ could be a convenient boogeyman in an election season where politicians will face questions about their failures. Or not?

“Whenever I heard about comics I thought of jokes. I never knew I could develop my own comics and use them to talk about important issues”, says one child enrolled in India's innovative Superheroes against Superbugs programme. (India Alliance)

Antibiotic resistance: Three ways to stop the rise of the superbugs

Tim Jinks

We are facing possibly the greatest health threat of our time: drug-resistant infections. But here's why there's hope the world can change course.

People displaced by xenophobic attacks wait in a temporary camp in South Africa. (Frederik Lerne)

'If climate change goes on as is, people will need to be relocated – we need a plan'

Joan van Dyk

Few governments are prepared to care for the people forced to leave their countries as a result of conflict or climate change. Here's why.

Jeanny Mbalati and her daughter Dinah outside their home in Soweto. It took them more than a year to get a loved one into a psychiatric hospital following his removal from Life Esidimeni facilities. (Oupa Nkosi)

72 hours to care: The precarious road to psychiatric help

Thalia Holmes

For many people with severe mental illnesses, these special wards can be a lifeline and the first step to care — if they can get there.

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Young boys climb trees to pick fruit off trees, which are considered sacred on Orango Island. (Ricci Shryock)

'Our god is stronger' — can biodiverse Bijagós fend off evangelical threat?

For centuries, traditional religious practices have preserved the sacred forests of the Bijagós archipelago. Now missionaries are muscling in.

A health worker hides their face while holding a placard detailing shortcomings at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in 2014. This year, workers' grievances became explosive with protests disrupting services in the North West and Gauteng. (Oupa Nkosi)

Healthcare in protest: The state should heed the desperation

Violent protests at health facilities haven’t only uncovered failings, they have revealed the interconnected nature of the rights we aspire to live

From paper to provinces: Find out how far South African provinces have come in implementing the country's national HIV and TB plan. (Vladimir Konstantinov)

WATCH: How far is South Africa in the fight against HIV and TB? Find out.

South Africa boasts the world’s largest HIV treatment programme but are provinces ready to take the lead?

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