Malnutrition is killing South Africa’s children, yet half of the country’s fresh produce is wasted.

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has highlighted the coverage of the M&G’s new health journalism centre, Bhekisisa, in his budget vote speech.

Prevenar and Rotarix have emptied paediatric wards but the coverage is still too low.

Hopes are high that the new partnership will ensure easy, cheaper access to vaccines and medicine.

Hemingway did it. Churchill did it. So let’s do it. Let’s all stand up while we work.

Having a baby in sub-Saharan Africa is riskier than anywhere else according to the latest State of the World’s Mothers report.

May 5 is International Midwife Day: a day to acknowledge the vital impact midwives have on maternal health in South Africa.

Mia Malan reports on the challenges of involving medical schemes in the administration of the National Health Insurance scheme.

GPs with their own practices are interested in working for the NHI scheme – with caveats.

In the first of a two-part series about the NHI, Mia Malan reports on state plans to change the rigid reimbursement formula for private doctors.