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The government must stop paying mere lip service to rooting out gender-based violence.

People in rural Nigeria are afraid of being isolated due to their HIV status and don't access treatment.

A quarter of the world's overweight children live in Africa, amounting to almost the same number as wasting minors.

State officials have visited Dihlabeng and the Free State health MEC says he will follow suit.

Bhekisisa director Mia Malan speaks on The Science Inside show about ARV shortages on Voice of Wits radio station.

Despite clear evidence they are most at risk, older people are seen as dispensable as younger patients are prioritised in the fight against COVID-19.

Women who lose weight after surgery – as opposed to through exercise and diet – are less likely to be employed because of negative perceptions.

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says a recent survey is proof that SA should be concerned with the prevalence of chronic conditions in the country.

Twenty years after the genocide, Rwanda’s health system is showing drastic improvements.

For many of us, holiday time is drinking time, but shouldn't we be giving our booze-bods a break?

Psychiatrists have since turned to antidepressants, mood stabilisers and antipsychotics that aren’t curative.

Some have lauded the draft policy, saying it could make medication cheaper, but others say it is "unimpressive" and "almost contradictory".

Politicians and industry experts say that partnerships between the public and private sectors may solve the doctor and nurse shortages in SA.

Appalling conditions in Free State hospitals reveal a health care system that seems to be corrupt from top to bottom.

The "dysfunctional" Health Professions Council of South Africa will not act immediately on recommendations made by Aaron Motsoaledi's task team.

Johannes Mnguni believes his wife would still be alive if a Mpumalanga clinic had done its job.