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A controversial plastic additive is said to affect foetuses and increase the risk of breast cancer.

The national health department says provinces have paid up but the head of lab services denies this.

Blood donations are scant in South Sudan as the process is frowned upon and treated with suspicion by locals.

Eight men and women may change the law and pave the way to justice and healing for thousands.

Take a look at life after war for the women abducted by Ugandan rebel Joseph Kony.

The second industrial action in as many years is likely to stretch into its second week.

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

As part of a global dialogue, a UN panel is meeting in Johannesburg to discuss proposals that aim to help prevent millions of unnecessary deaths.

A quarter of public clinics ran out of HIV and TB medication last year, a survey has found.

Unsafe terminations in Malawi may be curbed after a new law is enacted, but it’s just the first step

Water births are a growing phenomenon in South Africa and globally. But this birth method is controversial – scientific evidence is lacking.

Researchers recognise the need to change HIV prevention technologies to suit different lifestyles.

Available data shows significantly higher investment by public and philanthropic institutions in TB research than by the pharmaceutical industry.

Bhekisisa just wrapped up its first online event, which was presented in partnership with the South African Health Technologies Advocacy Coalition. Here are a few things we learned along the way about reaching our readers during the coronavirus lockdown. 

Antiretroviral treatment has given HIV-infected people a longer life, thus increasing the proportion of people living with HIV.

Former Health MEC ​Qedani Mahlangu is implicated in deadly mismanagement but still survives to be elected into the Provincial Executive Committee.