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Diepsloot’s Green Door, a help service for victims of sexual violence, gets a boost, writes Mia Malan.

Reducing maternal and newborn mortality has to be a priority if Africa is to reach its potential.

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

A study has found that child-focused interventions have significantly reduced HIV-infection rates in children under the age of five.

The industry body says the dwindling number of medical aid members means the government must act.

Rare diseases lead to development of new drugs that, like other rare commodities command high prices.

The World Health Organisation says more than 200 people have died there since January and that there is a need to ramp up production of vaccines.

Now the fight is on to eliminate the illness entirely – and save those still at the mercy of the mosquito.

The long-acting implant contraceptive Jadelle is being made available at 50% of its original price to women in developing countries.

Fact may be stranger than science fiction as artificial intelligence moves into consulting rooms.

The Ebola outbreak on the continent showed how countries with poor health systems are unfit to fight epidemics.

A court ruling has lifted the time limit on reporting sexual assault. Prior to the ruling, we asked survivors how such a ruling would impact them.

The government needs to spend much more on nonmedical interventions, and that comes down to changing the way people interact.

New research has shown that the 'practice of mindfulness meditation' can reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Unless the state's plan to curb maternal deaths is wholly implemented, it won't make a dent.

Health authorities say the visitor diagnosed with the mosquito-spread virus has recovered and there is minimal likelihood of a local outbreak.