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Nehawu: The South African Medical Association should get a better grip on OSD negotiations and keep its affiliate members.

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

While much has been done to end Aids in Africa, more work by governments is necessary to move forward, particularly in SA.

Silicosis might appear only 15 years after exposure to gold ore dust, long after they have gone home. Heidi Swart reports.

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.

Without good lighting, plants and privacy, the open-plan office can become a threat to the wellbeing of the people working there.

Activists says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan misrepresented the true state of the country's health in his budget speech.

A new study has found that your kitchen counter is more likely to be contaminated by disease-causing bacteria than the handle of your toilet.

South Africans in Wuhan are set to come back home on Friday, but our secret journaller has a few final thoughts to share in this final instalment of our series of first-hand accounts from citizens quarantined in China.

Allocations for healthcare are set from an inequitable base that predates 1994. This means that rural areas continue to be inadequately provided for in the government's budget.

That tot or two might be putting you at risk for...an infectious disease? Find out what you need to know.

Health professionals are finding the state's planned guidelines for fees a bitter pill to swallow.

HIV counsellors play a vital role in Lesotho's health system, but the money is running out.

Government facilities are trumping their larnier colleagues in providing HIV services.

A report by UNAids has revealed that SA's antiretroviral coverage has greatly increased in the last two decades, but remains short of global targets.

Fearing social rejection, many patients don't seek treatment. To show your solidarity, don a surgical mask and post a selfie on World TB Day.