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Badly needed and eager to work here, their efforts are being thwarted by a bureaucratic quagmire.

Up to one in five people can get long COVID — a condition in which someone keeps on feeling ill for months after their initial symptoms have cleared up. A drug called Paxlovid can lower the chance of developing the long-haul version of COVID. But at what cost?

Many children between the ages of nine and 12 have had sex. The average woman has about five children.

In the time of COVID-19, social distancing measures can make it harder to report and screen for gender-based violence (SGBV). In South Africa, we've taken chronic medication pick up out of clinics, maybe it's time to time to do the same for the reporting of SGBV.

A task team set up by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has found the HPCSA has failed to function effectively.

The Omicron variant was identified in South Africa at the end of November and has quickly begun to dominate new infections in the country. Here’s what the data tells us so far about how quickly Omicron spreads — but truly understanding the variant will take more time.

Over a dozen young people have backed a declaration delivered to the health minister calling for free condoms and sanitary pads in school

Letting doctors know what type of end-of-life care you’re comfortable with results in a more dignified death and lower hospital costs.

This tablet can help to protect the country's young women from contracting HIV.

A Harare rehabilitation unit offers impaired youngsters free therapy and supports parents too.

Could companies’ wooing of social media influencers be just a clever ploy to get around the country’s tobacco advertising ban?

The establishment of the African Medicines Agency will significantly contribute to the improvement of healthcare delivery across the continent and better overall health of...

A seven-year study across 12 000 people in two Indian cities shows that breathing in dirty city air for as little as one month can raise blood sugar levels. After a year of this, people have a higher chance of getting type 2 diabetes.

Many dental assistants in private practices are paid very little and have to do menial tasks.

Activists say police actions in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga are increasingly frequent and may be retaliation for recent civil society actions.

The health department and the Health Professions Council of South Africa must act to protect the medics and patients.