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NHI: History repeats itself
Universal healthcare schemes traditionally have been met with fierce opposition.
‘I saw the world through the blurry lens of an oxygen tent’
With the severe effects of the habit on the unborn child now widely known, why do pregnant mothers refuse to give up?
Dying in the line of duty
The murder of an Mpumalanga doctor on duty has exposed the lax security at public hospitals.
Bianca learns to Beat It
An eighth-grade teenager shows how funky and strong her fight against a four-letter word is. Mia Malan reports.
Death in the Free State
The health minister and UNAids are jumping the gun by not consulting activists.All Nanaki Mohajane’s sister, Masentle, wanted to do was to keep her...
Cape doc tipped for health post
Western Cape health director general Craig Househam is widely tipped to take over the running of the National Department of Health.
Cut and mistrust
Traditional leaders are resisting plans to introduce medical circumcision. Mia Malan reports.
Take2: Winds of change sweep SA healthcare
Professors Hoosen Coovadia and Salim Abdool Karim, two of SA's foremost HIV researchers, were recently the health department's greatest enemies.
Nehawu lashes SA Medical Association
Nehawu: The South African Medical Association should get a better grip on OSD negotiations and keep its affiliate members.
Ebony and ivory toyi-toyi in harmony
The toyi-toyiing "helps me to get rid of my frustrations at the hospital", says one doctor.
Doctors use a torch to do operations
"This year we've been running out of simple things, such as Panado," says one doctor.
Abused from the womb
Pregnant women who drink alcohol put their unborn children at greater risk than they think, writes Mia Malan.