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Almost one in four babies born at public hospitals come into the world via c-section but is it costing some women their lives?

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

Western Cape health director general Craig Househam is widely tipped to take over the running of the National Department of Health.

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has launched an HPV vaccine programme for grade four girls in all government schools.

Bond, James Bond: The source of the listeria outbreak will likely be found by a gene-sequencing machine named after the famous agent 007. (Delwyn Verasamy)

Thousands of children are abused by someone close to them but are unable to report it, because they’re either too scared or don’t realise they’re being abused. Here’s how training teachers to provide proper sex education can help them.

Widespread tuberculosis awareness campaigns can rein in its increasing transmission rates.

All codeine products might soon require a prescription, taking them out of the reach of people needing only a mild pain killer.

Women who experience gender-based violence have a higher risk of contracting HIV: this should be considered in South Africa's prevention strategy.

Will the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme make things worse rather than better? Here’s the response to this question from the head of the NHI, Nicholas Crisp.

In the first of a two-part series about the NHI, Mia Malan reports on state plans to change the rigid reimbursement formula for private doctors.

Community chemists say racial profiling and gated network are putting them out of business.