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Situations can get worse for women who are battered by their intimate partners: research now shows they are at higher risk of contracting HIV.

Last week the World Intellectual Property Organisation announced copyright exceptions on materials for visually impaired people.

Though progress has been made, Africa must continue the fight against Aids, TB and malaria.

A new combination treatment has been tested in Southern Africa, but it is not available locally.

ARVs have stopped children dying, now the former Aids hospice is helping them to thrive.

An ambitious project to map the human brain has vast medical potential – if it's possible.

A doctor currently on paid leave was convicted of two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the US before starting jobs in SA public hospitals.

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

A report released by health activists details mismanagement and shortages in Mthatha.

Rehabilitation plans for the thousands of people with disabilities must be included in the NHI.

How SA women will benefit from an HPV vaccine, which the government will introduce next year, will strongly depend on the virus's link with HIV.

Antiretroviral treatment has given HIV-infected people a longer life, thus increasing the proportion of people living with HIV.

Denial should not stand in the way of the provision of sexual health services at schools, says Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.

Child support grants can protect teenage girls from sugar daddies.

The state's hopes for the nonsurgical circumcision device rest on its acceptance in initiation rituals.

Médecins Sans Frontières says in five months there has been no improvement with Eastern Cape HIV and TB drug stock-outs.