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A Medecins Sans Frontieres project in Cape Town finds that sick people prefer being treated at facilities closer to home rather than in hospitals.

Women in South Africa are waking up to the dangers posed by fetal alcohol syndrome.

The buruli ulcer is considered to be a neglected tropical disease but is the third most common bacterial infection after tuberculosis and leprosy.

Malnutrition contributes to almost half of all child deaths globally but receives 1% of foreign aid.

The process could transform manufacturing and help the 30 million people worldwide in need of artificial limbs and braces.

KwaZulu-Natal traffic officers have allegedly stopped drivers at the Mooi River Toll plaza on the N3 and forced them to take HIV tests.

The pandemic’s impact is long-term: the UN warns that it could lead to 13 million more child marriages over a decade.

In a world hemmed in by patriarchy and poverty, cash transfers could be the missing link in SA’s HIV prevention programmes.

The AG's report has found that the Council for Medical Schemes failed to comply with laws governing the financial management of public entities.

The health scheme is scheduled to be functioning by 2025 but the precise costs are still not known.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize spoke at an exclusive Bhekisisa event for editors on 6 August about the National Health Insurance and what it means for reproductive justice.

An eighth-grade teenager shows how funky and strong her fight against a four-letter word is. Mia Malan reports.

Rent arrears have shut a clinic's doors – just 500m from the Free State health MEC's office.

The philanthropic duo give their two cents or rather $200-million on how to deal with the world's inequalities.

New research has bad news for millions of South Africans with high blood sugar: they are three times more likely to develop active tuberculosis.

Diabetic patients who aren't treated properly risk having the smallest cut lead to an amputated limb.