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#AIDS2016: Medical male circumcision saves millions in lives and costs
Statistics show that voluntary male circumcision is a crucial weapon in the fight to control HIV.
#SliceOfLife: ‘Let’s pray you’ll be okay. My escape from a backyard drug rehab
South Africa plans to roll out treatment for opioid addiction to all government health facilities by 2028, according to a draft of the country’s sixth HIV action plan. Read one person’s story of recovery here.
100-million young lives saved by aid
Aid may often be criticised, but it works, says the Gates Foundation.
Harsh price of HIV-linked longevity
HIV+ people on ARVs are now living longer lifespans. But the virus's associated diseases could put an unbearable strain on the health system.
Meet the man behind the search for his child who died on #Bosasa’s watch
When this toddler died at Leratong Hospital, his body disappeared. Here’s what happened when his parents went back there more than a decade later.
E-cigarettes: ‘cancer risk close to zero’
Even though traces of cancer-causing chemicals have been found, the real killer – tobacco – is absent.
Why the fight against this weed could pay off handsomely for an energy-strapped SA
This invasive plant clogs our dam and rivers but in Kenya, it’s become the next big thing in renewable energy.
The power, the purse strings and the National Health Insurance
The National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill proposes significant shifts in who controls our national and provincial health budgets. Will the draft legislation rob provinces of traditional control, or will it open up new, and more effective ways of making sure money goes where it’s needed most? Find out in the first in "Compass," our new series on South Africa's move to the NHI.
Help is at hand for connected moms
Simple phone services are stepping in to help women who can't seek clinical advice in person.
Are strong-armed tactics by Big Pharma behind the country’s birth control shortage?
An international drug maker may have intentionally muscled out local competition to win the bulk of a national birth control tender.
Female genital mutilation: Hope blooms in Somaliland
Women in Somaliland are working together with an NGO to eliminate one of the most ancient and extreme practices of female genital mutilation.
Madibaville isn’t always paradise
Living in a settlement named after Nelson Mandela doesn't mean you have the basics.
Gasping for breath: Pneumonia’s deadly toll
A disease that claims the lives of two children under five a minute worldwide has hit drought-stricken Kenya hard, its spread driven by malnutrition.
Correlation ≠ causation: How to link a death to COVID vaccines for sure
Nobody in South Africa has died after getting a COVID vaccine, shows a new report from South Africa’s medicine regulator the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority. Find out how Sahpra links severe side-effects to the vaccines in this easy explainer.
Vaccine lowers child pneumonia and meningitis by 70%
South Africa was the first African country to introduce the expensive but effective pneumococcal vaccine, Prevenar, into its immunisation programme.
Would you swap your antidepressant for a mushroom?
The active ingredient in magic mushrooms could help treat depression in people who have had no success with traditional treatments.