Old birth rites, new ways
When bringing a new life into the world risks taking another, even old traditions have to adopt new ways.
Water-fed gardens in Malawi ward off starvation – for now
The government's focus on small-scale irrigation has given hope and sustenance to some districts.
The mentally ill are not alone in Kenya
There are too few psychiatrists, so a foundation is using a Canadian model to rehabilitate people.
SA just endorsed a draft resolution that could bring Big Pharma to its knees
Presented this week at the World Health Assembly, the document could usher in a new era in affordable healthcare. Here's why we need it.
‘The choice is this: if we go we will be killed; if we stay...
In the rarely visited town of Gedeb, fears are rife over state plans to return 150 000 people to areas they fled because of ethnic violence.
After Ebola: What happens when the virus fades and the NGOs — and money...
Ebola wiped out nearly 10% of Liberia’s doctors and nurses. Take a look at life for those it left behind.
Long queues tell Zimbabwe’s story of economic crisis and failing healthcare
Many people can no longer afford hospital treatment and medication, and the number of those with medical aid has fallen by a third.
This former dictator invented a fake HIV cure, but banned female genital cutting
Having banned female genital cutting, his ousting was good for democracy, but but bad for women's bodies.
Bikers go full throttle to speed up TB cure in Zimbabwe
A programme with the health department sees motorbikes being used to deliver drugs to people in far-flung places who can't afford the fare.
Is codeine Africa’s drug of choice?
Common cough, flu and pain medicines can be addictive. Codeine addiction is an increasingly well-known problem in South Africa.
Cost of corruption – How a toddler died at Bosasa’s detention centre
Bosasa bribed its way into contracts. Meet the four-year-old who paid the price.
A changing birth: What’s behind SA’s skyrocketing c-section rates?
Almost one in four babies born at public hospitals come into the world via c-section but is it costing some women their lives?
Tales from Trumpland: Health workers will be forced to bury aborted fetal tissue
In the war on women's bodies, the casualties stretch far beyond US' 50 states.
Poisonous haze: Why the air we breathe could kill us
Climate change and air pollution could be conspiring against the continent, and fuelling new levels of death and disease.
‘Most complex health crisis in history’: Congo struggles to contain Ebola
Political, security and cultural complications – not least a refusal to believe that Ebola exists – have thwarted efforts to overcome...
Cruel dilemma: To terminate or not to terminate
The joy of motherhood is killed by a moral and ethical dilemma when doctors advise termination of a pregnancy.