Long Form

Girls as young as 10 feel the blade but an extraordinary group is fighting against female genital mutilation (FGM).

Women in Somaliland are working together with an NGO to eliminate one of the most ancient and extreme practices of female genital mutilation.

Choosing between eating & bleeding through your uniform has a cost. Take a look at the reality behind the budget in this one from our archives.

Water births are a growing phenomenon in South Africa and globally. But this birth method is controversial – scientific evidence is lacking.

For transgender people, gender-affirming care can be a matter of life and death. But medical aids still see it as a choice rather than a necessity.

We used to believe our brains couldn’t be changed. Now we believe they can – if we want it enough. But is that true?

Can the health minister fix our health system and what will it take? Here’s what Mkhize’s character, views and his past experience as a doctor tell us.

Mzulungile Nodikida, Sanele Madela, Bongile Mabilane, Nhlakanipho Gumede and Godisamang Kegakilwe have one thing in common: they studied medicine in Cuba.Since its establishment in...

Many women consult traditional healers, so it makes sense to enlist these cultural leaders in public health education.

What makes the world’s most successful children’s TV programmes so addictive – and so strange? Linda Geddes explores the research on kids’ TV, what it’s teaching us about childhood development, and how that can help make programmes for the better.

The Finns’ cardboard box prompts an African graduate to develop a life-saving device for babies.

Left with little choice, many women turn to illegal abortionists to terminate their pregnancies.

Malawi says it will no longer enforce anti-homosexuality laws but dangerous homophobia persists on the country's streets - and in its clinics.

The pain of bereavement is supposed to ease with time. When it doesn't, psychiatrists call it 'complicated grief' and it can be treated.

At a conference towards the end of last year, some of the great names in African public healthcare shared their lessons about what can — and can’t — work on the continent, from setting up new hospitals to implementing national health insurance. Sean Christie was there.

It starts with a swab but does it end with a diagnosis? Why the trickiest part of DIY HIV testing happens after the test.