Meet the doctors: Take a look at this country’s first crop of homegrown physicians
Finally capping its own medics, the country must now retain them and coax them into rural areas.
My descent into postpartum psychosis – and how I got out
A new mother recounts how psychiatric care that nurtured her bond with her baby helped heal her mania.
Angelina Jolie takes on her biggest role — as a TB-sniffing rat
Angelina might just have saved a life. But is there science to prove it?
Football like you’ve never seen it: On the pitch with this blind soccer team
Blind football represents hope and belonging for Egypt's one million visually impaired.
Penicillin shortages as pharma companies eye newer, more lucrative drugs
Older antibiotic staples are no longer moneymakers. But as modern bugs evolve to outwit them, very few new drugs are ready to take their place.
‘I would have killed myself’: Free app puts care at rape survivors’ fingertips
In Diepsloot, Bhekisisa's Vimba! app is helping rape survivors access life-saving care and treatment.
Hospitals introduce sign language to bridge gap between the deaf and care
Some hospitals are introducing sign language to help deaf patients.
Will strikes pit the rights of doctors against those of their patients?
The quest for better working conditions leaves striking doctors with a tough decision but they might not have to choose.
How to fund a failing health system
Could Zimbabwe's new Health Development Fund rescue the country's cash-strapped clinics and hospitals?
Afraid of death? Take comfort that you’ll live on in varied and surprising ways
Most of us would rather not know what happens to our bodies after death. But that breakdown gives birth to new life in unexpected ways.
Malawi to halt prosecutions against LGBTI community
Malawi says it will no longer enforce anti-homosexuality laws but dangerous homophobia persists on the country's streets - and in its clinics.
From our archives: This disposable piece of technology might save your life – if...
Many diabetics are dependent on expensive blood sugar testing strips to stay alive. Most in South Africa can't afford it.
Boko Haram: ‘Deradicalisation’ is the only hope for the stolen when they’re ‘free’
Could psychosocial programmes turn extremists into moderates?
‘I was married to a Boko Haram’: What happens when a victim returns to...
Eighty two of the Chibok school girls, kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria three years ago, have been released. But what now?
#FreeToBleed: Here’s why Mboweni’s announcement of free & tax-free pads matters
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.
3D-printed prosthetic limbs: The next revolution in medicine
The process could transform manufacturing and help the 30 million people worldwide in need of artificial limbs and braces.