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Think child marriages only happen in far off countries? Think again.

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

Hospice isn't just a place to die but funding cuts – and that perception – could be killing our chances of a kinder death as refuges close

Eastern Cape royals are campaigning to use medical circumcision in traditional rituals.

South Africa's public health nurses are infamous for having bad attitudes. Could a pair of goggles help them change their ways?

Doctors in this country are saying an outbreak of mysterious deaths all have one thing in common: How close they are to this international oil company.

Dentists say the reduced rates paid out by medical schemes are putting them out of business.

Some rain has fallen yet crop yields are still expected to be poor, but aid programmes have opened the door to a more sustainable future.

Organ donations are rare in SA: donors and the specialists needed to do transplants are few. But awareness increases as more lives are being saved.

Finally capping its own medics, the country must now retain them and coax them into rural areas.

Morphine was first introduced to Uganda 30 years ago, but as the burden of cancer increases, thousands of people still lack access to even basic treatment for pain relief.

To understand Mpumalanga's teen pregnancies, look closely at the much older men calling the shots.

Tastier kid-friendly tablets will help take the guess work out of treating Kenya's tiniest TB patients.

A centre employing only men has opened in Khayelitsha to address the needs of males uneasy about being seen at mixed-gender facilities.

Thousands of women are lured from Nigeria to Italy annually by the promise of a new life, only to find themselves trapped in the sex trade.

For those with breast cancer, a mastectomy may seem like the best option. But Joanna Moorhead is glad she chose less extensive surgery.