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Many people can no longer afford hospital treatment and medication, and the number of those with medical aid has fallen by a third.

Students are abusing schedule six pills ahead of exams – with the help of their doctors.

Many diabetics are dependent on expensive blood sugar testing strips to stay alive. Most in South Africa can't afford it.

Could a new manmade concoction of mundane odours stop malaria?

Men’s quest for the perfect body has reached the ‘bigorexia’ tipping point.

This silent killer stalks expecting mothers around the world and is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in South Africa. But still many women can’t name it — or identify its symptoms. But if knowledge is power, is it enough to stem this deadly tide? Ghana is hoping to find out.

Mental health patients in Johannesburg's East Rand are hard hit by the unavailability of medication.

Find out which nordic nation radically cut teenage smoking, drinking and drug use and how they did it.

This clinic used monthly SMSes to remind HIV-positive teens to collect their pills until one day... Take a look at the power and pitfalls of mhealth.

The growing fad of eating one's own placenta after giving birth has hit SA. But experts say there is no proof the practice is beneficial - or safe.

Cat' or 'intash' joins tik and nyaope in the playground as dealers target bored children.

This country has more than 200-million people, so why has it only logged 22 000 coronavirus tests?

Simple phone services are stepping in to help women who can't seek clinical advice in person.

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.

Already used in countries like Namibia, the ambulances could help cut child and maternal mortality rates.

Taps in capital city of Maputo being turned off every other day as climate change exacerbates southern African drought.