How to get South Africans to buy into the next big thing in medicine
These ATMs can decrease the number of patients in clinics but health workers are not helping to achieve that goal.
Virtual reality and SA’s quest for happier nurses
South Africa's public health nurses are infamous for having bad attitudes. Could a pair of goggles help them change their ways?
‘I didn’t think it was necessary to use condoms because I was only 15.’
This province reported skyrocketing rates of teen pregnancy but behind the figures lies a story about sex, knowledge and data.
The magistrate’s tail: How these pets are helping child rape victims get justice
The testimony of his eight-year-old victim may put convicted rapist Nicolas Ninow away for life. Ninow was convicted of rape on...
Rape can happen in an instant but is it generations in the making?
Crime stats released in 2015 reported a drop in rape cases, but experts say this is because fewer people are bothering to report rapes to the police.
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.
Why there’s a bumper crop of opinions on this genetically modified food
Ghana plans to release the modified seeds this year or next. Will they benefit the small farmers they were designed for?
This map tells you which districts have the country’s highest c-section rates
Some districts report Caesarean rates of 40%, which is much higher than the 26% national average for public hospitals.
The National Health Insurance: Can Zweli Mkhize pull this off?
Can the health minister fix our health system and what will it take? Here’s what Mkhize’s character, views and his past...
Life on a hotter earth: Depression, drought & decolonising mental health
As the climate crisis worsens, arid parts of South Africa are expected to get even hotter and even more water-scarce. In...
[From our archives] Go inside the trucker craze fuelling a blackmarket in dangerous ‘sex...
The products themselves could be dangerous and are likely to encourage high-risk sexual behaviour.
Waiting game: Why a home away from home for pregnant women could be a...
When hospitals are few and far between, these shelters become homes away from home for expecting mothers. Find out how countries...
Bosasa to dead toddler’s family: If you want answers, you’ll have to PAIA us
About 15 years after their son died while illegally detained at a deportation centre outside Johannesburg, this family still hasn't found his grave.
“People have normalised rape… but no one talks about abortion. When I do, the...
With terminations outlawed in Kenya, women and girls in its largest slum have to rely on expensive and unreliable under-the-counter pills,...
What’s the one thing rape crisis centres in SA & Malawi are missing?
Why the woes facing South Africa’s Thuthuzela Care Centres may not be as unique as we thought.
Drones, drugs, hackers & the future of healthcare?
From the Ganges River to Ghana, drones are delivering vaccines, HIV tests and blood transfusions around the world and cutting waiting times...