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Before 2011, this country couldn’t screen for cervical cancer let alone prevent it. Since then everything’s changed.

A private-public partnership is gaining ground in the fight against the disease in the city's slums.

Linda-Gail Bekker says researching infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and HIV is like a colossal round of the murder mystery cluedo. Follow the story of the scientist with the purple pixie-cut from a farm in Zimbabwe to her inauguration as the first African president of the International Aids Society and beyond.

From growing up without a telephone to her appointment as the chief director of digital health systems in the national health department, the sweep of Milani Wolmarans’s life story is as wide as it is inspiring. Sean Christie spoke to her in Tshwane.

This man from rural Eastern Cape had to travel all the way to Cuba to make his dream of becoming a doctor come true. Now, he is back home and treating patients at the same hospital his mother used to sell fruit in front of when he was a boy.

This invasive plant clogs our dam and rivers but in Kenya, it’s become the next big thing in renewable energy.

With a fifth of antiretroviral or chronic medication parcels left uncollected in the Chris Hani district in the first three months of this year, bicycle deliveries by Siphelo Lose are a lifeline to people in rural areas who can’t get to clinics. In this #SliceofLife he shares his story.

Doctors say Dihlabeng hospital doesn't have the medicine and staff to help patients.

The Earth is getting hotter and extreme weather events are becoming more common. It’s bad news for our lives. We break down how climate change links to poor health.

Mabele helped lead the fight for antiretrovirals in SA. A memorial service will be held for her today. This was her last interview with Bhekisisa.

We take you on the new coronavirus's journey through the country — and tell you how it got it.

Skewed state funding has left many centres dependent on fees that patients can't afford, writes Mara Kardas-Nelson.

Refugee resettlement camps offer a safer space for South Sudanese children, who make up 64% of all refugees in Uganda.

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.

Many women in South Africa resorted to sex work in order to survive the COVID recession. Male “blessers” were happy to pay, contributing to the spread of HIV.

Alcohol abuse breeds apathy and joblessness, and fuels abuse in an ever more vicious cycle.