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Two young people speak out about life, and love, and the very real risk of rejection.

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

Women in South Africa are waking up to the dangers posed by fetal alcohol syndrome.

The Nigerian government wants to stop medical professionals from leaving to countries including the United Kingdom and the United States by making it mandatory for doctors to work in state hospitals for five years.

Living in a settlement named after Nelson Mandela doesn't mean you have the basics.

Grave robbing in the alleged pursuit of science haunts the history of biological anthropology. See how one university is righting history's wrongs.

Women in Somaliland are working together with an NGO to eliminate one of the most ancient and extreme practices of female genital mutilation.

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

The HPV vaccine roll-out is prompting parents to rethink how they talk to children about sex.

Reporters for independent outlets, many in rural areas, say pressure won’t deter them from covering embarrassing stories.

Healthworkers are being attacked by Myanmar’s military — observers say it’s a tactic of war.

A Western Cape project is looking to make free vaccines available in private clinics, but the Eastern Cape has stopped the practice.

Scores of women in Argentina could be facing life in prison for what health experts say are obstetric emergencies such as miscarriages.

Meandering rivers and lush forests offered rich pickings for generations of farming and fishing communities. Then came the oil companies.

When Thami Mabuza found a lump in his chest, he never could have imagined it was breast cancer.

Nokwazi Mbambo watched her life wash away in April, and little has changed 6 months later. Read more on how the climate change induced floods that destroyed her home.