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A mother to 30; a nurse to thousands
Undaunted by apartheid and Aids, she has made all the difference to those otherwise abandoned.
‘You can fight if you have support’
Two young women are proving to the world that the most deadly strain of TB can be beaten.
‘If they are raped, then so what?’
Mentally disabled people in the rural Eastern Cape are considered worthless, even evil. When girls are sexually abused, mothers are no longer shocked.
Mothers haunted by hospital hell
Our children’s lives were lost due to the negligence of the Mpumalanga health system, say grieving mothers.
Brazil’s sick of patent exploitation
The country is fighting the intellectual property laws that hiked up the cost of its HIV programme.
Green rooibos takes fight to diabetes
An antioxidant found in tea brewed from the indigenous plant offers hope for new treatments.
Patient fees cripple Zim’s healthcare
Skewed state funding has left many centres dependent on fees that patients can't afford, writes Mara Kardas-Nelson.
Harsh price of HIV-linked longevity
HIV+ people on ARVs are now living longer lifespans. But the virus's associated diseases could put an unbearable strain on the health system.
Medical back-up in Pondo initiation
Eastern Cape royals are campaigning to use medical circumcision in traditional rituals.
‘I still have sex, even with HIV’
Two young people speak out about life, and love, and the very real risk of rejection.
Nursing Zim prisons back to health
One man's mission to bring sanitary sanity and dignity to those kept behind bars.
Foreign mom’s neglect turns fatal
Nurses and doctors are 'forced' to treat non-residents, but such care is too often perilous.
SA’s midwives chart a new course
Scandinavian expertise is helping to train top nurses in how to handle difficult pregnancies.
Create drugs, create self-reliance
A young pharmacist is driving a project to get Tanzania to make more of its own medicine.
Motsoaledi: Why I use government hospitals
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has promised to get state facilities running to the highest standards.
‘NHI will benefit the entire region’
An effective healthcare system will free up donor money for more desperate countries.