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‘NHI will benefit the entire region’
An effective healthcare system will free up donor money for more desperate countries.
Please Cure Me: Medics dial it down
Medical apps could drastically improve lives, but can't be accessed by those who need them most.
Circumcision: Child’s death scares off patients
Work on HIV prevention may be undone after a boy has died after a medical circumcision procedure.
The boys who lost their manhood
During this initiation season, we look back at what happened in 2013 when bungled initiations cost boys their penises.
Stuck in a destructive cycle of poverty and teen pregnancy
To understand Mpumalanga's teen pregnancies, look closely at the much older men calling the shots.
Circumcision: Clear-cut rites shape stronger men
The best traditional initiation schools uphold cultural values, but rely on good management and high standards.
Women in Uganda dismantle stigma of fistula
Treatment for the debilitating obstetric injury has been scarce in Uganda, but organisations are helping to fill the gap, writes Mara Kardas-Nelson.
HPCSA ‘protecting’ hypocratic oafs
A man has taken two specialists to task for a misdiagnosis that nearly cost him his foot.
TB strain: Resistance is fertile
SA's strategy to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is noble, but cracks are showing.
Hypnosis is not just about making you cluck like a chicken
The truth is, the phenomenon is not the mystical and magical art many assume it is.
Madibaville isn’t always paradise
Living in a settlement named after Nelson Mandela doesn't mean you have the basics.
Drug row sparked by HIV spending
A new study to be conducted in South Africa, Uganda and India has sparked a heated debate in the HIV activist and research community.
When mother is snatched away, Gogo picks up the pieces
South Africa's maternal mortality rate leaves the elderly to deal with its consequences, with many unable to keep up.
Abused women in violent spiral
Situations can get worse for women who are battered by their intimate partners: research now shows they are at higher risk of contracting HIV.
There’s gold at the end of the Brainbow
An ambitious project to map the human brain has vast medical potential – if it's possible.
Cotlands resurrected as a haven of hope and learning
ARVs have stopped children dying, now the former Aids hospice is helping them to thrive.