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HIV+ people on ARVs are now living longer lifespans. But the virus's associated diseases could put an unbearable strain on the health system.

Aids kills more people prematurely in SA than another other disease – in sharp contrast to two decades ago, which set them at just 12%.

More developing countries are offering sight-saving surgery in their public health systems, but specialist eye surgeons are in short supply.

Sihle Batiya's luckier than most – but the odds are stacked against kids with Down's syndrome in the Eastern Cape.

Solar power, solar electricity and mobile technology are helping to reduce the rate of maternal mortality in Cameroon.

Scandinavian expertise is helping to train top nurses in how to handle difficult pregnancies.

Some residents in rural towns in Mpumalanga have to chose between buying food or going to the doctor.

The HPCSA failed to rein in medical aid schemes — now it’s up to the Competition Commission

For centuries, traditional religious practices have preserved the sacred forests of the Bijagós archipelago. Now missionaries are muscling in.

Researchers have shown that monetary incentives lead to infants being immunised on time.

In the first of a two-part series, a band of doctors set out to reclaim LSD and ecstasy for mental health treatments.

A young pharmacist is driving a project to get Tanzania to make more of its own medicine.

The country is fighting the intellectual property laws that hiked up the cost of its HIV programme.

Depression among the elderly is largely overlooked, but exercise can help to counter it.

The quest for better working conditions leaves striking doctors with a tough decision but they might not have to choose.

Rare diseases lead to development of new drugs that, like other rare commodities command high prices.