Doctor smartphone and other tales from the bedroom
From how to spice up your sex life to the more mundane, “does this look weird to you”, there are some questions you just don’t want to ask your friends and family. Relax. Now, there’s an app for that.
mhealth’s power & pitfalls: An SMS a day keeps teens alive
By making a devastating mistake, this clinic proved it was on the right track.
‘I didn’t think it was necessary to use condoms because I was only 15.’
This province reported skyrocketing rates of teen pregnancy but behind the figures lies a story about sex, knowledge and data.
How to get South Africans to buy into the next big thing in medicine
These ATMs can decrease the number of patients in clinics but health workers are not helping to achieve that goal.
Virtual reality and SA’s quest for happier nurses
South Africa's public health nurses are infamous for having bad attitudes. Could a pair of goggles help them change their ways?
SA just endorsed a draft resolution that could bring Big Pharma to its knees
Presented this week at the World Health Assembly, the document could usher in a new era in affordable healthcare. Here's why we need it.
Why there’s a bumper crop of opinions on this genetically modified food
Ghana plans to release the modified seeds this year or next. Will they benefit the small farmers they were designed for?
Pandas or people? When the fight to save the planet pits conservation against indigenous...
A deadly conflict simmers between the autochthon people forced out of Kahuzi-Biéga national park, and the rangers protecting the land.
Bosasa to dead toddler’s family: If you want answers, you’ll have to PAIA us
About 15 years after their son died while illegally detained at a deportation centre outside Johannesburg, this family still hasn't found his grave.
What’s the one thing rape crisis centres in SA & Malawi are missing?
Why the woes facing South Africa’s Thuthuzela Care Centres may not be as unique as we thought.
This map tells you which districts have the country’s highest c-section rates
Some districts report Caesarean rates of 40%, which is much higher than the 26% national average for public hospitals.
“People have normalised rape… but no one talks about abortion. When I do, the...
With terminations outlawed in Kenya, women and girls in its largest slum have to rely on expensive and unreliable under-the-counter pills,...
2018: The best, the worst and the weird
You made it through the year. Kick back, relax and take a read through the 2018 that was.
Selling sex
From Amsterdam’s glittering canals to Durban’s dark streets, take a look at how the world legislates sex — and why it matters.
How many of these iconic protest posters can you recognise?
Here's the story of the Treatment Action Campaign or how a handful of people created a global movement that changed the world.
Libya’s war kills little children in need of heart surgery
The country's health system is ravaged, but a team of volunteer doctors visit regularly: operating on the desperate and training local medical staff.