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Science is learning more about your vagina. So should you.

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

25,000 grave violations were committed against children in conflict in 2019, says the UN, which hopes to highlight issue with new international day.

Half a litre of Coke contains 10 teaspoons of sugar – almost the entire recommended daily sugar allowance. But fruit juice is as bad.

With terminations outlawed in Kenya, women and girls in its largest slum have to rely on expensive and unreliable under-the-counter pills,...

Less than 15% of patients seek out care for this vicious form of gangrene.

Inside the Kenyan village that began as a refuge for survivors of sexual violence.

Get to know the cleaners, plumbers and therapists who work at the Nasrec field hospital. Plus, find out what happens to newspapers,...

The population assessments of the epidemic in sub-Sahara yields information of benefit to patients and to each nation’s plan of action

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

Despite clear evidence they are most at risk, older people are seen as dispensable as younger patients are prioritised in the...

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

Death comes for us all and when it does, we hope it’s a good one. We hope it has meaning, we...

Numbers don't lie: A new report shows how people across the world keep piling on the kilos.

The country can't produce its own paediatric heart surgeons. But that may be beginning to change, starting in Cape Town.

In the 1920s, a Northern Cape farmer dug up some of the remains of previous workers — some of whom had...