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Africa Check digs into the data to reveal the surprising truth behind the widely cited statistic

In this 2014 interview, former Free State health MEC Benny Malakoane says that detractors are still alive is proof of the good work under his watch.

A grassroots Ugandan health initiative has significantly reduced maternal deaths.

Clinics dedicated to young people are ideal but the poor nation struggles to provide at least a basic service for those who can't access them.

Bayanda Maseko lost 2 000 chickens and more than R100 000 he invested in his farm in 2022, all because of loadshedding. Maseko says psychological support is needed in an industry where “it's every man for himself”. He speaks about the impact of these losses on his mental health in the March episode of Bhekisisa’s television show Health Beat.

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

Johannes Mnguni believes his wife would still be alive if a Mpumalanga clinic had done its job.

The joy of motherhood is killed by a moral and ethical dilemma when doctors advise termination of a pregnancy.

Government facilities are trumping their larnier colleagues in providing HIV services.

Some women find it hard to leave their abusers for economic and emotional reasons and feel 'stuck' in their situation.

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

When 'that time of the month' comes, you don't have to reach for disposable tampons or pads.

The government is making female condoms more accessible – and these come with extra benefits.

Women in South Africa are waking up to the dangers posed by fetal alcohol syndrome.

Grave robbing in the alleged pursuit of science haunts the history of biological anthropology. See how one university is righting history's wrongs.

About 15 years after their son died while illegally detained at a deportation centre outside Johannesburg, this family still hasn't found his grave.