Five things you should know about your vagina
Science is learning more about your vagina. So should you.
It’s only 32km to the state clinic, but for the poor that’s a world...
Some residents in rural towns in Mpumalanga have to chose between buying food or going to the doctor.
‘I had to kill so many people’: The battle to protect children in conflicts
25,000 grave violations were committed against children in conflict in 2019, says the UN, which hopes to highlight issue with new international day.
How much sugar do you drink?
Half a litre of Coke contains 10 teaspoons of sugar – almost the entire recommended daily sugar allowance. But fruit juice is as bad.
“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,...
Inside the flesh-eating disease you’ve probably never heard about but should
Less than 15% of patients seek out care for this vicious form of gangrene.
The village where men are banned
Inside the Kenyan village that began as a refuge for survivors of sexual violence.
Behind the masks: Meet the people who keep Gauteng’s field hospital going
Get to know the cleaners, plumbers and therapists who work at the Nasrec field hospital. Plus, find out what happens to newspapers,...
Home visits give instant HIV results and data set to guide more than a...
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, text messages fight maternal deaths in rural Cameroon
Solar power, solar electricity and mobile technology are helping to reduce the rate of maternal mortality in Cameroon.
‘No bed for people like me’: When the old are left to die
Despite clear evidence they are most at risk, older people are seen as dispensable as younger patients are prioritised in the...
India arrests dozens of journalists in clampdown on critics of COVID-19 response
Reporters for independent outlets, many in rural areas, say pressure won’t deter them from covering embarrassing stories
From the mouths of babes: This is what it’s like to be diagnosed with...
Death comes for us all and when it does, we hope it’s a good one. We hope it has meaning, we...
Six weighty figures to watch: The SA and global obesity epidemic in numbers
Numbers don't lie: A new report shows how people across the world keep piling on the kilos.
When the tiniest hearts break: Behind SA’s shortage of paediatric heart surgeons
The country can't produce its own paediatric heart surgeons. But that may be beginning to change, starting in Cape Town.
Skeletons and closets: How one university reburied the dead
In the 1920s, a Northern Cape farmer dug up some of the remains of previous workers — some of whom had...