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Scientists believe the brain is key to treating weight problems, and are closing in on answers.

Reusable sanitary towels are cheaper than regular pads and tampons but the state is failing to distribute these to schoolgirls from poor families.

A chain of clinics is helping to save lives on Malawi's border with Mozambique.

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

Lawyers argue that while farming families toil over backbreaking work in desperate poverty, British American Tobacco is reaping the rewards.

Instead of the care she sought, a vulnerable patient found further distress in a PE hospital.

The ruthless quest for gold in eastern Cameroon has left the landscape peppered with deadly open pits.

Not up to the daily dilemma of what to pack your little ones for lunch? Beef up your children’s lunch boxes with these quick tips.

This invasive plant clogs our dam and rivers but in Kenya, it’s become the next big thing in renewable energy.

Activists say that at least one patient has been trying to get treatment since 2013.

It's World Yoga Day. Mindfulness has seen a resurgence in popularity and is slowly making its way behind the walls of prisons in South Africa.

A brave little girl inspired a new ‘tumour paint’ to indicate to surgeons which tissue to remove.

The HPV vaccine roll-out is prompting parents to rethink how they talk to children about sex.

Technology has cut diagnosis waiting times, getting infants on to treatment sooner.

Leaders of Zimbabwe's Apostolic sects are warming to the idea of women giving birth at health clinics.

Alcohol abuse breeds apathy and joblessness, and fuels abuse in an ever more vicious cycle.