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South Africa’s top public health experts sat down to discuss the safety of e-cigarettes. The verdict? Stay away.

Here's the story of the Treatment Action Campaign or how a handful of people created a global movement that changed the world.

In the rarely visited town of Gedeb, fears are rife over state plans to return 150 000 people to areas they fled because of ethnic violence.

After three years of deliberation and research, the South African health department launches flavoured condoms.

The Gauteng health department has admitted to problems at the facility, seen by the public protector.

For many people with severe mental illnesses, these special wards can be a lifeline and the first step to care — if they can get there.

The favelas are served by teams of community workers, who are the doctors' eyes and ears.

Thousands of children are abused by someone close to them but are unable to report it, because they’re either too scared or don’t realise they’re being abused. Here’s how training teachers to provide proper sex education can help them.

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.

Early screening for cervical cancer can be a lifesaver but are nonprofit organisations enough to fill the gap in KZN's crumbling system?

Ghana plans to release the modified seeds this year or next. Will they benefit the small farmers they were designed for?

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

In Kivalo, where cyclones, overfishing and rising seas threaten livelihoods, beekeeping offers an unlikely alternative to fishing.

In 2020, 1.9-million children were stillborn according to a new report from the World Health Organisation. Read how one woman’s experience of stillbirth inspired her to start a mental health support group for parents who lost a child during pregnancy.

South Africa plans to roll out treatment for opioid addiction to all government health facilities by 2028, according to a draft of the country’s sixth HIV action plan. Read one person’s story of recovery here.

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