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Some districts report Caesarean rates of 40%, which is much higher than the 26% national average for public hospitals.

You made it through the year. Kick back, relax and take a read through the 2018 that was.

Think that emergency care is just a call away? You might want to think again.

This province reported skyrocketing rates of teen pregnancy but behind the figures lies a story about sex, knowledge and data.

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

In this province, the agricultural and mining sectors draw thousands of workers each year – and then they disappear. Here’s why we need to find them.

Report unearths neglect in Kenyan institutions, yet discrimination means children may be at risk of being killed if they remain in communities

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.

Go inside one of the country's most dangerous jobs.

Obstetrician Eddie Mhlanga often had to attend to women who had unsafe abortions during apartheid, when abortion was illegal in South Africa.

When the US went to bat for Big Pharma in the fight against this killer disease, South Africa wasn’t having any of it. Here’s what happened next.

Shame doesn't start when menstruation begins. It is built in slow steps.

A dearth of mental health professionals is leading some people to get creative about counselling.

Late UCT Medical School dean Bongani Mayosi pioneered the response to a little known but common heart disease at home and across the continent.

If a man dies in the Central African Republic, his wife is at risk of being evicted from their home by his relatives.

Photojournalist, Seif Kousmate, photographed and interviewed current and former slaves in Mauritania and got imprisoned by police in the process.