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When class is in session, would-be "attackers" lunge at women in mock muggings. For survivors, classes can be triggering... but that might be the point, argue some experts.

Saving lives — and losing them — may be all in a day's work for health workers, but if you think it doesn't take its toll, listen to these doctors.

Prostate cancer accounts for nearly a quarter of all cancers in black men. Find out how to protect yourself and the ones you love.

Society has a skewed view that healthy people don’t take medicine but rising rates of chronic illness may call for a re-think of that perception.

From the Ganges River to Ghana, drones are delivering vaccines, HIV tests and blood transfusions around the world and cutting waiting times for life-saving healthcare. But is all that glitters really gold when it comes to the next big thing in health?

Water pumped from the Nile is the only option for 98% of the residents of South Sudan's capital.

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

Think child marriages only happen in far off countries? Think again.

South Africa's public health nurses are infamous for having bad attitudes. Could a pair of goggles help them change their ways?

Doctors in this country are saying an outbreak of mysterious deaths all have one thing in common: How close they are to this international oil company.

Some rain has fallen yet crop yields are still expected to be poor, but aid programmes have opened the door to a more sustainable future.

Tastier kid-friendly tablets will help take the guess work out of treating Kenya's tiniest TB patients.

Dentists say the reduced rates paid out by medical schemes are putting them out of business.

A centre employing only men has opened in Khayelitsha to address the needs of males uneasy about being seen at mixed-gender facilities.

Having banned female genital cutting, his ousting was good for democracy, but but bad for women's bodies.

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