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The World Health Organisation hopes take-home tests will increase the number of the people who know their HIV status

The investigation of an independent panel recommends reviewing whether UNAids executive director Michel Sidibé should continue in his role.

The right choice of contraceptive is crucial. Science can help you to choose one that's right for you.

Under Dlamini's time as minister of social development, centres lost funding for counselling services. Now, no one can say what the future holds.

Africa is building up its own vaccine manufacturing capacity which will make the continent less dependent on wealthy nations for vaccine supply.

Obesity is a growing worldwide trend. In Kenya, over a million five to 19-year-olds will be obese by 2030. At the same time, the East African nation is also stalked by hunger. More than three million people don’t have easy access to good nutritious food. These kiddies are fighting the problem – one taekwondo class at a time.

South Africa is unlikely to buy a new oral COVID-19 pill called molnupiravir, despite the drug having been approved for use in the country. That’s because deciding to spend money on a medication rests on more than just whether it works.

The nation's healthcare system reflects the actions of the ministers responsible for it over the years.

Four COVID jabs’ efficacy results have been released within less than a year after the trials had started. But this is far from the norm. Researchers have been working on HIV vaccines for over three decades — and we still don’t have one. Here’s why.

Half of all SA smokers tried to quit last year –and failed. How can we raise the success rate?

Read what Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has up his sleeve for your medical aid.

Germs are outsmarting medicine faster than South Africa’s overburdened facilities can keep up with. There are ways to cut resistance, but such plans need more money for them to work.

State health workers will remain cash strapped as the South African government battles to rein in its massive public sector wage bill, which makes up 15% of the goods and services produced in the country.

Traditional and mainstream medicine have long been at odds. But COVID-19 may be providing the impetus for the two sides to work together to...

Measles is one of the world’s most contagious diseases. But cases almost completely disappeared through mass vaccination campaigns. As we once again attempt to end a pandemic through vaccines, here are some lessons to take away for the roll-out of COVID jabs.

South Africa will roll out dolutegravir in September, Scientists still don't know if it leads to birth defects but it does know only a woman can choose how much risk is too much.