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Poor management at Bara hospital left doctors with no choice but to operate on a patient using only the light from cellphones and iPads, says Sama.

COVID figures have never captured the full extent of the pandemic, but such numbers are becoming even less useful since fewer people are testing.

Pontsho Pilane has been named this year’s Discovery Health Journalist of the Year. Hear why she thinks specialist reporting isn't dead.

New World Health Organisation guidelines recommend anyone infected with HIV is put on ARVs, regardless of their CD4 count.

For those at risk, taking a pill that can stop them from getting HIV is a ‘life-changing experience’

Despite fear-mongering by some and threats that their arrival will be met with protests, the cluster is unlikely to introduce new coronavirus cases to the country. Why? The group has been under quarantine for weeks and screened multiple times a day.

South Africa needs to test 12 times more people per day for the new coronavirus than it currently does. Our testing plan can only do this if we use a wider range of tests — including controversial ones.

‘As doctors, we've advised each other to discharge stable patients and explain to there is nothing we can do.’

Why languish in illness when the poor could be used to help you live long and prosper? A dubious advertisement recently advocated.

South Africa has a drinking problem but research reveals a few things that could help curb harmful alcohol use in the country.

A week. That's how long most newborns who die will make it in South Africa. But there may be hope yet for the country's tiniest patients

COVID vaccines have become one of the most sought after commodities in the world, but manufacturers simply can’t produce enough jabs for everyone who needs them. Bhekisisa investigates what this means for the emergence of a vaccine black market, as well as vaccine theft and falsification.

Malan won for her long-form piece, “Diepsloot: Where men think it’s their right to rape.”

When new technology and an old tradition meet, they could help avert more than a million new HIV infections.

There are still some COVID figures that people can use to gauge when to mask up or avoid large crowds to decrease their risk of catching the virus.

Chinese and African health ministers have adopted a declaration to increase access to facilities, medication, health workers and training in Africa.