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A long road ahead to reduce HIV among South Africa’s sex workers
More than half the female sex workers in South Africa's three largest cities are HIV positive, but less than a third are on antiretroviral treatment.
Two-thirds of people think antibiotics can cure the flu
A World Health Organisation survey has revealed that antibiotic resistance has become a global crisis.
Government rape counselling services saved just weeks from slated closure
Additional funding has saved government's Thuthuzela Care Centres at the eleventh hour but poorly performing facilities may still close.
It’s official: Bhekisisa is going solo
Today, we set out on our own after calling the Mail & Guardian home for more than half a decade.
Bloem, Pretoria the fattest in SA, according to study
While Cape Town and Johannesburg are two of SA's healthiest cities, Bloemfontein and Pretoria fall short, according to a study.
A ban on boosters: Why richer countries should wait for others to catch up...
Rich countries are already beginning to look at possibly rolling out booster shots of COVID vaccines. Causing the World Health Organisation to call for a ban on these programmes until September in order to give poorer countries a chance to catch up in their search for sufficient doses.
Here are 12 things we’ve learned from five years of donor-funded journalism
Work at a non-profit media house? Then you know your job is not just reporting anymore.
There’s a new HIV drug – but Africa will have to wait
A new drug, Tivicay, that could be vital in the struggle against HIV, might not be available to those who need it the most.
Where are South Africa’s HIV patients?
Where are South Africa's HIV patients? Find out how provinces stack up when it comes to getting patients onto antiretrovirals with this interactive map.
Free pads: ‘KZN girls miss three days of school a month because of their...
The province is providing free sanitary pads to learners, so what's stopping a national roll-out?
South Africans aren’t being protected from fake sanitisers: What needs to be done
Sanitiser stockouts left governments to turn to more unconventional suppliers at the beginning of the year. Here’s why a lack of regulations in South Africa opened the market up to potentially toxic substitutes.
After drastic drop SA life expectancy rises
While South African life expectancy dropped between 1990 and 2013, the are signs of hope again.
Whatever happened to the doctors & nurses involved in the #LifeEsidimeni tragedy?
These health workers presided over one of the deadliest tragedies since the dawn of democracy. Find out why they can still practice.
New virus, old wounds: Frontline COVID-19 workers demand better pay
Would you risk your life for R 3 500? These community health workers have been doing just that for years.
Ace Magashule’s wild Free State: Activists faced intimidation, whistle-blowers fled
Death threats and intimidation drove one man to leave the country after exposing crumbling conditions within the province’s health system.
Bhekisisa gets a boost into Africa
The M&G's health centre reaps a Gates foundation reward for making a difference.