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TB was the leading cause of death for teenagers between 2008 and 2018 in South Africa. Find out why and what we can do to make treatment more accessible to them in this short video.

Reports of a rare heart condition linked to the Pfizer COVID vaccine should not deter teens from getting the jab.

Flavoured and studded? Scented and smooth? Find out what South Africans' condom of choice would be.

Decriminalising sex work could help avert almost half of all new HIV infections globally among workers and clients in the next 10 years.

In this podcast, Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan gets to the bottom of the most common questions asked about South Africa’s fourth wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections driven by the Omicron variant. Her guest is Waasila Jassat of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases.

Men who have sex with men can now take PrEP before and after sex and be protected from HIV. Here's how it works.

In 2016, Bhekisisa started to do solutions journalism. But what is it? "Think Sherlock Holmes or Agatha Christie," David Bornstein from the Solutions Journalism Network tells Bhekisisa's editor Mia Malan. "These are stories that answer 'the how.'" 

As a multimedia reporter, our Yolanda Mdzeke spends a lot of time behind the scenes. She’s often staring at a screen. Watch this video to find out how she gets the job done.

With plans to lower the tackle height in rugby around the world, why is the governing body for rugby considering it? Put simply, the lower the height, the lower the risk of head injury. Watch for more.

The Swedish model, legalisation, decriminalisation — does the sex work debate leave you confused? Look no further.

Here’s how paramedics are fighting for their own lives so they can save yours.

This short video answers key questions you might have if you’re in line for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

The use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19 remains unproven with little to no evidence that it works. Although the medication can now be legally accessed with a doctor’s supervision, some people continue to use the animal version of the drug. Here’s why that’s dangerous.

We speak to MSF on why J&J is so slow to deliver SA's vaccines and we also discuss the HIV prevention pill with Linda-Gail Bekker and Yogan Pillay.

Medical doctors and traditional healers often struggle to trust each other. But in this rural KZN community they learned how to work together.

One in three sex workers in South Africa say they’ve been raped by a police officer. Could a change in the law solve this?