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Youth delegate at the world Aids conference Phindile Sithole-Spong talks about reclaiming her sexuality after learning she was born with HIV.

When a rural hospital brought this woman into its multidrug-resistant TB programme, it saw a 20% jump in the people who were cured. The catch? She’s not even a doctor.

More than 100 cases of the new virus have been reported in South Africa. Find out what you can expect — and how to protect you and your family.

Why are people who menstruate forced to spend at least R40 000 on sanitary products in their lifetime?

Through asking critical questions, our content editor, Linda Pretorius, works with our reporters and writers to interpret study results and unpack them in easy-to-understand language. She loves putting science into easy words, and helping policymakers, researchers and reporters to do the same. Here’s how she works.

South Africa’s HIV plan says nurses, not just doctors, should be able to prescribe antidepressants. HIV-positive people struggle with their mental health more than those without the virus. But is this plan enough to help them stick to their daily pill regimens? This activist says no. Watch her story to find out why.

The United States government has appointed the first African head of its Aids fund, Pepfar. John Nkengasong, a Cameroonian virologist with US citizenship, will need to establish the potential impact of America’s change in abortion legislation on Pepfar funding rules.

South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, addresses the nation on the measures to be taken to re-open the country and move beyond the nation-wide lockdown.

Leaving home means leaving your friends, family and social support. But it's worse than that.

South Africa has become the first country in the world to introduce ATM-like machines that dispense medicine instead of money.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF4WVRSF6gg&t=14sRead more: These ATMs have...

Two years of HIV self-testing in Malawi have shown no cases of suicide, intimate partner violence or self-harm.

Are your kids up-to-date with vaccines? Here's why you might want to check on that.

If you think shutting down needle exchange programmes will keep your city free of contaminated needles, think again.

For nearly three decades, a thriving sex-trafficking industry has been operating between Nigeria and Italy. Can this woman help break the chain?

Abortion has been legal in South Africa for more than 25 years. Yet illegal providers continue to put people’s lives at risk. Dubious providers can exploit platforms like Google Search and Facebook to advertise their services. Tshinondiwa Ramaite from the reproductive health organisation, Ipas, explains how to spot ads from a bogus clinic.

Health workers, this is your cheat sheet to detecting and treating #cholera in your patients. Watch this video for the details.