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Kenyans and Ugandans need to change their ways to arrest lifestyle diseases
Two surveys paint a shocking picture of how East Africans are exposing themselves to the mounting risks of non-communicable diseases.
What to do about South Africa’s unemployed doctors
It’s official. Austerity budgets may be here to stay. Here’s how South Africa should be working with what it’s got to provide healthcare.
Why medical aids are so expensive
Greater collaboration and sharing of information between stakeholders will lead to reductions in costs.
The rise of anti-vaxxer bots: Fake news is going viral — it’s bad for...
How do you outrun a lie when science shows misinformation spreads faster than fact?
McCord Hospital: Defending a legacy of healthcare integrity
For 100 years Durban's non-profit McCord Hospital has been a beacon of hope for the poor. Now it has to rely on the state to survive.
Take care over the next hill
What, if anything, does the private healthcare sector have to offer the rural poor?
From Oscar to Diepsloot: Why do men become violent?
Bhekisisa and Media Hack Collective's 2021 #SayHerName project, researched what gender-based violence stories make it onto the news.The data backed up what we...
Rape, time & place: How to understand SA’s geography of violence
Simply identifying hotspots doesn’t explain why some places report more gender-based violence than others. This limits our understanding of the problem, and our ability to find a solution.
Explainer: Why children are at risk of hand, foot and mouth disease
Hand, foot and mouth disease is a viral infection that can affect infants and young children.
Bhekisisa journalism fellowships
Bhekisisa's first fellowship is coming to end and fellow, Sydney Masinga, speaks about his experience. If you're an interested journalist apply now.
Eating to survive: How to know if your party is taking hunger seriously
David Harrison breaks down five ways in which hunger among children can be decreased and explains why it’s important to hold the party you plan to vote for accountable to do something about food insecurity.
Free ARVs are not enough: The hidden costs of treating HIV in Nigeria
Financial risk-protection mechanisms could alleviate the high food and transport costs incurred by rural people seeking to access treatment for HIV.
HIV fight requires wisdom
The health minister and UNAids are jumping the gun by not consulting activists.
Mediation could ease SA’s medico-legal woes but it’s no quick fix
South Africa is now home to more than 90 trained medical mediators, but there’s not much work to go around - yet.
Lead in the blood: The poisoning of a generation
By 1927, Anglo American had obtained a controlling interest in a decades’ old lead mine north of Lusaka. Today, the mine may be closed, but its legacy lives on in the tiny bodies of the children that grow up in its shadow and who carry traces of its ore in their blood. Their poisoning is just the latest in a cycle that will leave lasting intellectual and physical burdens on them and their children for generations to come.
How do you stop a hospital heist? Appoint a plunder-proof board
The way South Africa’s health sector is governed leaves hospitals exposed to corruption. Hospital chief executive officers are political appointments, and so are the people at the accountability bodies and regulators such as the Office of Health Standards Compliance that are set up to hold the executives responsible. Independent hospital boards must play this role instead, writes this expert.