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The Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Africa needs more emergency care specialists to prevent unnecessary deaths due to a lack of capacity and training.

Why emergency care in Africa needs to become a specialised course

Opinion Stevan Bruijns -
Countries in Africa are in desperate need of more emergency care specialists and increased training.
An open letter to ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe

We should be allies, not enemies, Gwede Mantashe

Opinion Mark Heywood -
An open letter to ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.
As multiple drug suppliers are failing to keep up with demand

Millions are denied morphine that will free them from pain

Opinion Fatia Kiyange -
Markets, attitudes and the war on drugs are the barriers that prevent patients having access to opioid-based pain medication.
Almost half of all Kenyan women aged 15 to 49 years have a child under the age of five. For most of these women

How women who work are held back by a lack of quality daycare in...

Opinion Stella Muthuri -
The increasingly disjointed nature of life in urban slums means there’s no network of family support for mothers who want to work.
Bhekisisa's first fellowship is coming to end and fellow

Bhekisisa journalism fellowships

Opinion Staff Reporter -
Bhekisisa's first fellowship is coming to end and fellow, Sydney Masinga, speaks about his experience. If you're an interested journalist apply now.
New life: Will the NHI bring a glimmer of hope for rural patients?

Take care over the next hill

Opinion Daygan Eager -
What, if anything, does the private healthcare sector have to offer the rural poor?
Family planning is not a luxury to everyone. Melinda Gates talks about why she has dedicated so much of her time to helping women plan their families.

Melinda Gates on what’s best for children

Opinion Melinda Gates -
Family planning is not a luxury to everyone. Melinda Gates talks about why she has dedicated so much of her time to helping women plan their families.
Better prevention strategies are helping to stem the tide of HIV.

The stigma of HIV still kills

Opinion Mia Malan -
December 1 is #WorldAisDay: HIV was discovered more than 30 years ago. Why do we still stigmatise HIV-infected people?
More than 876-million school-age children are at risk of becoming infected with potentially sight-stealing parasites.

A sight for sore eyes: Teachers test pupils’ eyes to keep them in school

Opinion Imran Khan -
Children need more than books to flourish at school. De-worming may be one of the most cost-effective ways to increase school participation in Africa.
The same number of South African boys and girls start school

Bring back the lost girls

Opinion Salim Abdool Karim -
This country must find ways to keep girls in school and educate them about HIV prevention.
A voucher-based initiative to get women to nurse their babies is causing a stir

Breast may be best, but bribing mothers to nurse is not

Opinion Joanna Moorhead -
There are many advantages to breastfeeding but should mothers be bribed to do it?
If a pregnant woman does not have the right nutrition

It pays to invest in poor girls and women – the returns are greater

Opinion Yannick Tshimanga -
Rwanda has shown that improved nutrition lifts individuals, families, communities and economies.
Stand and deliver: James Francis takes a new approach to working. Standing and working has some health and productivity benefits.

Sitting could be the death of you

Opinion James Francis -
Hemingway did it. Churchill did it. So let's do it. Let's all stand up while we work.
A recent survey says that Kenyans and Ugandans must start eating healthily to avoid getting sick from lifestyle diseases.

Kenyans and Ugandans need to change their ways to arrest lifestyle diseases

Opinion Catherine Kyobutungi -
Two surveys paint a shocking picture of how East Africans are exposing themselves to the mounting risks of non-communicable diseases.
Necessary care: Children who suffer from disabilities are often neglected and hidden away.

Vital service reaches far too few

Opinion Kate Sherry -
Rehabilitation plans for the thousands of people with disabilities must be included in the NHI.
Protection needed: Malaria kills more than a million poeple in the world every year - mostly children and preganant women

Our leaders must keep their word

Opinion Yvonne Chaka -
Though progress has been made, Africa must continue the fight against Aids, TB and malaria.
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