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Everyday life in Cairo: but the city has become a hub for the organ trade.

Organ trafficking: ‘They locked me in and took my kidney’

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Desperate to reach Europe, migrants from Africa are travelling to Egypt to sell body parts to pay for their passage.

Elsa and Nosipho: They both sell sex for a living, but in opposite worlds

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Does sex work legislation have an impact on violence and the spread of HIV? We follow two women who operate in opposite worlds to find out.
Do almost half of South African men really smoke?

Should you believe the latest smoking figures from this tobacco-funded non-profit?

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Claim: 49% of men and 34.1% of women in South Africa smoke tobacco. Is this true? Africa Check investigates.
It’s time to take back the tax — by upping the tobacco tax.

Mboweni, take a chance and take back the tax — it’s time to hike...

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In his speech, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni reprioritised millions for new health workers and hospital upgrades. Here’s what he needs to do next.
E-cigarettes are gaining popularity

The tobacco industry says vaping is 95% safer than smoking. Should you believe it?

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Find out what you need to know with this latest article in our series separating tobacco fact from fiction.
Research shows that drug-resistant TB accounts for a quarter of the 10-million deaths that might be associated with antimicrobial resistance by 2020.

This kills more than 700 of us each day. Now, the UN wants to...

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In a historic first, the UN just held a high-level meeting on TB. There was one on lifestyle diseases too. But did these sittings achieve anything?
In a world where historically unravelling the tobacco lobby’s intentions has been a game of smoke and mirrors

Show us the data: Bhekisisa responds to #BigTobacco

Dear Tisa, you have a point but we’ve got a reason to be wary.
The tobacco industry has launched another widespread ad campaign to combat new tobacco regulations.

Did Big Tobacco buy Twitter?

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There's more to the data — and social media — backing the latest tobacco-funded ad campaign.
Traditional cigarettes and their electronic counterparts face stiff regulation in the Bill

Read: South Africa’s controversial #TobaccoBill

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South Africa could become one of a growing number of countries that require plain packaging for cigarettes.

Obesity: Is eating slap tjips as bad as smoking?

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For millennials, it ain't looking good, but are hard-hitting campaigns just fat-shaming and counterproductive?
The Sayana Press allows women to inject themselves with the hormonal contraception Depo-Provera

Why taking back the power starts with you and your vagina

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Want to advocate for your uterus? Here are six ways you can do it.
A man takes a dose of methadone at Ar Rahman mosque in Kuala Lumpur

Myths and methadone: Will Egypt’s laws bend to the rising tide of drug abuse?

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The real revolution is yet to come when it relates to the country’s opioid epidemic.
In 1992

This country figured out how to stop teen substance abuse, so why has no...

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Find out which nordic nation radically cut teenage smoking, drinking and drug use and how they did it.
Dagga grower Ryan Douglas waters plants at Tweed Marijuana Inc in Canada. Earlier this month

Dagga has been legalised. Now, what’s next for medical marijuana?

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The Constitutional Court has legalised the personal use of pot. Take a look at the future medical marijuana in this piece from our archives.
Inside the 'dead zone': In an outdoor laboratory at Texas' Sam Houston State University

Afraid of death? Take comfort that you’ll live on in varied and surprising ways

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Most of us would rather not know what happens to our bodies after death. But that breakdown gives birth to new life in unexpected ways.
A new online tool lets you calculate your chances of falling pregnant via IVF.

Trying for a baby? Find out your chances of falling pregnant

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Figure out your odds of falling pregnant via in vitro fertilisation with this new online calculator