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Heatlhcare workers have some creative solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the COVID-19 response, like shortages of masks & ventilators.

Listen to world-renowned epidemiologist, Salim Abdool Karim, explain what factors will determine whether or not South Africa extends its national lockdown — again.

South Africa may have flattened the curve, but find out why it’s unlikely the country will escape deaths. Find out what it’s doing to prepare.

Guidelines around the world are changing to recommend the use of masks. But you still shouldn’t be buying medical masks - rather make your own at home.

World renowned scientist, Salim Abdool Karim, says yes. Here's why.

Research from previous crises suggests violence against women and children will only get worse as the pandemic rages on.

With information about the new coronavirus spreading faster than the virus itself, you may be hearing a lot about chloroquine as a treatment. We give you the facts.

Crises such as the coronavirus pandemic increase the violence women and children face. This Center for Global Development helps us understand why.

Scientists say it's likely that South Africa's decision to embark on a national lockdown early in its Covid-19 outbreak turned the tide against the coronavirus outbreak as no country has before. But the fight against the virus will stretch into months and preparations for field hospitals are underway.

You don't have to run 5km to feel fatigued. Turns out stress and anxiety can also leave you craving a good lie-in, but could tips to cope come from an unlikely place — the diaries of a 1900s' sea captain?

South Africa will need more healthcare workers if cases of the new coronavirus mount. Here's how the country could add thousands in just a matter of weeks.

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The World Health Organisation has launched an international study, known as the Solidarity trial, to test possible treatments for COVID-19.

Planning for the pandemic has to include sexual and reproductive health services. If not, we risk saving women from the new coronavirus but leaving them to die during childbirth, unsafe abortions or at the hands of their partners.

With misinformation about the new coronavirus spreading like wildfire, we separate fact from fiction so you can stay informed.

Planning for the pandemic has to include sexual and reproductive health services. If not, we risk saving women from the new coronavirus but leaving them to die during childbirth, unsafe abortions or at the hands of their partners.