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Silky strawberry is the best condom fit for South Africans
After three years of deliberation and research, the South African health department launches flavoured condoms.
Home visits give instant HIV results and data set to guide more than a...
The population assessments of the epidemic in sub-Sahara yields information of benefit to patients and to each nation’s plan of action
Me and my meds: It’s a fraught friendship
Society has a skewed view that healthy people don’t take medicine but rising rates of chronic illness may call for a re-think of that perception.
Mental shift: Yoga makes its way behind the walls of South African prisons
It's World Yoga Day. Mindfulness has seen a resurgence in popularity and is slowly making its way behind the walls of prisons in South Africa.
Growing up with a mother who has schizophrenia is tough on a child
When a parent is diagnosed with a mental illness, the chances of emotional support are decreased and the risk of family discord is high.
The female condom showdown: Lovers Plus Inner Condom, the Cupid and the V
South Africa is pumping more money into female condom distribution. We look at what's on the market and what's to come for the femidom.
The female condom: Soft, stimulating and sexy sheaths open up a new world for...
The government is making female condoms more accessible – and these come with extra benefits.
Nursing the hungry: How one Catholic nun has taken Malawi’s prisoners under her wing
As humanitarian organisations sound the alarm over high malnutrition rates among Malawi's prisoners, one woman is trying to help keep inmates alive.
Five good reasons to ditch chemical hair relaxers this December
Black women, beware: your pursuit of straight, silky locks may be detrimental to your health.
Waste not, want not: Kenya turns sewage into cleaner, longer-burning fuel
Is Kenya, currently plagued by a cholera outbreak, about to show the world the energy wealth hidden in human waste?
Pedal power: Malawi’s ‘rickshaw’ bush ambulances cycle the sick to care
Already used in countries like Namibia, the ambulances could help cut child and maternal mortality rates.
Five things you should know about your vagina
Science is learning more about your vagina. So should you.
Trafficked to Turin: The Nigerian women forced into sex work abroad in Italy
Thousands of women are lured from Nigeria to Italy annually by the promise of a new life, only to find themselves trapped in the sex trade.
Zimbabwe health workers fight the odds to provide free care to disabled children
A Harare rehabilitation unit offers impaired youngsters free therapy and supports parents too.
On the road: Lifeline for sex workers and truck drivers emerges along trade route
A chain of clinics is helping to save lives on Malawi's border with Mozambique.
Four reasons why breast is best: Babies are smarter, healthier and better behaved
Infants are less likely to be obese and mothers' have a lower risk of cancer