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Tender delays have pushed a shortage of the popular birth control shot Nur-Isterate into its second year.

This popular birth control shot is out of stock for the...

Joan van Dyk - March 1, 2019

Talking about you and the loo: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's latest annual letter was released Tuesday.

Five ways to save the world, according to Bill & Melinda...

Roxy de Villiers - February 12, 2019

The health department has proposed accrediting public hospitals to provide c-sections as a way of improving the safety of the procedures across the country.

This is putting SA’s women in the grave, so what’s the...

Yogan Pillay - February 12, 2019

Undercover: Bhekisisa reporter Pontsho Pilane posed as a pregnant woman considering an abortion at the Amato Centre in Pretoria to learn about the pregnancy counselling it offers.

Pregnant? Need an abortion? Here’s where not to go

Pontsho Pilane - September 21, 2018

An organisation in Mozambique had to close down half of its youth clinics after it lost two-thirds of its funding because it refused to sign onto Trump’s global gag rule policy.

‘Gag Rule will slow down the fight against Aids’

Pontsho Pilane - August 3, 2018

Gaopalelwe Phalaetsile started a Facebook group to support women who have had abortions or are looking to access abortions while also acting as a support system to victims of illegal abortion providers.

#SliceOfLife: ‘I shared my abortion experience on Facebook and it went...

Nelisiwe Msomi - April 10, 2018

Many school learners can’t afford sanitary pads. But an organisation in Rwanda is working with the country’s banana farmers to change this.

What do your period and bananas have in common? Find out

Mugume Davis Rwakaringi and Adri Kotze - March 13, 2018

Ntombikhona Ndlovu had her implant removed just three weeks after insertion because of headaches. Many other women may have been put off from trying the birth control option after rumours exaggerated side-effects

Is the rumour mill standing between you and better birth control?...

Nelisiwe Msomi - January 9, 2018

When there was no list of free abortion clinics, we made...

Joan van Dyk - November 17, 2017

What sex workers and clients really want you to know about...

Zia Wasserman and Ruvi Tenga - September 19, 2017

Understanding the prevalence of rape in Diepsloot

SA boys more at risk of sexual abuse than girls –...

Amy Green - June 1, 2016

Young people in Uganda can go to youth-friendly clinics for sexual health problems.

Youth-friendly sexual health clinics put Ugandans at ease

Esther Nakkazi - April 8, 2016

Free fall: Alcohol and drugs fuel the HIV infection rate

They suffer the cruelty of our care

Bronwyn Myers - December 10, 2015

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