Health

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How a Zimbabwean hospital treated my dying mother

Shutdown hit hospitals hard

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News | 30 January 2019

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Mortuary workers return to work after arrests

“We are declaring a big war with the Department of Health,” says union

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News | 12 December 2018

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“Tell us how you get high”

World’s largest drug survey wants to hear from drug users across the planet

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News | 11 December 2018

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Strikers barricade mortuary

Workers’ issues remain unresolved at Fort Napier Medico Legal Mortuary in Pietermaritzburg

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News | 7 December 2018

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People robbed of ARVs because of whoonga myth

No ingredients in ARVs help people get high

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News | 7 December 2018

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Children with HIV not prioritised by pharmaceutical industry

HIV positive babies and children are receiving suboptimal treatment putting them at risk for resistance and treatment failure according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

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News | 3 December 2018

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Child rape survivors left without counselling

Mental health care a “lottery” for survivors of sexual violence

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News | 28 November 2018

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Kwathema residents protest for cleaner air

Residents say fertiliser manufacturing plant is harming their health

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Brief | 26 November 2018

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Only one in four children lives with both parents

Child Gauge report says 65% of children live in poverty

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News | 21 November 2018