Health
High level of foetal alcohol syndrome found in Saldanha Bay
Six percent of children born with disorder, study finds
By Stephanie Kelly and Naib Mian
News | 4 April 2016
Masiphumelele’s clinic unable to serve township’s needs
Calls for facility's service and space to be expanded, but officials say this will be difficult
News | 4 April 2016
Medicine offers hope for heroin users in Mitchells Plain
But government unlikely to make it widely available
Feature | 24 March 2016
TB kills 1.5 million a year - here’s how to stop it
We must increase access to medicines, diagnostics and vaccines
By Festus Mogae and Precious Matsoso
Opinion | 22 March 2016
Medicine patent system must be fixed
Current system is not developing enough of the drugs we need
Opinion | 18 March 2016
Antiretrovirals for all sex workers
We are “affirming the right of all South Africans to life, to dignity, to health" - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa
Brief | 17 March 2016
Mbeki is wrong about death statistics
AIDS has for many years been by far the largest cause of death
Explainer | 14 March 2016
Clearing up two Mbeki misconceptions
There are two misconceptions by Mbeki and people defending him that I wish to debunk.
Explainer | 13 March 2016
“No credibility as a researcher” - a letter to News24
A former Media24 journalist criticises the country's biggest online news publication for publishing AIDS denialism
By Marcus Low
Opinion | 11 March 2016