A paramedic checks the blood sugar level of a patient. Your blood sugar could have more to do with your moods than you think. (Reuters)

Why life with this common condition can be an emotional rollercoaster

Nelisiwe Msomi

Having a chronic illness can raise your risk of depression. For diabetics, the blood sugar high and lows of everyday life take an extra toll.

With no international agreement on water birthing guidelines, SA facilities are left to make their own choices about how to help bring babies into the world with a splash. (Reuters)

Could this birth trend make for more serene deliveries?

Pontsho Pilane

Water births are a growing phenomenon in South Africa and globally. But this birth method is controversial – scientific evidence is lacking.

As the death toll rises, we look at the people, the policies and the politicians at the centre of this national tragedy.

SPECIAL REPORT: #LifeEsidimeni - How did more than 90 mental health patients lose their lives at the hands of the state?

As the death toll rises, we look at the people, the policies and the politicians at the centre of this national tragedy.

The United Nations will bring together 192 countries for the fourth high-level meeting on tuberculosis in 2018. (Reuters)

United Nations' first high-level meeting on TB could usher in a new world order

Yogan Pillay (author)

The global body heeds calls by SA health minister Aaron Motsoaledi for high-level meeting on age-old killer.

Reverend Joseph Maboe's son Billy died after being transferred from Life Esidimeni. Billy had dreams of leaving hospital, getting married and learning how to drive. (Shayne Robinson, Section27)

#LifeEsidimeni: NGOs 'chose patients like cattle at an auction'

Laura Lopez Gonzalez

The department moved people to save money and NGOs were happy to take them in for cash.

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Of the new refugees from South Sudan, 86% are women and children and 64% are children under the age of 18, according to the UN refugee agency. (Magume Davis Rwakaringi)

'This is no life for a child, but there is no option'

Refugee resettlement camps offer a safer space for South Sudanese children, who make up 64% of all refugees in Uganda.

The KZN department of education claims disadvantaged learners miss three days of school each month because of their periods. There is no published data to back this claim. (Reuters)

Free pads: 'KZN girls miss three days of school a month because of their periods'

The province is providing free sanitary pads to learners, so what's stopping a national roll-out?

The health ombudsman has found 94 mental health patients died because of state negligence. Laura Lopez Gonzalez tells Mia Malan what happened.

#LifeEsidimeni: 'There may still be uncounted bodies in state mortuaries'

The health ombudsman has found 94 mental health patients died because of state negligence. Laura Lopez Gonzalez tells Mia Malan what happened.

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