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.
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.
The global body heeds calls by SA health minister Aaron Motsoaledi for high-level meeting on age-old killer.
The department moved people to save money and NGOs were happy to take them in for cash.
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Refugee resettlement camps offer a safer space for South Sudanese children, who make up 64% of all refugees in Uganda.
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.
A decision by the Gauteng department of health has left at least 36 dead but has the scandal lifted the lid on the horrors of mental healthcare?
Find out which departments need to step up to make free pads a reality for people who menstruate.
Community mentalhealth care can be better for patients and health systems if it's done right. Find out how one organisation is making it work.