Decades of progress in the fight against HIV are at risk as funding cuts trigger global disruptions to health systems, leaving vulnerable communities ...

For five weeks this winter, Health-e News freelance contributor Tembile Sgqolana regularly visited an initiation school in Komani, Eastern Cape, where his son ...

Every weekend up to a 100 children, teenagers and women gather at Refentse Primary School in Stinkwater, north of Pretoria, for free aerobics classes.

The grandparents of an 8-year-old Lenasia South girl in Gauteng claim they’ve had to navigate the medical, psychosocial and criminal justice systems alone in the days following the girl’s alleged rape ...

A Hepatitis vaccine given within 24 hours of birth prevents almost all transmission from mother to child. Photo: Adobe Stock Image. This week, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa ...

Sekhwele Mnisi says he has faith that God will provide food when money runs out. Photo credit: Thomo Nkgadima. When there is not enough food in Sekhwele Mnisi’s home, he tells his children to drink ...

Stinkwater residents are running out of space to dig pit toilets in their yards. Photo Credit: Lucas Phelwane. One year after Health-e News reported on Stinkwater’s sanitation crisis, residents say ...

South Africa’s National Health Act allows for surgeons to perform an emergency hysterectomy without a patient's consent if it is done to save her life. Photo: Adobe Stock A recent Health-e News ...

South Africa is facing a hunger crisis. This is according to recent submissions by advocacy groups to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)’s Inquiry into the country’s food system. The ...

Sex work keeps food on the table for this mother of three. Photo Credit: Lerato Kodisang. In the first part of our Hungry For Change series, Health-e News shares the story of a Johannesburg mother who ...