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Could psychosocial programmes turn extremists into moderates?

Poor people who have fled their countries are expected to pay steep rates for treatment at government hospitals in Gauteng.

Mentally disabled people in the rural Eastern Cape are considered worthless, even evil. When girls are sexually abused, mothers are no longer shocked.

Introduce harm-reduction and HIV programmes – especially for heroin users – before it's too late.

The substances that cause cancer leave their fingerprints behind. Now, the world may be closer than ever to unravelling the clues hidden in our DNA.

The substance is critical in pregnancy and in the development of children; a lack of it has dire consequences.

The pandemic’s impact is long-term: the UN warns that it could lead to 13 million more child marriages over a decade.

The process could transform manufacturing and help the 30 million people worldwide in need of artificial limbs and braces.

Many women consult traditional healers, so it makes sense to enlist these cultural leaders in public health education.

HIV-positive pregnant women get sound advice from mothers who can empathise.

The Free State health department has come under fire for a number of reasons. Bhekisisa visited the province ahead of elections to find out more.

Are social media algorithms designed to prey the mental health of women and people of colour?

An eighth-grade teenager shows how funky and strong her fight against a four-letter word is. Mia Malan reports.

With the severe effects of the habit on the unborn child now widely known, why do pregnant mothers refuse to give up?

Three drug addicts tell their stories of devastation, desperation and, finally, the long road to recovery.

Find out how drug users banded together to use a simple injection to save thousands of lives.