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Badly needed and eager to work here, their efforts are being thwarted by a bureaucratic quagmire.

A man has taken two specialists to task for a misdiagnosis that nearly cost him his foot.

Healthy lungs don’t mean you’re off the hook: tuberculosis can take root anywhere in the body.

Unsafe terminations in Malawi may be curbed after a new law is enacted, but it’s just the first step

Situations can get worse for women who are battered by their intimate partners: research now shows they are at higher risk of contracting HIV.

A new study to be conducted in South Africa, Uganda and India has sparked a heated debate in the HIV activist and research community.

Silicosis might appear only 15 years after exposure to gold ore dust, long after they have gone home. Heidi Swart reports.

In a far-flung district, a night-time ban on shebeens has wiped out violence in a village.

HIV+ people on ARVs are now living longer lifespans. But the virus's associated diseases could put an unbearable strain on the health system.

In the state sector, not everyone is equal. Some of us have to pay an arm, a leg and a full working day.

A grassroots Ugandan health initiative has significantly reduced maternal deaths.

Report unearths neglect in Kenyan institutions, yet discrimination means children may be at risk of being killed if they remain in communities

The population assessments of the epidemic in sub-Sahara yields information of benefit to patients and to each nation’s plan of action

Medical apps could drastically improve lives, but can't be accessed by those who need them most.

Aids kills more people prematurely in SA than another other disease – in sharp contrast to two decades ago, which set them at just 12%.

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