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Photojournalist, Seif Kousmate, photographed and interviewed current and former slaves in Mauritania and got imprisoned by police in the process.

The Gauteng health department has admitted to problems at the facility, seen by the public protector.

The International Planned Parenthood Federation’s digital campaign Treasure Your Pleasure is using an evidence-based sex-positive approach to educate young Africans about safe sex.

Ill residents may suffer most after the axing of Free State community health workers.

Zimbabwe’s tight abortion laws aren’t curbing demand, they’re driving them underground — and it’s about to get worse.

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

Loss of this sense affects taste and also damages a person’s sense of emotional place in the world.

Diabetic patients who aren't treated properly risk having the smallest cut lead to an amputated limb.

Outreach workers say the practice making headlines isn’t as widespread as it’s been made out to be as they rush to prevent more from trying it.

Prostate cancer accounts for nearly a quarter of all cancers in black men. Find out how to protect yourself and the ones you love.

Driven by a more infectious new COVID variant, the second wave of South Africa’s coronavirus pandemic has seen considerably more infections than the first wave. This meant health workers have had to deal with more hospitalisations and deaths — and pressure. Bhekisisa visited George Mukhari Academic Hospital north of Tshwane to document the second wave realities experienced by doctors and nurses.

Abortion services only got a national “how to” document for doctors 23 years after termination of pregnancy was legalised in South Africa. And while the new rules go a long way to remove barriers to ending a pregnancy, non-profits say crucial information such as a simple list of telephone numbers is still lacking.

More than three decades into the HIV epidemic, some conversations haven't become any easier. This is one of them.

Planning for a baby? Before deciding on a birth plan, find out what you need to know to make an informed decision.

The joy of motherhood is killed by a moral and ethical dilemma when doctors advise termination of a pregnancy.

There are many off the shelf products to help your sex life, but little is known about them – and their effects.