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Not up to the daily dilemma of what to pack your little ones for lunch? Beef up your children’s lunch boxes with these quick tips.

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

Could a new manmade concoction of mundane odours stop malaria?

Ethiopia's rural health extension workers have helped halve the country's child death rate.

When Thami Mabuza found a lump in his chest, he never could have imagined it was breast cancer.

Looking for a doctor who is non-judgmental about your sexuality? Look no further the yellow dot doctors, they have seen it all

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

Read an excerpt from the award-winning story that kick-started a campaign to link survivors of rape and gender-based violence to care.

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?

Africa Check digs into the data to reveal the surprising truth behind the widely cited statistic

When 'that time of the month' comes, you don't have to reach for disposable tampons or pads.

Tastier kid-friendly tablets will help take the guess work out of treating Kenya's tiniest TB patients.

Blood donations are scant in South Sudan as the process is frowned upon and treated with suspicion by locals.

After three years of deliberation and research, the South African health department launches flavoured condoms.

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

Society has a skewed view that healthy people don’t take medicine but rising rates of chronic illness may call for a re-think of that perception.