Eddie Mhlanga is one of the authors of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act.

#SliceOfLife: ‘I opened her up and found her womb was rotten from the infection’

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Obstetrician Eddie Mhlanga often had to attend to women who had unsafe abortions during apartheid, when abortion was illegal in South Africa.
Face-off: South Africa argued for patients over profits at the first high-level meeting on tuberculosis. Will it be enough to fight the global scourge?

Showdown: SA takes on the US for cheaper drugs

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When the US went to bat for Big Pharma in the fight against this killer disease, South Africa wasn’t having any of it. Here’s what happened next.
Ursula Kekana is slowly overcoming her anxiety caused by her heavy menstrual cycle.

#FreeToBleed: ‘A pool of blood gushed down my thighs. My white socks were red.’

Short Form Pontsho Pilane -
Shame doesn't start when menstruation begins. It is built in slow steps.
Helping hand: Hauwa Ojeifo owns an organisation that helps to support women facing mental health issues.

Could you WhatsApp your way to better mental health?

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A dearth of mental health professionals is leading some people to get creative about counselling.
The late cardiologist Bongani Mayosi dedicated his life to battling rheumatic heart disease in Africa

‘In that moment, it was clear Bongani was destined for great things’

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Late UCT Medical School dean Bongani Mayosi pioneered the response to a little known but common heart disease at home and across the continent.
In Central African Republic

‘I was kicked out of our house by his parents’, say widows

Short Form Will Baxter -
If a man dies in the Central African Republic, his wife is at risk of being evicted from their home by his relatives.
Slavery ended in Mauritania in 1981 but tens of thousands still live in bondage.

This is what life is like in the world’s last country to ban slavery

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

‘We are forced to move on from declaring babies dead as if nothing happens’

Short Form Roxy de Villiers -
Saving lives — and losing them — may be all in a day's work for health workers, but if you think it doesn't take its toll, listen to these doctors.
What’s behind mysterious cancer hot spots popping up all over the world?

‘Cancer treatment in the North West is impossible’

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Activists say that at least one patient has been trying to get treatment since 2013.
|Millennials could become the most obese generation ever by the time they reach 40 if trends continue

Obesity: Is eating slap tjips as bad as smoking?

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For millennials, it ain't looking good, but are hard-hitting campaigns just fat-shaming and counterproductive?
The Gambian court case is the first to hold an African head of state accountable for violating the rights of people living with HIV.

‘No sex, no coffee, no ARVs’: Former president’s quackery could land him in court

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Former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh will be the first African head of state to be tried for violating the rights of HIV-positive people.
Gasping for air: How this African innovation is helping the tiniest patients breathe a little easier.

Local is lekker: How this Kenyan hospital began to make its own supply of...

Short Form Adri Kotze and Justus Wanzala -
Every year, hundreds of thousands of children die gasping for air. This could help to change that.
Gaopalelwe Phalaetsile started a Facebook group to support women who have had abortions or are looking to access abortions while also acting as a support system to victims of illegal abortion providers.

#SliceOfLife: ‘I shared my abortion experience on Facebook and it went viral’

Short Form Nelisiwe Msomi -
A horrifying experience at an illegal abortion provider led Gaopalelwe Phalaetsile to use social media to help women access safe abortion services
A medical scientist at the NICD prepares listeria samples for DNA sampling.

Listeria outbreak over: Your polony is safe, now meet the scientists you can thank

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SA's listeria epidemic is over. Take a look at the detectives who traced the epidemic's source in this feature from our archives.
Natalie Lewis believes if the health department investigated her mother's death this could have prevented 180 people from dying from listeriosis.

#Listeriosis: Meet the family that lost two loved ones

Short Form Pontsho Pilane and Mia Malan -
Long before red flags were raised, this family fell victim to listeriosis. And this week, tragedy has struck again.
Eritrean women at a refugee camp in Sudan. Experts say kidnapping has become big business along the Eritrean border.

Captured, raped, ransomed: The kidnappers preying on teenagers far from home

Short Form Sally Hayden -
When Ella and her cousin reached a refugee camp in Sudan, it seemed to herald safety. Instead, it was the start of an all too familiar ordeal.
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