Elon Musk admitted to using it for depression, Friends actor Matthew Perry died from using too much of it and in South Africa, some ketamine healthcare providers are serving it up irresponsibly. So ...

More than half a million previously diagnosed people with HIV have been started on HIV treatment since the end of February, ...

Professor Renata Schoeman is a Cape Town-based psychiatrist and the co-author of South Africa’s <a href=" target="_blank" ...

Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects between 5% and 7% of schoolgoing children. But because doctors can only prescribe treatment for a month at a time, many kids in South Africa ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan explain why HIV scientists and government are once again pitted against each other. Sign up for our newsletter today. In the leafy office park not far from Charlotte ...

A large chunk of our reporting focuses on HIV. Since the launch of Bhekisisa in 2013, we’ve covered HIV in-depth — from the impact of the virus on former president Nelson Mandela’s family to the ...

The National Health Insurance (NHI), for which membership will be compulsory, is a funding scheme that aims to address healthcare inequity in South Africa. The scheme will do this by creating a fund ...

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They were wrapped in plastic or foil or a piece of clothing, tucked inside a backpack or pulled from a burnt pile of rubbish. Those were just some of the ways the remains of newborns and foetuses were ...

Mia Malan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa. She has worked in newsrooms in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington, DC, winning more than 30 awards for her radio, print and television work ...

People who are over the age of 50, obese or living with diabetes or high blood pressure are more likely to die from COVID-19 than those who are younger or without these conditions.

In today’s newsletter, Linda Pretorius asks if health systems are geared to handle the population of ageing people living with HIV. Sign up for our newsletter today. The success of South Africa’s HIV ...