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South African households are changing as birth rates come down

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South Africa leads the continent in offering more paternal leave to fathers. How to make sure both parents benefit

By Wessel Van Den Berg 27 Dec 2023

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Nutrition's profound impact on child development and mental health

By Anne-Marie De Beer 1 Nov 2023

A woman and baby on a bicycle taxi in Salima, Malawi. Some Malawian men are becoming more involved in childcare. EPA-EFE

Malawi study highlights the importance of men in childcare and nutrition

19 Sep 2019

Mikah Saunders and her dad, Deon, in Red Cross Children's Hospital's new haemotology-oncology unit.

Red Cross upgrade changes the lives of young cancer warriors

12 Sep 2019

High-income country trainees and experts must learn to listen and be humble. Shutterstock

Global health still mimics colonial ways: here's how to break the pattern

Madhukar Pai 19 Aug 2019

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Nicci Botha 26 Jul 2019

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Why Nigeria's doctors are leaving, and how the problem can be fixed

Olayinka Stephen 2 Jul 2019

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What stresses doctors out?

20 Jun 2019

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Hospital-acquired infections in SA hospitals are on the rise, especially in children

11 Jun 2019

Yusrah and Naseerah Du Toit in the RX Radio studio.

#YouthMonth: Voices for the future of the nation with RX Radio

Leigh Andrews 7 Jun 2019

Two women sell roadside refreshments in rural Kano in 2011. Shobana Shankar, CC BY-SA

What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria

Shobana Shankar 7 Jun 2019

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Chronic diseases and their impact on the economy

5 Jun 2019

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Breastfeeding could provide life-long immunity to infection, study

4 Jun 2019

Human milk banks collect, pasteurise, test, store, and distribute donated breastmilk. NataBU/Shutterstock

Kenyan hospital opens human milk bank - a rarity in sub-Saharan Africa

Elizabeth Kimani-Murage 23 Apr 2019

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Irish study: Why fewer female medical students choose surgery

18 Apr 2019

Africa's first in-utero spina bifida repair

Africa's first in-utero spina bifida repair

16 Apr 2019

Did the Health Professions Council trade cash for qualifications?

Did the Health Professions Council trade cash for qualifications?

Roxy de Villiers 5 Apr 2019

Introducing the e-patient

Introducing the e-patient

4 Apr 2019

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Ask Dr Google. The pros and cons of online diagnosis

1 Apr 2019

Doctor's orders: Start saving now

Doctor's orders: Start saving now

29 Mar 2019

Many children in South Africa are in pain because they do cannot access palliative care medicines. Photo: Flickr user John Campbell (public domain)

Children are dying in pain because they cannot get the medicines they need

Michelle Meiring 15 Mar 2019

Banking your breastmilk saves lives

Banking your breastmilk saves lives

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 12 Mar 2019

Nearly half of childhood cancers worldwide are undiagnosed

Nearly half of childhood cancers worldwide are undiagnosed

28 Feb 2019

Immunisation coverage stagnating in Africa

Immunisation coverage stagnating in Africa

25 Jan 2019

Child ready to receive measles vaccine, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Christine Stabell Benn, Author provided

Vaccines have health effects beyond protecting against target diseases

Christine Stabell Benn 15 Jan 2019

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Those designer babies everyone is freaking out about - it's not likely to happen

A Cecile JW Janssens 14 Dec 2018

Mental health clinics exist in South Africa’s public health sector, but children with ADHD often never reach them. Shutterrstock

South Africa's children aren't getting the mental health care they need

Renata Schoeman 6 Dec 2018

Using the eye to "see" diseases of the brain

Using the eye to "see" diseases of the brain

16 Nov 2018

X-ray of the lungs in a 5-year-old child who has pneumonia. Shutterstock

It's time to go back to basics in the fight against childhood pneumonia

Nicole Wolter 14 Nov 2018

Minors, blood transfusions and the court

Minors, blood transfusions and the court

Donald Dinnie 13 Nov 2018

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Breastfeeding could provide life-long immunity to infection, study

4 Jun 2019

Human milk banks collect, pasteurise, test, store, and distribute donated breastmilk. NataBU/Shutterstock

Kenyan hospital opens human milk bank - a rarity in sub-Saharan Africa

Elizabeth Kimani-Murage 23 Apr 2019

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Africa's first in-utero spina bifida repair

16 Apr 2019

Did the Health Professions Council trade cash for qualifications?

Did the Health Professions Council trade cash for qualifications?

Roxy de Villiers 5 Apr 2019

Introducing the e-patient

Introducing the e-patient

4 Apr 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Ask Dr Google. The pros and cons of online diagnosis

1 Apr 2019

Doctor's orders: Start saving now

Doctor's orders: Start saving now

29 Mar 2019

Many children in South Africa are in pain because they do cannot access palliative care medicines. Photo: Flickr user John Campbell (public domain)

Children are dying in pain because they cannot get the medicines they need

Michelle Meiring 15 Mar 2019

Banking your breastmilk saves lives

Banking your breastmilk saves lives

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 12 Mar 2019

Nearly half of childhood cancers worldwide are undiagnosed

Nearly half of childhood cancers worldwide are undiagnosed

28 Feb 2019

Immunisation coverage stagnating in Africa

Immunisation coverage stagnating in Africa

25 Jan 2019

Child ready to receive measles vaccine, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Christine Stabell Benn, Author provided

Vaccines have health effects beyond protecting against target diseases

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Babies to order. Andrew Crotty/Shutterstock.com

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South Africa's children aren't getting the mental health care they need

Renata Schoeman 6 Dec 2018

Using the eye to "see" diseases of the brain

Using the eye to "see" diseases of the brain

16 Nov 2018

X-ray of the lungs in a 5-year-old child who has pneumonia. Shutterstock

It's time to go back to basics in the fight against childhood pneumonia

Nicole Wolter 14 Nov 2018

Minors, blood transfusions and the court

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Donald Dinnie 13 Nov 2018

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6 African health startups chosen for Innovate For Life Fund Accelerator

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Tom Jackson 2 Oct 2018

Dr Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, founding director of the University’s Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health

Conflict and its toll on child health

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Genetic variation in progesterone receptor tied to prematurity risk

Genetic variation in progesterone receptor tied to prematurity risk

Erin Digitale 16 Jul 2018

Wits joins network to expand paediatric care in Africa

Wits joins network to expand paediatric care in Africa

6 Jun 2018

Catching undescended testes early reduces risk of cancer

Catching undescended testes early reduces risk of cancer

19 Oct 2017

NPO raises over R6m for lactation unit, breast milk bank at Soweto hospital

NPO raises over R6m for lactation unit, breast milk bank at Soweto hospital

20 Sep 2017

Boy, 5, gets a mechanical heart

Boy, 5, gets a mechanical heart

Aron Hyman 3 Aug 2017

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