Mechanical engineers at Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering have built a handy extra limb able to g…

THE South African medical fraternity is suffering from an exodus of nurses and doctors, leaving public hospitals in par…

When female mosquitoes are looking for a human to bite, they smell a unique cocktail of body odours that we emit into t…

What makes the human brain distinct from that of all other animals - including even our closest primate relatives? In a…

THE Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has …

WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa has no vaccines for monkeypox and test kits are in short supply, warning th…

EACH year, almost half of all pregnancies (121 million) are unintended; six out of 10 unintended pregnancies and three …

STUDIES indicate that waste management in Lesotho is an escalating problem brought about by a number of challenges such…

CRITICAL care patients in Lesotho will soon be spared a trip to South Africa to receive treatment. The country is on th…

SINGAPORE has reported the first confirmed case of monkeypox in Southeast Asia during this year's outbreak -- while ano…

LESOTHO is the only country that has included the key populations to address SRHR/HIV and GBV issues amongst the countr…

DISPROPORTIONATELY high HIV prevalence continues to threaten the female labour force participation and it may also comp…

LESOTHO loses over M1.9 billion per year in initiatives geared towards the fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV), s…

ALL countries need voluntary, unpaid blood donors who give regularly, to ensure that everyone who needs transfusion has…

ORGANICA Global Brands has launched PhytoMedicine, a Covi-aid syrup and Covi-immune tincture, to treat and relief flu l…

ADOLESCENTS and young people face the challenge of Early and Unintended Pregnancy (EUP) in large numbers during this ti…

AT the age of 17, Mosele Rampai is still in primary school. Like many other girls in her community, Mosele’s education …

WITHOUT a budget, nothing can be achieved, no schools or hospitals can be built and no Sexual and Reproductive Health R…

A lot of us in Lesotho continue to experience prejudice, discrimination, stigma, hostility, and violence on a daily bas…

THE world is facing "formidable" challenges, including Covid, the war in Ukraine and monkeypox, the head of the World H…

HIS passion for nursing started at high school - when for the first time - he saw a male nurse and immediately fell in …

MIDWIVES can meet about 90 percent of the need for essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, new-born and adolescent he…

RAPIDLY increasing production of disposable plastic products has overwhelmed the world’s ability to deal with plastics …

YOUNG people have a right to sex education that gives them information and skills they need to stay safe and healthy, s…

CORONAVIRUS infections may be receding in the UK - but that does not mean that the virus has suddenly become yesterday'…

LESOTHO has to prioritise prevention of unwanted pregnancy and educate adolescent girls about sexuality and reproductiv…

RENEWED Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) commitment is anticipated to increase political will and engagement on Sexual…

THE Minister of Health, Semano Sekatle has called for donations here after the ministry opened a bank account to help i…

IT is imperative for girls to access Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) because it is effective in the prevention of ce…

THE Ministries of Health, Home Affairs and Development Planning have given out a report here on Tuesday this week valid…

AN activist that advocates for safe legal abortions, Lintle Ramatla says Lesotho faces early and unintended pregnancy c…

AS the globe marks the World Health Day, urgent action is needed to keep humans and the planet healthy, says the World …

AN increase in the number of missed appointments and migration as clients move from one place to the other are some of …

WOMEN living with HIV are more likely to develop cancerous lesions from Human Papillomavirus (HPV), says the Director G…

USUALLY, many parents with a disabled child worry about the future of their child. But Boitšepo Ponya’s family is diffe…

STIGMA around sex work and discrimination places sex workers in danger such as high rates of violence and exposure to H…

PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro says it is imperative that people get booster shots to protect their body against COVID-…

CHILDREN with Cerebral Palsy should not be hidden and their needs should be addressed either through the provision of q…

THE World Health Organisation (WHO), a specialised agency of the United Nations (UN) responsible for international publ…

LESOTHO has failed to inoculate the majority of people living far away from hospitals and clinics with the COVID-19 vac…

UNICEF in partnership with the Ministry of Water Affairs will construct 79 rural water supply systems in seven most dro…

A team of six Chinese medical doctors arrived here on Friday last week and had promised to serve Basotho with high qual…

THE United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in Lesotho, Amanda Khozi Mukwashi says the current climate crisis has an i…

THE current COVID-19 pandemic has further demonstrated the urgent need for universal access to safe water, as frequent …