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 …

NEARLY everyone faces hardships at one point or another in their lives, but for people with disabilities, barriers can …

THE Maseru district hospital, Queen Elizabeth II, will open doors to 400 000 patients here and other districts upon com…

COMMUNITY-Based Rehabilitation Manager, under the Ministry of Social Development, Retšelisitsoe Stephen Thoahlane, was …

MANTSOPA Rotary Club has donated reusable sanitary pads to a group of 30 teenage mothers in Matelile, Mafeteng this wee…

ADOLESCENT girls and young women face serious challenges to fulfilling their sexual and reproductive health rights, inc…

LESBIAN, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex (LGBTI) people still face the challenge of an inequitable access and vacc…

DESPITE being one of the world’s oldest known medical conditions, epilepsy is still shrouded in fear.

LESOTHO is part of the 11 African countries that will receive further coronavirus assistance from the United States in …

PAUL Farmer, an American physician and medical anthropologist renowned for his innovative work in providing health care…

GLOBAL lockdown measures taken to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic have brought major disruptions to the contraceptive …

PARENTS are an important source of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) information for adolescents and are lik…

THE new HIV variant that has surfaced in the Netherlands in Europe is currently not a public health threat to Lesotho, …

THE Lesotho National Federation of Organisations of the Disabled (LNFOD) is implementing a Strategy for Equitable Acces…

THROUGH PACT Lesotho’s support, the Disabled and HIV/AIDS Organisation Lesotho (DHAOL) is implementing the Meeting Targ…

THE Lesotho Government pays between M150 000 and M200 000 for each cancer patient who has to be accommodated, transport…

OVER the past 18 years, Lesotho is reported to have made a massive progress in the distribution and administration of A…