18 October 2024 by Limpho Sello Est. Read Time: 6m 43s Listen to this article: A 20-year-old woman from Leribe has lost the ability to have children after a cottonwool-like material was allegedly left inside her stitched womb by a doctor at Mamohau Mission Hospital. The negligence, which has gone unpunished [...]
16 October 2024 by Limpho Sello Est. Read Time: 4m 18s Listen to this article: In Lesotho, nearly 431,000 people are affected by mental illnesses, according to the country’s newly approved Mental Health Policy and Strategic Plan for 2023-2027. Health Minister Selibe Mochoboroane said this Strategic Plan was approved by the [...]
11 October 2024 by Pascalinah Kabi Est. Read Time: 5m 28s Listen to this article: Data from the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning shows that between April and June 2024, Lesotho went beyond its target of informing people about their tuberculosis (TB) status by four percent. It means that for [...]
02 October 2024 by Limpho Sello Est. Read Time: 4m 53s Listen to this article: As the rain drizzles onto the red soil of Nazareth, splashing back in small crimson bubbles, Mphonyane Thetso strides through the corridors of Nazareth Health Centre. Thetso, a dedicated midwife at Nazareth Health Centre, checks on [...]
27 September 2024 by Limpho Sello Est. Read Time: 4m 34s Listen to this article: “Sometimes during intercourse, clients try to slip beneath the condom, cheating us,” says *Tebello, her voice steady, but her eyes reflecting the weight of countless encounters. As an experienced sex worker who has navigated the Lesotho [...]
10 September 2024 by Limpho Sello Est. Read Time: 4m 42s Listen to this article: Sentebale Mothibeli, 22, stands among dozens of girls and women in Mphaki, Quthing, receiving their annual supply of sanitary pads, underwear, and essential hygiene items such as bath soap. As Mothibeli collects her package, a weight [...]
4 September 2024 by Pascalinah Kabi Did you know that every time you buy antibiotics over the counter without a prescription or do not finish the full course, you are making germs stronger and harder to fight? This is known as Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)—when bacteria, viruses, and fungi become resistant [...]
28 August 2024 by Limpho Sello Est. Read Time: 5m 57s Listen to this article: Boitumelo Marake, a young man from Quthing, holds up a pair of black, laced panties, demonstrating how to attach a pad to the gusset. Marake is giving a public demonstration on the correct use of a [...]
…as the Africa Centre for Disease Control calls for effective mpox messaging 26 August 2024 by Pascalinah Kabi Est. Read Time: 5m 50s Listen to this article: Nearly thirteen days after the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) declared the mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security—the first such [...]
8 August 2024 by Limpho Sello Est. Read Time: 3m 55s Listen to this article: Ha Moqathinyane, a village of 370 households, is facing a crisis of a high number of young mothers in Mahobong, Leribe district. Amohelang Mabathoana, an intern at Sesotho Media and Development Psychosocial Support, told Uncensored News [...]