Recent newspaper reports suggested that inhalers, used by sufferers from lung disease, could be dangerous. What data supports these claims, and is it inhalers themselves or the steroids dispensed by some of these devices that are the problem? We investigated.
Healthcheck Reports
#WorldHealthDay: 10 quick facts about health in Africa

Does South Africa spend five times more on healthcare per person than Nigeria? Does one doctor serve 16,000 Kenyans? We’ve put together some startling facts from our work on the continent.
Blog post: Right of Reply: Foundation for a Smoke-Free World on smoking in South Africa
The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World has responded to our fact-check of their claim that half of men and a third of women in South Africa smoke.
Blog post: 10 things we didn’t learn at Africa Check this year
Does being single kill faster than obesity? Can you sue over an opinion poll? Just how much does Nigeria owe China? Some claims push back at fact-checkers. Here’s why.