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Africa's meningitis belt: why there's a case for a booster vaccination drive
A child receives the MenAfriVac™ vaccine in Burkina Faso.WHO/Flickr, CC BY-NDA number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa – including Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, collectively known as the meningitis...
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Outdated, punitive laws are encouraging HIV stigma in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe needs to reconsider its HIV transmission law.ShutterstockIn 2001 Zimbabwe introduced the Sexual Offences Act, which criminalised wilful transmission of HIV. Three years later the law was...
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How an app is helping to collect genetic data in Ethiopia and Ghana
Genetic data holds a wealth of health information.CI Photos/ShutterstockGenetic technologies are poised to change the world. Want to eradicate a human disease such as cystic fibrosis or improve a...
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Kenya's struggle to modernise traditional medicine is far from won
Traditional medicines on sale in Kibera slum in Nairobi.FlickrOver 70% of Kenyans rely on traditional healers as their primary source of health care. This number is high because healers respond to...
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How indigenous and faith healers approach mental health in Ghana
Herbalists mostly recommend treating underlying physiological condition through herbal remediesUNAMID/FlickrThe use of non-biomedical methods to treat mental disorders in developing countries, like...
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People across Africa have to travel far to get to a hospital. We worked out...
A small hospital in Wakiso district in the central region of Uganda.ShutterstockNearly half of all deaths and about a third of disabilities in low and middle-income countries could be avoided if people...
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'Fake food' in South Africa: myths, misinformation and not enough data
Foreign spaza shop owners are being accused of selling "fake" food. ShutterstockOwners of small shops in South Africa – in most cases foreigners – have been accused of stocking counterfeit food and...
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Climate change, water and the spread of diseases: connecting the dots...
Climate change also has an impact on public health.ShutterstockHalf a century ago concerns about climate change, environment vulnerability, population density and the sustainability of earth systems...
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Empowering women lies at the centre of controlling population growth in Africa
It's projected that Africa's population will double by 2050.ShutterstockI think about the future of my continent in terms of three questions: Are Africans healthy? Do they have access to a good...
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Improving the lives of adolescent girls: a case study in rural and urban Kenya
Girls in Kenya face a range of challenges.Shutterstock/Adriana MahdalovaAdolescent girls in Kenya face a range of challenges that compromise their ability to learn, earn and thrive. Girls who live in...
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Obesity and economic status: what we found in Kenya's slums
Conditions in Kenya's slums like Mathare are not conducive to healthy life choices.EPA/Daniel IrunguAfrica is experiencing a demographic and nutrition transition. More and more people are moving to...
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We should take fungal infections more seriously. Here's why
Researchers have raised concerns about anti-fungal resistance.ShutterstockWhen most healthy people think of fungal diseases, they often think of oral or vaginal thrush, nappy rash, fungal nail...
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Liver transplant from HIV+ living donor to negative recipient: key ethical...
Fundamental questions of ethics are involved in donor transplant decisions. ShutterstockSouth Africa has a dire shortage of organ donors. This means that doctors struggle to find suitable donor organs...
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Why drugs alone won't stop the spread of parasitic worms in Africa
Parasitic worms live in the soil and water where they can constantly reinfect people. EPA/Jane HahnDeworming has become a common practise across the world. It has proved very successful reducing the...
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Why integrating HIV with non-HIV services in Uganda won't work
A girl gets tested for HIV in Uganda where attempts to integrate HIV services with general health service have failed. ShutterstockIn many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, HIV services are still...
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Suicide behaviour in social circles increases risk for Kenyan men
Suicide is increasingly recognised as a global health challenge.Love the Wind/ShutterstockSuicide is increasingly recognised as a global health challenge by the World Health Organisation who call for...
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How insects can help fight hunger in the world
Roasted mopane caterpillars are eaten in Livingstone, ZambiaRainer Lesniewski/FlickrInsects could be a game changer in the race to combat food insecurity and achieve zero hunger – the theme of this...
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A closer look at how crystal meth attacks gums and teeth
Tik users' teeth are often damaged by their habit. ShutterstockCrystal methamphetamine is the most widely used synthetic drug in the world, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime....
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What's needed to do a better job of pre-empting disease outbreaks
Rift Valley fever is a disease passed from mosquitoes to animals then to people.ShutterstockThe concept of One Health is deceptively simple: it’s the recognition that human, animal and environmental...
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How innovation can help end the AIDS epidemic by 2030
The WHO recommends HIV viral load testing to monitor people on ARVs. ShutterstockA United Nations initiative backed by global experts has set its sights on an ambitious programme to bring an end to the...
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