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South Africa needs to get more young people with HIV on treatment
A number of factors contribute to the lower rates of uptake of HIV treatment by adolescents.Nic Bothma/EPAThe United Nations has set targets to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. To do this the aim is to...
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Antibiotics: interplay between humans, animals and the environment is key
shutterstockAntibiotics have revolutionised health care since their introduction into clinical practice in the 1930s and 1940s by dramatically decreasing the morbidity and mortality associated with...
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HIV factor in kidney transplants: research sheds new light on risks
The use of HIV-positive organs is now a well-established practice in South Africa.ShutterstockSouth Africa has one of the highest incidences of HIV in the world. More than 7 million people in the...
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What must be done to get toxin out of Kenya's food supply
Close-up of Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus producer of aflatoxins in corn. KOOKLE/ShutterstockAn exposé in Kenya has revealed that there are high amounts of a poisonous substance, known as...
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Communities can make -- or break -- strategies to curb HIV
The fight against AIDS can't be won without communities.Narendra Shrestha/EPA-EFECommunities have long played a critical role in the fight against HIV. Their activism and advocacy have greatly...
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How better information will reduce maternal and child deaths
Countries need to have the capacity to interrogate their health data to address maternal and child health challenges.APHRCAt least two-thirds of all annual maternal and child deaths worldwide occur in...
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The social management of HIV: African migrants in South Africa
Nowhere in South Africa is the migrant population as dense as in inner-city Johannesburg.SuppliedHIV is the most common chronic illness in South Africa. One in every five is infected and one in every...
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What we've learnt from building Africa's biggest genome library
ShutterstockThe human genome was first sequenced in 2003 by multiple research centres across the world. The breakthrough was hailed as the dawn of a new era. Genetics would swiftly transform our...
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Children and HIV: what we found about vaccine-preventable diseases
HIV-infected and exposed children are vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases.ShutterstockSub-Saharan African countries account for about a third of the global burden of vaccine-preventable...
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Complacency could delay the final push to eradicate polio
A Nigerian child receives a dose of the polio vaccineEPAGreat strides have been made in the global effort to eradicate polio. Reported cases of wild poliovirus have decreased by over 99% from an...
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Telling the complex story of 'medical xenophobia' in South Africa
People affected by xenophobic violence queue prior to being transported back to their countries from Johannesburg, South Africa. Kim Ludbrook/EPA-EFEThe phrase “medical xenophobia” is often used to...
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How South Africa can build a child-centred health care system
Child health care remains uneven in South Africa and varies between provinces and districts.ShutterstockIt is more than 20 years since the South African constitution first guaranteed children’s “right...
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Is it Ebola, or just a drill? How to test a public health crisis response
Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/ EPA-EFEThere wasn’t an Ebola outbreak in Lesotho – but for a few hours in November 2019, you may have heard that there was.On November 14, Lesotho public health authorities...
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We are using computer models to fight drug resistance
shutterstockThe infectious disease burden in Africa is very high, particularly for tuberculosis (TB), malaria and HIV/AIDS. In 2018, nearly a quarter (24%) of TB cases in the world were in Africa. The...
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Africa's genetic material is still being misused
ShutterstockBiodiversity – the variation in all living organisms – is one of Africa’s richest assets. As a result, its genetic material is coveted by scientists, biotechnology companies and research...
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We asked Nigerian students about transactional sex on campus
Transactional sex is linked to an increased risk of sexually transmitted infections.ShutterstockTransactional sex – the exchange of sex for money, gifts or favour – is not uncommon on Nigerian...
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South Africa steps up its game to end mother-to-child transmission of HIV
ShutterstockSouth Africa’s prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme has achieved remarkable successes in recent years. It has improved the health and life expectancy for pregnant women...
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New estimates show 14.8 million children globally are HIV-exposed but uninfected
ShutterstockIn many countries with a high HIV prevalence, at least 95% of children born to mothers living with HIV remain HIV-uninfected. This is due to the success of wide-scale provision of...
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Antibody technologies take a step closer to precision medicine
Tumour cells under a microscope labelled with fluorescent molecules.ShutterstockThe search for better cancer treatments continues, as current options often cause severe side effects. Less than 5% of...
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Preventing TB: a big drug price cut paves the way for global scale-up
Nic Bothma/EPALengthy negotiations ended in good news recently when the price of rifapentine, a lifesaving antibiotic, was marked down by 66% by its manufacturer Sanofi. When combined with another...
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