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What I've learnt about drug testing in Nigeria over the last 20 years
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Why it's important to study coronaviruses in African bats
Viral sequences related to known human coronavirus outbreaks have been identified in horsehoe bats.Dr. Low de Vries, Author providedThe current outbreak of a new coronavirus disease, named COVID-19,...
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Rwanda is training health workers for an interconnected world
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What gives Nigerian students the confidence to use condoms
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Lessons from Rwanda on tackling unsafe drinking water and household air...
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How counselling can help breast cancer patients: Zulu women share their stories
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Sierra Leone is using lessons from Ebola to prepare for coronavirus
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Plans to fight coronavirus must pay attention to the environment
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VIDEO: Some basic tips on staying safe from the coronavirus
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Drastic action is needed to ensure a better future for South Africa's children
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Ghana needs a better policy to guide care for cancer patients
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The DRC is on the road to being Ebola free: how it got here
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Yes, washing our hands really can help curb the spread of coronavirus
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Graveyards can be a reservoir for antibiotic resistant bacteria
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The way we measure iron deficiency in children needs to change. Here's why
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Seven factors that turned round the DRC's Ebola outbreak
ShutterstockThe last patient receiving treatment for Ebola was recently discharged from an Ebola Treatment Centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The current outbreak of Ebola emerged in the...
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Seven factors that turned the DRC's Ebola outbreak around
ShutterstockThe last patient receiving treatment for Ebola was recently discharged from an Ebola Treatment Centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The current outbreak of Ebola emerged in the...
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South Africa bungled the Spanish flu in 1918. History mustn't repeat itself...
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Coronavirus: how big, how bad, and what to look out for
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Scientists are still searching for the source of COVID-19: why it matters
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