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We tracked Soweto mothers-to-be to find out more about diet and obesity patterns
GettyImagesPregnancy has been described as a “teachable moment” for promoting healthy lifestyle choices. This is because pregnant women are highly motivated to make behavioural changes. Whether the...
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Lockdown and flooding raise the risk of a spike in mosquito-borne diseases in...
A family sitting under a treated mosquito net.GettyImagesAs soon as the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Kenya, the government banned public gatherings of more than 15 people. Schools, colleges...
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Do Kenya's camel handlers face a threat from MERS? What we found
A camel herder in Kenya.TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty ImagesIn Kenya, camels are a very popular animal to keep as livestock. There’s value in their meat and milkproducts and as a result, there are now...
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Sub-Saharan Africa needs to plug local knowledge gap to up its anti-COVID-19...
Health care workers testing people in Nairobi, Kenya during a mass testing exercise for COVID-19.Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty ImagesAfrica remains one of the regions least affected by COVID-19,...
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Periods in a pandemic: women and girls in low-income settlements need more...
Tatyana Ratova/ShutterstockWe conducted research eight years ago on menstrual health and hygiene in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. We found that women and girls grappled with many...
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Tobacco bans during lockdown should encourage renewed anti-smoking drives
Christian Ohde/McPhoto/ullstein bild via Getty ImagesThe 2020 World No Tobacco Day is unique and historic as it comes at the time when countries across the world are on lockdown due to the COVID-19...
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Young people are key to a nicotine-free future: five steps to stop them smoking
A girl holds a placard during a rally to create awareness about the effect of tobacco. Himanshu Bhatt/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesTobacco use kills more than 8 million people each year. Most adult smokers...
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What Kenya must look out for before easing COVID-19 restrictions
People observing social distancing as they queue for mass testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus in a Nairobi suburb.(Photo by Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images)Kenya’s initial response to COVID-19 was...
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COVID-19 shows the world needs physicians who can look beyond medical charts
ShutterstockAs modern medicine has advanced, so too has our understanding of what affects health. Over recent decades this has generated a number of new fields in medicine. One of the most important...
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Air pollution and temperature: bad for your heart and blood vessels
Surfers walk on the beach while the fire continues to blaze on the mountains behind them in 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa.Shelley Christians/The Times/Gallo Images/Getty ImagesThe rising temperatures...
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Why it's vital to look beyond the hype about repurposed malaria drugs
The World Health Organisation has suspended the use of hydroxychloroquine in a global drug trial.George Frey/AFP via Getty ImagesThere are many examples in history of drugs that have been repurposed...
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South Africa must adopt a localised response to COVID-19. What it would look...
South Africa moved into level three of a five-tier lockdown on June 1, 2020. Michele Spatari / AFP via Getty ImagesSouth Africa needs to adopt a more localised and differentiated approach in the next...
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So you think investing in fever screening can curb the spread of COVID-19?...
A security guard checks the body temperature of a motorcyclist as a preventive measure. Risa Krisadhi/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesAs lockdowns are lifted, procedures are being put in place...
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HIV and high blood pressure in pregnancy: we're tracing the connections
In South Africa, both HIV and pre-eclampsia are a burden to maternal health.GettyImagesThe vast majority of women dying from pregnancy-related conditions are in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. In...
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South Africa can get COVID-19 under control if it blocks the routes that...
South Africa must redirect efforts to managing the high-risk social spaces such as public transportGetty ImagesAs the lockdown is relaxed, South Africa’s focus should now be on how best to suppress the...
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Why Nigeria's African swine fever outbreak will hit farmers hard
The Nigerian government must come to the aid of pig farmers to cushion the devastating effect of African Swine FeverDeyana Stefanwa Robova/ShutterstockNigeria is in the throes of a fresh outbreak of...
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The coping mechanisms the DRC is putting in place as it faces Ebola, measles...
A child receives a vaccine against Ebola from a nurse in Goma on August 7, 2019.AUGUSTIN WAMENYA/AFP via Getty ImagesEbola, a viral haemorrhagic fever of humans and other primates, has become endemic...
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Balancing privacy with public health: how well is South Africa doing?
The French mobile phone application StopCovid, developed to trace people who test positive with COVID-19. Chesnot/Getty ImagesCOVID-19 spreads from person to person through droplet and contact...
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Non-medical use of prescription drugs among skilled workers: a pilot study in...
A pharmacy store in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria. Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei /AFP via Getty ImagesMore than ever, the world is facing a challenge of non-medical use of prescription drugs among people...
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How fatalistic beliefs influence risky driving in Ghana. And what needs to be...
Road accidents in Ghana should be considered a public health concernTransaid/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NCRoad traffic crashes claim an average of five lives every day in Ghana. The country reported a...
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