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Think vitamin D deficiency is not common in Africa? Think again
Exposure to sunshine for a few minutes is enough to provide sufficient vitamin D.GettyImagesThe prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, and the number of diseases associated with it, seems to be increasing...
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Why managing blood pressure matters during COVID-19 pandemic
A member of the nursing staff at Chandaria Health Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, measures the temperatures of visiting patients. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty ImagesHypertension, or high blood pressure, is a...
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Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe: a giant of medicine in Nigeria, and a great mentor
AkinkugbeCourtesy Vesta HealthcareNigerian Emeritus Professor Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe, a medical icon and colossus, was one of the few remaining giants of modern medicine in Africa. Professor...
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Africa waited for solutions to past health crises: will it be different for...
A researcher holds a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine at the National Primate Research Center of Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. Chaiwat Subprasom/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe World Health...
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Rwanda's COVID-19 pool testing: a savvy option where there's low viral...
alexandersr/shutterstockMany countries in East Africa have turned to contact tracing and carrying out COVID-19 tests on thousands of individuals as a way of monitoring and trying to limit transmissions...
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How leadership matters in healthcare – especially in a crisis
The official opening and handover of a COVID-19 quarantine centre in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty ImagesThe COVID-19 pandemic presents a complex situation,...
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COVID-19 vaccine: the challenges of running a trial in the middle of a pandemic
A volunteer receives an injection from a medical worker during the country's first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against COVID-19 in Soweto, South Africa.Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo...
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Professor Akinkugbe: doyen of medicine in Ibadan has left a rich legacy
Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe UI Directorate of Public CommunicationNigeria’s medical world stood still for a moment when news of the death of Emeritus Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe was received on June...
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South Africans must be healthier for universal healthcare to succeed
People exercising in Ellis Park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dino Lloyd/Gallo Images via Getty ImagesAchieving a healthy population isn’t easy for any country – rich or poor. One of the approaches...
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Pressure is on to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, but corners can't be cut
A researcher wearing a face mask and gloves as a preventive measure inside a laboratory.Chaiwat Subprasom/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe advent of the severe acute respiratory syndrome...
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COVID-19 vaccine trial in South Africa: everything you need to know
A general view during the country's first human clinical trial for a potential COVID-19 vaccine in Soweto, South Africa. Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty ImagesThere isn’t enough...
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Students play an integral role in healthcare delivery: findings from South...
The Thusong Multipurpose Center in Khayelitsha which will serve as a COVID-19 site in Cape Town, South Africa.Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty ImagesReports from around the world show that the...
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Beyond Florence Nightingale: how African nurses have decolonised the profession
Nurses attend the 2015 International Nurses' Day celebrations in Johannesburg, South Africa. Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesThis year – 2020 – marks the 200th anniversary of Florence...
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South African study highlights growing number of landfill sites, and health...
Living close to waste sites has multiple health risks.Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty ImagesThere has been considerable public attention in recent years on the role of waste in developing countries,...
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Kenya is having another go at passing a reproductive rights bill. What's at...
A mother-to-be in Kibera in Nairobi, where up to a third of adolescent girls and women between 15-22 experience an unwanted pregnancy.Photo by Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty...
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African countries need cheaper COVID-19 tests: here's how to get them
A man undergoes testing for COVID-19 at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital isolation centre, Nigeria. Audu Marte/AFP via Getty ImagesCOVID-19 continues to infect millions of people as the...
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Why people don't get emergency medical care in time: a study in South Africa
Queue of seated outpatients, waiting patiently inside Provincial Hospital corridor in Port ElizabethShutterstockMany medical conditions, such as serious injuries, sepsis and heart attacks, need high...
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COVID-19: South Africa should build on HIV activism to foster behaviour change
Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images via Getty ImagesDuring a recent run in Newlands Forest, Cape Town, I encountered a few runners and walkers without masks. When I asked one of them where his mask was, he...
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Dangerous pesticide use: What must be done to protect the health of Kenyans
An insecticide is mixed to be sprayed. Photo by Ann Johansson/Corbis via Getty ImagesIn Kenya, there are new reports highlighting concerns over harmful pesticides used in food production, and the...
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Tanzania study shows critical need to address infection control in health...
A laboratory technician prepares a sample at the government-run Ifakara Health Institute north of Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam. PHOTO Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty ImagesIt has become increasingly...
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