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Antibody tests aren't a COVID-19 panacea. But they're a useful additional tool
MSF nurse, Bhelekazi Mdlalose, performs a swab test for coronavirus on a health worker in Johannesburg. As the COVID-19 pandemic escalates, South Africa is struggling to keep up with the demand for...
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How COVID-19 threatens efforts to contain HIV/AIDS in South Africa
A healthcare worker in a protective suit is seen at a quarantine and isolation centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.When the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread rapidly across the globe, scientists...
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COVID-19 promotes innovative HIV service delivery in Cape Town
A woman carries a bucket of fresh water to an informal settlement in Khayelitsha,Cape Town.South Africa is home to the world’s largest epidemic of HIV, a virus that attacks a person’s immune system,...
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How Tanzania's spousal escort policy frustrates antenatal health care
A heavily pregnant woman collects firewood in the Malambo district of Ngorongoro, Tanzania. (Photo by Tom Stoddart/by Getty Images)Good care during pregnancy is important for the health of mothers and...
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AIDS conference: COVID-19, big breakthroughs and missed targets
AIDS activists lie down in protest in front of parliament in 2001 in Cape Town, South Africa. This year saw the first ever AIDS conference to be held entirely online. The 23rd International AIDS...
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Ten ways South Africa can step-up care for its healthcare workers
A nurse demonstrates how to perform a swab test in Johannesburg, South Africa.Michele Spatari / AFP via Getty ImagesSouth Africa’s health system has a longstanding problem: a severe shortage of medical...
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South Africans aren't wearing masks or keeping their distance. This needs to...
Volunteers handing out masks to residents in Johannesburg.In countries like South Africa that face severe resource shortages, the burden of fighting COVID-19 falls heavily on citizens to change their...
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Ghana's much praised COVID-19 strategy has gone awry. Here is why
Workers assemble personal protective equipment for frontline health staff at a factory in Accra commissioned by the government.Photo by Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty ImagesIn its early days, Ghana’s...
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Why Nigeria must find everyone who has hepatitis and doesn't know it
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images World Hepatitis Day – 28 July – is an opportunity to raise awareness of hepatitis and encourage commitments of governments, policy makers and the...
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COVID-19 exposes weaknesses in Kenya's healthcare system. And what can be done
A nurse participates in the drill to test their system capabilities for the COVID-19 coronavirus mass patients influx at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi.There are reports that Kenya’s...
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Adolescents in Nairobi's slums are being hit hard by COVID-19 measures
Artwork of men wearing facemasks seen on the street walls in Mathare slums to create awareness of stopping the spread of COVID-19. As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads in Kenya, measures to control it –...
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Knowledge about HIV doesn't always change adolescents' behaviour: peers matter
Adolescents need to be part of prevention interventions.GettyImagesHIV and AIDS remain major global public health challenges, especially for sub-Saharan Africa. The region accounts for around 70% of...
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How South African food companies go about shaping public health policy in...
Government should be held accountable for its role in addressing obesity and diet-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, in South Africa.ShutterstockObesity and diet-related diseases, such as type...
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Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children
GettyImagesThe baby was presented to us in the arms of a wide-eyed young mother, and wrapped in brightly coloured chitenje cloth. The newborn was breathing quickly, her nostrils were flaring, she was...
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A hard journey to a future free of hepatitis in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa has a low uptake of the Hepatitis B vaccine compared to the rest of the world.ShutterstockThe World Health Organisation has announced additional efforts to eliminate hepatitis by...
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Flaws in the collection of African population statistics block COVID-19 insights
Census enumerators in Nairobi, Kenya. Countries need to collect comparable statistics about populations.SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty ImagesHundreds of thousands of cases of the novel coronavirus have been...
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Getting to grips with the COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria
High school students wear face masks as they wash their hands on August 3, the first day of partial resumption of classes in Lagos, Nigeria, since the COVID-19 lockdown. Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via...
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Vegetable farmers in urban Ghana don't worry much about food safety - but...
Urban farmers in Ghana need to take greater interest in the health of consumersWikimedia CommonsThe United Nations projects that by 2050, 70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas....
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Mental health for pregnant women and new mothers: why extra care is needed
The childbearing age for females is a risky time to develop depression.ShutterstockThe experience of pregnancy and childbirth has been conventionally described as a happy and joyful period of time. On...
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Lessons from a community-driven rabies vaccination campaign in Kenya
Vaccination campaign roll outs in Laikipia's pastoralist communities.Laikipia Rabies Vaccination CampaignEvery year, approximately 60,000 people die from rabies. Most of these deaths are children– who...
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