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Diabetes is a ticking time bomb in sub-Saharan Africa
shutterstockDiabetes is a serious, chronic condition that affects the lives and well-being of individuals, families, and societies globally. It is characterised by excess levels of sugar in the blood....
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Diabetes prevention and care needs more nurses with extra training and support
Nurses are the backbone of the health system.Marco Longari/AFP via Getty ImagesAs the world grapples with COVID-19, a quieter and even more ferocious pandemic ravages the globe. Type 2 diabetes rates...
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Large Africa study makes important breakthrough in HIV prevention
Long-acting cabotegravir injections once every eight weeks was better than the daily tablet used for HIV prevention.ShutterstockWomen make up more than half of the people living with HIV around the...
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Massive project on African DNA sets out to close the knowledge gap on mental...
It has long been recognised that mental disorders can run in families. And often members of such families differ in their symptoms. Getty ImagesIn July 2009, a woman brought her husband to the hospital...
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Millions of people are on treatment for HIV: why are so many still dying?
Early diagnosis and treatment are key in the fight against HIV.Peter CasaerTwenty years ago treatment for HIV was a rare luxury in South Africa. Exorbitant costs and President Thabo Mbeki’s...
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New coalition plans to tackle Africa's growing burden of stroke
Ageing populations, changes in diet, physical inactivity and smoking are some of he drivers of strokes and heart disease. Getty ImagesAfrica is currently experiencing a changing pattern of diseases and...
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East African countries should prioritise their essential medicines for drug...
Antimicrobial resistance is a real threat.GettyImagesThe World Health Organisation (WHO) introduced an essential medicine list in 1977. The aim was to help countries prioritise which medicines to make...
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Major new study unveils complexity and vast diversity of Africa's genetic...
GettyImagesAfrica is the cradle of humankind. All humans are descendants from this common pool of ancestors. Africa and its multitude of ethnolinguistic groups are therefore fundamental to learning...
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South African researchers are looking at medicinal plants for possible...
Many South Africans use traditional medicine.Paballo Thekiso/AFP via Getty ImagesSouth Africa has a long tradition of using plants for medicinal purposes. Some of these, such as Aloe ferox,...
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Managing HIV and diabetes together: South African patients tell their stories
GettyImagesSouth Africa faces a quadruple burden of disease: HIV, tuberculosis (TB), noncommunicable diseases such as Type 2 diabetes and injuries. South Africa has more people living with HIV than...
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Why Uganda must recognise nurses for more than a decade of HIV care
Many hospitals permit nurses to initiate and manage patients on ART.Jean-Marc Giboux/Getty ImagesIn the years after the “slim disease” or HIV was first recognised in southwestern Uganda in 1982, access...
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Nurses are playing a bigger role than ever in the fight against HIV – they...
2020 is the international year of the nurse and midwife.ShutterstockThe first cases of HIV were reported in 1981. Since then, nurses all over the world have been at the forefront of the fight against...
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Why it's important to keep diagnosing and treating HIV during the COVID-19...
People relying on HIV prevention, care and treatment services have become even more vulnerable because of COVID-19.Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty ImagesSince 2013, global efforts have been made to gain...
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Battles won – and lost – against AIDS hold valuable lessons for managing...
Sonali Pal Chaudhury/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWorld AIDS Day this year finds us still deep amid another pandemic – COVID-19. The highly infectious novel coronavirus has swept across the world,...
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COVID-19 vaccine trials in Africa: what's promising, and what's problematic
ShutterstockScientists are working around the clock to develop and test vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19. Experts agree that widespread use of safe and effective vaccines...
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Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows...
A substantial proportion of people may refuse or delay taking a COVID-19 vaccine. ShutterstockVaccine hesitancy is a severe threat to global health, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO)....
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Childhood sex education reduces risky sexual behaviour: a Nigerian case study
Getty ImagesThe World Health Organisation has marked significant improvements in some aspects of adolescent sexual and reproductive health. Young people are having their first sexual encounters at a...
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Dignity at the end of life: a Malawian nursing study shows the impact of food
In understanding women’s physical needs, food security emerged as an important issue.Shutterstock/AvanellBWorld hunger has risen for the third year in a row, with Africa reported to have the highest...
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Social norms and poor services drive petty corruption in East Africa's health...
High levels of bureaucratic corruption prevail in Rwanda, Uganda and TanzaniaShutterstock/Pro-Stock studioIn East Africa, there are concerns over widespread petty corruption in some of the countries’...
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Where COVID-19 has left Nigeria's health system
The Nigerian government struggles to contain COVID-19 while other diseases suffer some measure of neglect Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty ImagesOver nine months into COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria,...
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