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US anti-abortion "gag rule" hits women hard: what we found in Kenya and...
A coalition of physicians, AIDS activists and medical students protest Trump's global gag rule, which expands the policy restriction to all US health funding. Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via...
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Ghanaians are eating more fast food: the who and the why
Fast food is growing in popularity with GhanaiansWikimedia CommonsFast food – food sold in an outlet, drive-through, or restaurant either as preheated or precooked, and served or packaged as take-away...
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What it will take to produce vaccines in Nigeria: money's just the first step
Nigeria can resuscitate its vaccine production laboratory with money recently released by its government for local production of COVID-19 vaccine. Leon Neal/Getty Images The Nigerian government...
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How changing blood pressure targets in South Africa could save costs and lives
High blood pressure in South Africa is expected to increase as the population ages.ShutterstockHigh blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a serious public health threat globally. If...
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South African COVID-19 vaccine trials hold key lessons for future partnerships
Many countries around the world, like Bangladesh, have started COVID-19 vaccination. Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesCOVID-19 vaccine supplies are available in various parts of the world....
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Food systems need to change to promote healthy choices and combat obesity
Ultra-processed foods and sugary drinks contribute to rising rates of obesity.ShutterstockCOVID-19 has had a devastating impact on people with obesity and noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes. The...
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Explainer: how South Africa regulates medicines and vaccines
Clinical trials with human volunteers done in South Africa must get approval from the health products regulator. Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty ImagesCOVID-19 has raised public...
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What's in the way of quality antenatal care for women in West and Central Africa
Lam Yik Fei/Getty ImagesGlobally, nearly 300,000 women die from pregnancy-related causes each year. Most of these deaths are in the low-income countries of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.The leading...
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Ghana faces hurdles to achieve targets set for COVID-19 vaccine rollout
African countries are relying on approved vaccines to stem a rise in casesLisa Ferdinando/Wikimedia CommonsGhana, like many of its counterparts on the continent, is contending with the fallout from the...
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COVID-19: what happens if some countries don't vaccinate?
A nurse holds a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Jorge Guerrero/AFP via Getty ImagesSome countries, such as Tanzania and Madagascar, have issued statements saying they do not have plans to...
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What Tanzania's COVID-19 vaccine reluctance means for its citizens and the world
One of Tanzania's approaches to managing the spread of the new coronavirus is through prayer.Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty ImagesTanzania’s health minister said earlier this month that the country...
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How the coronavirus mutates and what this means for the future of COVID-19
ShutterstockThe recent appearance of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus causing COVID-19 infections), that may be associated with increased transmission of the virus and disease severity, has...
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Ebola strikes West Africa again: key questions and lessons from the past
Medical staff check each others protective suits.Photo by SUMY SADURNI/AFP via Getty ImagesNews of a new outbreak of Ebola in Guinea is indeed distressing. The last in West Africa occurred between 2014...
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Why Ebola is back in Guinea and why the response must be different this time
Efforts are underway to curb the outbreak. CELLOU BINANI/AFP via Getty ImagesNew reports of Ebola in Guinea are causing anxiety given the history of the West Africa outbreak of 2014-2016. This was the...
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How does resistance to disinfectants happen? We're on the road to answering...
The overuse of sub-standard disinfectants could fuel resistance. ShutterstockCOVID-19 has had a significant impact on our lives. One effect that could yet be seen might be the development of bacterial...
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Why Nigeria must include parents in plans to protect girls from cervical cancer
The HPV vaccine is an effective primary prevention measure for cervical cancer.ShutterstockCervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in Nigeria. There were 31,955 new cervical cancer...
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Traditional healers in South Africa are exposed to infection, but few can get...
Most healers understand that blood exposure can result in infectious disease transmission.Gulshan Khan/AFP via Getty ImagesThere are around two million traditional healers in sub-Saharan Africa. More...
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Small things can save lives: coping with COVID-19 in resource-scarce hospitals
“We saw patients dying for avoidable reasons. They were dying because masks that came loose were not being replaced,” says MSF COVID-19 intervention nursing activities manager, Caroline Masunda.Chris...
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COVID-19: key questions about South Africa's vaccine rollout plan
Healthcare workers around the country are getting the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty ImagesSouth Africa has recently started its COVID-19 vaccine roll-out. Around...
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The ins and outs of Kenya's COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan
Kenya's health minister Mutahi Kagwe next to the country's first batch of COVID-19 vaccines at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.EPA-EFE/Daniel IrunguWith the arrival of vaccines in the country,...
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