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How COVID has affected the control of neglected tropical diseases
A case of advanced liver pathology (hepatomegaly) due to schistosomiasis in a 5-year-old. Prof Takafira MduluzaNeglected tropical diseases is an umbrella term used to describe a group of 20 infectious...
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How drug companies are sidestepping the WHO's technology transfer hub in Africa
WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, during a visit at Afrigen Formulation Facilities in Cape Town, South Africa. BENOIT DOPPAGNE/BELGA MAG/AFP/GettyImagesPharmaceutical company Moderna...
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Early pregnancy can put young women's mental health at risk: a review of...
Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe rates of adolescent pregnancies in sub-Saharan Africa are among the world’s highest. The adolescent birth rate is as high as 139 per...
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The coronavirus in Nigeria has its own family history: keeping track is vital
Inequality in coronavirus genomic surveillance delays the detection of globally significant variants of concern. Camilo Freedman/ picture alliance via Getty ImagesNigeria recorded its first case of...
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Kenya has a yellow fever outbreak: how to deal with it
A river flows through Nairobi's Kibera slum. Communities should be engaged in environmental management to reduce mosquito breeding sites.Getty ImagesOn 5 March 2022, Kenya declared an outbreak of...
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'Test and treat' is being used to tackle HIV. Why not TB?
Indian Community health volunteers verbally screen high risk populations for TB. SANJAY BAID/EPA-EFEWorldwide, tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant cause of disease and deaths. Around 9.9 million...
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Left to die: the fate of thousands of people living with HIV in Tigray
People receiving medical treatment at the entrance hall of Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, EthiopiaYASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty ImagesPeople with human...
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War in Ethiopia: addressing mental health needs to be made a priority
Ethiopian refugees fleeing the Tigray region.Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty ImagesThe effects of war on the mental wellbeing of people is given much less attention than the physical harms of...
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Using animals for scientific research is still indispensable for society as...
ShutterstockKenya’s national airline – Kenya Airways – made headlines when it announced it would stop transporting monkeys for animal research. This followed an accidental highway crash in...
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Health system inequalities in East Africa drive antimicrobial resistance
Clinical officer, Christopher Kiboya, treating a patient in Tanzania. Tiziana Lembo, CC BYThe COVID pandemic has exposed long-standing structural fault lines in societies – especially in health...
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South Africa has lifted most COVID-19 restrictions. But risks remain
David Silverman/Getty ImagesIn early April South Africa ended most of the mandatory measures it put in place to curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2. The country terminated its “state of disaster” and moved...
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Kenya puts in place tougher labelling for baby foods, bottles, teats and...
A woman breastfeeds her baby. Getty ImagesThe Kenyan government has provided more stringent measures for the labelling of feeding bottle, teat and pacifier packages. It wants the labels of these...
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Unintended pregnancy rates are highest in Africa: a look at the complex reasons
Unintended pregnancy, especially among young people, can be disempowering.Belen B Massieu/shutterstockThe United Nations Population Fund recently released the 2022 State of World Population report. It...
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How COVID added to the stresses of the most vulnerable young women in South...
The burden of mental illness in South Africa is high.ShutterstockBy 2021, South Africa’s unemployment rate was at 44%. Around 55.5% of South Africans were living in poverty. Figures show that in 2021,...
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Malaria elimination: South Africa needs to regroup and refocus to get there
South Africa has mobile malaria border surveillance units working with communities and in highly mobile migrant populations.Photo: Jaishree RamanIn recent years South Africa has made significant...
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Fresh signs of mosquito insecticide resistance in South Africa
A man sprays the walls of a house with insecticide against mosquitoes. Cristina Aldehuela/AFP via Getty ImagesMost South Africans aren’t worried about malaria even though the disease is endemic in the...
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Ramadan: a dietitian offers tips for healthy fasting
Ramadan is centred on prayer, the Qur’an, deep mindfulness and spiritual reflection.Sudipta Das/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty ImagesRamadan is the month in the Islamic calendar when the Qur’an...
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Floods create health risks: what to look out for and how to avoid them
It is critical that the affected communities have access to safe drinking water.Phill Magakoe /AFP via Getty ImagesRecently South Africa has experienced heavy rains which resulted in floods in some...
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South Africa is proposing plans to manage diseases like COVID. Why they're...
Countries face the reality of co-existing with COVID-19. Charday Penn /GettyImagesAt the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the South African government published “special regulations” to contain the...
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Most maternal deaths are preventable: how to improve outcomes in South Africa
Maternal care should be respectful and dignified.GettyImagesThe past 20 years have seen a significant decline in maternal mortality rates from 342 deaths to 211 per 100,000 globally . But every day,...
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