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Mosquitoes: there's malaria, plus 5 other diseases they pass on to humans
Tacio Philip Sansonovski/ShutterstockMost people instantly associate mosquitoes with malaria. But these tiny flying insects can transmit a number of other diseases too. Viruses transmitted by insects...
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How African countries coordinated the response to COVID-19: lessons for...
shutterstockThe COVID-19 pandemic spread much slower on the African continent than in the rest of the world, contrary to predictions. As of 20 July 2022, a total of 562,672,324 COVID-19 confirmed cases...
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Uganda's efforts to address vitamin A deficiency miss the mark
Matooke has been the subject for vitamin A biofortification. Robin Nieuwenkamp/ShutterstockVitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness. It also increases the risk of...
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Climate change will cause more African children to die from hot weather
Young African children are at particular risk of heat stress impacts. Riccardo Mayer/ShutterstockClimate change has already increased global temperatures, greatly increasing extremes. This will...
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Tanzanian TB patients have a lower quality of life than people who haven't...
Survivors face ongoing disability and increased mortality risks beyond treatment completion.PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP via Getty ImagesNumerous researchers have documented the quality of life and mental health...
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Women refugees fleeing violence seek safety in South Africa: but they don't...
Ongoing conflicts in many countries mean that women will continue to seek protection in South Africa. Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesWhen I ran away from home there was no safety, and...
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Migrants in South Africa have access to healthcare: why it's kicking up a storm
South Africans and migrants demonstrate against xenophobia in Johannesburg. Emmanuel Croset/AFP via Getty ImagesA political storm has erupted in South Africa after a video went viral showing the health...
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Waste pickers in Lagos tell their stories about a dangerous existence
Waste pickers at the Olusosan landfill work in a hazardous environment. Lionel Healing/AFPLagos, Nigeria’s economic hub, with a population of more than 15 million, generates an estimated 12,000 metric...
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How migrants who move between Zimbabwe and South Africa access healthcare in...
Refugees and asylum seekers move through this refugee camp in Musina, South Africa.Photo credit should read Luca Sola/AFP via Getty ImagesZimbabwe and South Africa share a 225 km common border. There...
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HIV patients in Botswana get adequate treatment but not all of them – one...
Franco Volpato/ShutterstockHIV remains a major public health challenge globally. Around 38 million people are estimated to be living with the infection. Sub-Saharan Africa bears the brunt of the HIV...
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Zimbabwe health system is in intensive care: how it got there
Esther Gwena, an untrained midwife in Mbare Harare.Jekesai Njikizana/AFP via Getty ImagesHealth systems are, at their core, meant to promote, restore or maintain health. Their objective is to improve...
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5 essential reads on migrant access to healthcare in South Africa
Members of Operation Dudula sing and chant slogans during their protest outside the Kalafong Hospital in Atteridgeville township, west of Pretoria, restricting undocumented migrants from accessing...
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Ovarian condition that can cause missed menstrual periods and infertility is...
Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome often battle infertility and may not conceive easily. Photo by Florian Plaucheur/AFP via Getty Images. from www,gettyimages.comPolycystic ovary syndrome is the...
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Obesity costs South Africa billions. We did the sums
Quantifying the financial costs of overweight and obesity is important for national policy. ShutterstockGlobally, it is widely acknowledged that obesity-related conditions and their complications add...
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COVID pandemic created immunisation gaps in Africa. Over half a million...
Routine immunisation has resulted in diseases like measles being drastically reduced.Laszlo Mates/shutterstockThe COVID pandemic exposed the fault lines in health systems and national routine...
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12% of working women in South Africa are domestic workers – yet they don't...
GettyImagesMost of the world’s domestic workers – (76%)– are women. They mainly do housework like cleaning, washing clothes, cooking and childcare, usually in private households. Domestic workers often...
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Ebola outbreak in Uganda: the health system has never been better prepared
Medical staff prepare to enter a hospital isolation unit in western Uganda during a suspected Ebola outbreak in 2018. Sumy Sadurni/AFP via Getty ImagesAn outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus was...
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HIV treatment in South Africa: how to help people stay on ARVs when life gets...
Poor retention in health services is one of the most important reasons people interrupt HIV treatment. Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty ImagesAntiretroviral therapy (ART) has turned HIV into a...
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Abortion in Kenya and Benin: medical safety isn't enough – women and girls...
Social safety is only attained when the abortion is achieved discreetly.Author suppliedSafe abortion and post abortion care are essential health services. But until the publication of the 2022 World...
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'Gutter water', 'monkey tail' and smoked faeces: new dangers on Nigeria's...
Some people take the new drugs to prolong sex.PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty ImagesNew, unconventional drugs are becoming popular in Nigeria, designed by dealers and users to replicate the effects of...
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