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Depression, anxiety and childhood trauma: South African study explores links,...
South Africans need targeted and accessible interventions and counselling programmes.AJ Watt/Getty ImagesMental health problems among adults are an ever-increasing public health concern. These include...
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Nigeria’s cities are growing fast: family planning must be part of urban...
Government investments in infrastructure in Nigeria will remain insufficient as urban populations grow. Frederic Soltan/Getty ImagesNigeria is rapidly urbanising, with more people living in urban areas...
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Droughts bring disease: here are 4 ways they do it
Riccardo Mayer / ShutterstockCountries in the Horn of Africa have been hit by a multiyear drought. Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda are expected to continue getting below-normal rainfall in 2023....
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Medicine stockouts are a problem in South Africa's clinics: how pharmacist...
Tibor Duris/Shutterstock Primary healthcare clinics are the main healthcare access point for millions of South Africans.There are at least 3,467 state-funded primary healthcare clinics across South...
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Bird flu: Nigeria is on major migratory bird routes, new strains keep appearing
Nigeria has to step up biosecurity measures to check frequent bird flu outbreaks. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty ImagesAvian influenza is a highly contagious viral infection of birds, commonly called...
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Kenya introduced free maternal health services a decade ago - it's been a...
Kenya has seen an overall improvement in maternal and newborn health outcomes.Belen B Massieu/ShutterstockMaternal and newborn deaths are a major public health problem in Kenya. In 2020 the maternal...
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We're a step closer to learning how misplaced DNA could influence disease risk
ShutterstockDNA is our body’s instruction manual. It contains all the information that our cells need to make proteins and other molecules vital for our development, growth and survival. We inherit two...
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TB in children isn't being controlled - it's key to fighting the disease for...
In many developing countries TB vaccination for children after birth is mandatory.Paul Kane/Getty ImagesWorld TB Day on March 24th will commemorate the day in 1882 when Professor Robert Koch announced...
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TB kills 75,000 children in Africa every year: how this can stop
There have been substantial improvements in some areas of TB therapeutics. Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty ImagesTuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and curable disease. Half of the world’s 30 highest TB...
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Leprosy, scabies and yaws - Togo's neglected tropical skin diseases need...
Scabies and other skin diseases are still common in Togo.Wikimedia Commons/FlickrNeglected tropical diseases are a group of 20 diseases found mostly in tropical regions that are strongly associated...
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Profit versus health: 4 ways big global industries make people sick
Shutterstock It’s now more commonly known that alcohol and tobacco use make us ill. Less known is that just four industries account for at least one-third of global preventable deaths. These industries...
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Young people in Africa should have a say in decisions that affect their...
Organisations must value young people's time. ShutterstockMost of Africa’s population – 70%– is under 30 years old. In 2017 there were 628 million young people under 25 on the continent. This figure is...
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Industries can harm health in many ways: here are 3 that aren’t so obvious
Research confirms the adverse effects of social media on mental health.Shutterstock A recent ground-breaking series of reports in the science journal The Lancet unpacks what commercial determinants of...
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The world is hooked on junk food: how big companies pull it off
Shutterstock It is almost impossible nowadays to listen to the radio, watch TV or scroll through social media without being exposed to an advertisement telling us that all we need for a little...
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Polio: leading virologist offers a beginner's guide to the different viruses...
Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua via Getty ImagesOn 17 March 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that health officials in Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had detected cases of...
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1 in 5 South African households begs for food – the link between food...
Begging is a strategy often used by homeless people. Fati Moalusi/AFP via Getty ImagesAt least ten million South Africans didn’t have enough food or money to buy food in 2019, according to the...
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Fake medicines are a dangerous threat in Africa: 3 ways to spot them
The most common fakes tend to be the most popular medicines: painkillers, antibiotics.Riccardo Mayer/ShutterstockAt the end of a long day, you realise you’re starting to get a headache. So you buy...
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Cervical cancer can be beaten - the key is vaccinating young girls
The numbers showed a wide variation in coverage in different geographic regions. ShutterstockIn 2020 the World Health Organization introduced a plan to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health...
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South African doctors are bound by many rules. Criminal charges for mistakes...
ShutterstockClaims for financial compensation for medical mistakes in South Africa have been on the rise since 2007. Recently, however, criminal charges for medical errors have also become more...
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Community health workers in Ethiopia set out to promote health - in the...
GPE/MidastouchEthiopia has made significant progress in supporting gender equality and girls’ empowerment. Rates of child marriage and teenage pregnancy have decreased substantially. Access to sexual...
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