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Living in Nairobi's slums is tough – residents are 35% more likely to suffer...
Slum-dwellers with high blood pressure struggle to get proper treatmentAlexanderXXI/ShutterstockHypertension, commonly referred to as high blood pressure, is a non-communicable disease that occurs when...
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Sickle cell disease is rife in west Africa - a fresh approach is needed to...
Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest prevalence of sickle cell diseaseWikimedia CommonsSickle cell disease refers to a group of inherited blood disorders with symptoms like anaemia and...
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Ghana’s national health insurance users often end up paying as much as those...
Ghana's national healthcare system is designed for all. But there are pitfalls. Getty Images Health financing is a challenge any country has to deal with to provide good healthcare services. It’s...
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Telemedicine can help women get early abortions safely: South African study
Telemedicine helps women avoid the stigma of abortionManuel Augusto MorenoIn South Africa, it is legal to have an abortion upon request until the 13th week of pregnancy. The procedure is performed by...
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Nigerian women ensure they get the best possible healthcare by managing...
Rural women in Nigeria negotiate healthcare decisions with their partners. Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty ImagesNigeria is a patriarchal society. Authority is vested in men, who tend to exert power and...
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Teen mums in South Africa: largest ever study explores what it takes to go...
GettyImagesImagine the weight of responsibility for caring for a child when you are not yet fully grown yourself, and the fear of being shamed by parents, fellow learners, and even strangers within the...
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TB research shows a good diet can cut infections by nearly 50%
For centuries, we have known that tuberculosis is a social disease. It thrives on poverty and social factors such as malnutrition, poor housing, overcrowding, unsafe work environments and...
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South Africa's traditional medicines should be used in modern health care
South African traditional healer Gogo Kamo uses technology to treat her patients remotely.GettyTraditional medicines are part of the cultural heritage of many Africans. About 80% of the African...
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From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera – the devastating health...
The winds that whip the towns of the Eastern Cape in South Africa have the power to generate energy. But on a dry, hot day, those winds can gather up embers and dump them into tinder dry savannah and...
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Why mothers and babies will suffer more as Africa grows hotter
As Africa gets hotter, mothers and babies are most at risk. Why is this and what can be done about it? Matthew Chersich, a specialist in climate change and maternal health, explains the reasons to...
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Concussion: what it is and how sports science is making rugby safer
Two decades ago there were only two criteria used to diagnose concussion. Jon Patricios, a sport and exercise medicine physician and co-lead author of the latest international consensus statement on...
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Chatbots for medical advice: three ways to avoid misleading information
We expect medical professionals to give us reliable information about ourselves and potential treatments so that we can make informed decisions about which (if any) medicine or other intervention we...
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Suicide in Ghana: society expects men to be providers – new study explores...
Suicide is a complex behaviour that is widely regarded as a significant public health issue across the globe. It is influenced by psychiatric, psychological, biological, social, cultural, economic and...
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Young people with sexual or gender diversity are at higher risk of stopping...
Ending the AIDS pandemic – particularly in eastern and southern Africa – cannot be achieved unless more resources are channelled to meet the needs of key vulnerable populations.This is one of the...
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South African men are much more likely to die from TB than women -- here's why
Around the world, men are more likely to get TB and to die from it than women. We recently conducted research to establish the various factors that explain higher rates of TB among men in South Africa....
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Brush your teeth! Bad oral hygiene linked to cancer, heart attacks and renal...
It’s normal to have bacteria in your mouth. But harmful bacteria have been linked to a host of health problems. Medical scientist Glenda Davison and microbiologist Yvonne Prince, who have researched...
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'We could eradicate malaria by 2040' says expert after revolutionary vaccine...
The World Health Organization has approved a new vaccine that scientists argue will be a game-changer in the fight against malaria, which kills half a million people in Africa every year. Trials have...
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Medicine or food? People with diabetes in Liberia sometimes have to choose...
Diabetes is on the rise globally. Since the 1980s the number of people living with the disease has quadrupled from 108 million to 537 million.This dramatic increase is largely due to the rise in type 2...
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Jerry Coovadia remembered - a champion of science, children and compassionate...
Deeply saddened as we in the South African health community were by the loss of Professor Jerry Hoosen Coovadia on 4 October 2023, I reflected on what he had come to mean in my medical career and in my...
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Tapeworm is spreading in Kenya – demand for meat brings parasite to new areas
Echinococcus granulosus, a type of tapeworm, is a harmful parasite that affects 1 million people worldwide. The parasite can grow slowly in people for years to form thick-walled cysts in vital organs,...
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