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Gender matters in responding to major disease outbreaks like Ebola
Women listening to UN police conducting an awareness campaign in Ebola hit North Kivu, DRC. EPA-EFE/Hugh Kinsella CunninghamDespite over a year of containment efforts, the World Health Organisation...
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There are lots of myths about flu: we debunk six of them
Many myths make the rounds during flu season.ShutterstockDespite the availability of vaccines for influenza – or flu – the virus continues to kill people across the world. According to the World Health...
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Africa needs specialist capacity to tackle the spread of infectious diseases
Dr Joseph Sempa of SACEMA presenting at the 2019 Clinic on Meaningful Modelling of Epidemiological Data. AIMS-South AfricaOver the past ten years, a community of practice has begun to develop in Africa...
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The WHO wants to rid the world of hepatitis by 2030: why it's a tough ask
Hepatitis is a major public health burden.ShutterstockFour years ago the World Health Organisation (WHO) rolled out its global strategy to eliminate hepatitis by 2030 four years ago. Known as a “silent...
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Men and HIV: how poverty, violence and inequality play a part
A closer look at men in South Africa reveals a very complicated picture.ShutterstockIt’s obvious that men’s practices and behaviour are central to women’s vulnerability to HIV. This is why a major...
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Migrants must be part of South Africa's universal health plan. Here's why
International migrants often struggle to access healthcare. ShutterstockSeven years ago the United Nations (UN) endorsed universal health coverage as key to sustainable development and global security....
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South Africa's healthcare system can't afford to ignore migration
Musina, a border town in South Africa's Limpopo province. ShutterstockReflecting global trends, most migration in South Africa is internal – people moving between the country’s different provinces....
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Lessons from Kenya on how to boost breastfeeding rates
A mother breastfeeds her babyFlickr/Dominic Chavez/World BankKenya has, over the past two decades, made tremendous achievements in promoting breastfeeding. The number of babies who were exclusively...
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Southern Africa needs better health care for women and girls on the move
Women and girls on the move are often framed as victims. ShutterstockWomen are on the move throughout southern Africa. They move within the countries they were born in, or cross borders in the region....
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A unique picture of migration patterns in South Africa can help urban planning
Many South Africans migrate from rural areas to big cities like Johannesburg.ShutterstockEconomic disparities, inequality and unemployment, particularly among young people, remain pervasive in South...
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Migration and health: what southern Africa needs to do to plug the gaps
ShutterstockA global commission on health and migration has released its report on how health care systems fail migrants. The aim is to provide the basis for evidence-based approaches to policy. The...
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Kenya's terror survivors, and their families, need more trauma support
Civilians run for safety as police provide cover during the suicide bombing and mass shooting attack on the 14 Riverside complex WikimediaThe Dusit hotel, which was part of the complex attacked by...
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The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola
A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccination in the north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo.EPA-EFE/STRIn August 2015 Dr Sakoba Keita, who led the Ebola response in Guinea during the...
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How to manage in a crisis: lessons from the West Africa Ebola outbreak
A man walk pass an Ebola awareness painting in downtown Monrovia, Liberia.Ahmed Jallanzo/EPAThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently grappling with the world’s second largest Ebola...
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Tshisekedi has taken over the DRC's Ebola response. How he can make a difference
DRC President Felix Tshisekedi during the inauguration ceremony. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA-EFEThe most recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) rages on. There’s been a...
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Global health still mimics colonial ways: here's how to break the pattern
High income country trainees and experts must learn to listen and be humbleShutterstockImagine this scenario. A couple of newly minted Master of Public Health graduates from an African university, say...
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Why it's proving hard to eliminate the eye disease trachoma by 2020
Trachoma can lead to blindness if left untreated.Alaine Kathryn Knipes/CDCTrachoma is a disease that can cause blindness and visual impairment in about 1.9 million people every year. Poor communities...
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Why South Africa's plans for universal healthcare are pie in the sky
South Africa has a skewed healthcare system with an under-funded public sector and an expensive private sector.ShutterstockPerformance in South Africa’s two tier health system – the public and the...
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Why the DRC Ebola outbreak was declared a global emergency and why it matters
shutterstockIn mid-July the WHO declared the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. At the time over 2000 cases had been reported....
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How outbreaks like Ebola extract huge social and economic costs
A health worker checks people's temperatures in Goma, DRC.Patricia Martinez/EPA-EFEEpidemics, or infectious disease outbreaks, are invariably disruptive and tend to have far-reaching effects on...
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