How to get vaccines to remote areas? In Sierra Leone they’re delivered by foot, boat or motorbike
For villagers in remote areas in Sierra Leone it takes a lot of time and money to get to a clinic. So the COVID-19 vaccine came to the people.
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African academics set out what Dr Tedros needs in his toolbox to tackle health ills
How will the World Health Organisation’s Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus deal with the mounting challenges? Africa’s academics have some tips.
Bad food choices: clearer labels aim to help South Africans pick healthier options
Countries that have adopted clear food labels have seen the health benefits. Researchers explain how a new system to alert South African consumers to unhealthy choices was developed.
Nearly 136 million people in Africa live with hearing difficulties: tackling the crisis with a smartphone and an app
There is only one audiologist for every million people in Africa. Pioneering digital devices help close the gap.
Pregnant Nigerian women need faster access to hospitals – technology helped us calculate travel times
Pregnant women in urban areas of Nigeria are more at risk than rural women of not getting emergency obstetric care. Digital technology can help.
Neglected tropical diseases persist in the world’s poorest places: four reads about hurdles and progress
Neglected tropical diseases are often associated with social exclusion as well as physical suffering. One billion people around the world suffer from these diseases.
South Africa has more than 4 million people living with diabetes – many aren’t getting proper treatment
Healthcare workers in South Africa aren’t always well equipped to treat diabetes. This has devastating consequences for patients.
South Africa wants to make alcohol more expensive. Why it’s a good idea – health economist
South Africa wants to introduce an excise tax on alcohol to make sure no alcoholic drink can be sold below a certain price.
Malaria: two groundbreaking vaccines have been developed, but access and rollout are still big stumbling blocks
The past two years have seen groundbreaking advances in the fight against malaria with the development of two vaccines. But demand far exceeds supply, so rollouts need to be carefully managed.
Antibiotic resistance causes more deaths than malaria and HIV/Aids combined. What Africa is doing to fight this silent epidemic
Africa bears the heaviest burden of antimicrobial resistance, a phenomenon fuelled largely by poverty, But there are encouraging signs that the continent is taking action to fight it.
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