Africa accounts for half of all stillbirths globally. Stronger data systems will drive smarter strategies and save lives.
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The current outbreak in Senegal is one of many that happen in cycles across Africa in the past 50 years.
Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria.
The fight against malaria faces many obstacles, including funding cuts. But it remains far cheaper to prevent the disease than to treat it.
South Africa wants to introduce an excise tax on alcohol to make sure no alcoholic drink can be sold below a certain price.
Each life lost to Aids is a life too many. As donor funds dry up, Africa needs new ways to fight this epidemic.
The death of six children from a pesticide galvanised the South African government to declare a national disaster.
Mosquitoes are the world’s most dangerous animal. It’s important to know how to avoid malaria.
The World Health Organization’s latest global report on tuberculosis has good and bad news for African countries.
Kenya has expanded free maternal care for all. An evaluation study identified mixed results.
Children are in danger of infections such as mpox because their immune systems are still developing.
Some alcoholic drinks in Nigeria encourage rape and other forms of sexual violence against women. The government needs to do more to stop this.
A study in South Africa’s Western Cape province found high levels of symptoms of depression and anxiety among young adolescents.
Holding two public officials responsible for the Life Esidimeni tragedy is a legal milestone. It also highlights the consequences of putting costs over care.
Pregnant women in urban areas of Nigeria are more at risk than rural women of not getting emergency obstetric care. Digital technology can help.
Mpox is now readily spreading from person to person. It is mutating faster and the strains are more virulent.
Digital technology has revolutionised healthcare. But it only works if data connectivity is good enough.
The 194 member states of the WHO are negotiating a pandemic accord, only the second health accord after the 2003 convention against tobacco.
Research shows climate change carries greater risks for unborn babies than previously thought. Some of the alarming effects of global warming may include worsening health and wellbeing in later life.
Severe weather such as drought and floods is contributing to cholera outbreaks in Africa.
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Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Associate professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Clinical Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Public Mental Health, University of Cape Town
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Research Clinician, University of the Witwatersrand
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Sue Struengmann Initiative Research Fellow, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Diagnostics Research and Director: Centre for Development and Implementation of Point-of-Care Diagnostics, University of Pretoria
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Adjunct professor of psychiatry., University of the Witwatersrand
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Academic and treaty negotiator, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor and Director of the SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science, University of Hull
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Assistant Professor, University College Dublin
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Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Director, Global Pediatrics Program global health, University of Minnesota