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Proper waste management can save lives and create wealth. Photo by James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket. from www,gettyimages.com

November 10, 2022

Burning waste must end: African leaders look to recycling for better health and value

Desta Mebratu, Stellenbosch University

The decision by African ministers of environment to end open waste burning will not only save lives but also open up new income streams.

Asthma usually develops in childhood, so why does it happen to these unlucky kids? from www.shutterstock.com

August 23, 2018

What causes asthma? What we know, don’t know and suspect

Simon Phipps, QIMR Berghofer and Md. Al Amin Sikder, The University of Queensland

More kids these days have asthma, and more people in the Western world, so do we know what causes it in the first place?

In low-resource settings many patients cannot access the tests they need for accurate diagnosis, treatment and a chance of survival. Here, patients wait in the Edna Adan University Hospital in Somalia, 2010. (Shutterstock)

June 6, 2018

The desperate global need for medical diagnostics

Julia von Oettingen, McGill University and Rajesh Vedanthan, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

The World Health Organization has made bold progress by including many tests for non-communicable diseases on its new ‘Essential Diagnostics List.’

April 29, 2016

Kenyans and Ugandans need to change their ways to arrest lifestyle diseases

Catherine Kyobutungi, African Population and Health Research Center

Non-communicable diseases are skyrocketing in Kenya and Uganda. Though the countries’ governments have a responsibility to tackle the problem, individuals need to take action too.

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