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A study of extracts of a plant in South Africa traditionally used for staying alert showed similar effects in mice.
Two genomic variants contribute to the risk of breast cancer in black South African women.
Ageing with HIV is now a global public health reality, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, and the response must evolve to reflect that.
Appropriate interventions are needed to increase the use of long-acting reversible contraceptives in sub-Saharan Africa.
Teachers need help to talk to learners about sexual health topics.
Millions of jobs could be created from sustainable economic ocean development.
The G20 presidency could champion affordable internet for women, innovation hubs for women entrepreneurs and subsidies for tech companies to hire more women.
French authorities allowed sex work because they believed brothels could help prevent interracial relationships from developing.
South Africa’s G20 presidency is working on getting communities ready to survive disasters.
At least 20 million litres of sewage is leaking from pipes into the environment in just one South African city. The problem could cause ecological collapse.
The films discussed by the women I interviewed served as commentaries on the social costs of poverty on the family. This is a popular Nollywood theme.
Rare and endangered wild animals in Togo are going viral online for all the wrong reasons - they are being sold on TikTok as meat.
Nigeria won a fifth consecutive AfroBasket Championship with its women’s basketball team.
Drought adversely affects the mental health of Ghanaian farmers.
Where governance is weak and food supplies are unreliable, climate change causes child wasting and can be a warning sign of conflict to come.
A biokineticist offers four tips to help your heart.
Women smallholder farmers need digital platforms to sell their crops, support to get crops certified as organic, and communal places to process food.
The success of Jinan-1 points the way towards networks of quantum microsatellites, making secure global communication a real possibility.
International standards may require expensive systems like air conditioning to achieve comfort. But low-cost solutions like mud and adobe walls can be effective.
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
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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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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Sociology (Criminology, Victimology and Security Studies), University of Ibadan
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC 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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Extraordinary Professor, Global Health, Stellenbosch University; South African Medical Research Council
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