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Women with disabilities can’t always make informed reproductive choices, and this can make them even more vulnerable.
Low-income communities in Africa have done nothing to cause climate change but are worst affected by climate-related disasters, which are expensive to recover from.
Boosting education and skills training as well as improving transport and strengthening social protection would help people out of extreme poverty.
A recently approved drug for malaria treatment offers hope to millions of children who suffer from the disease in Africa.
Many of Africa’s most powerful innovations are not being measured correctly.
Agriculture is not just a victim of climate change. It is key to the solution. It must receive the same attention globally as fossil fuels and energy transitions.
People want technology that supports them and eases their struggles. The technology must be controlled by the community and enhance people’s daily lives.
SARS-CoV-2 and some other viruses trigger “zombie cells” that can create a mix of symptoms seen in long-COVID.
Knowledge, awareness and hands-on experience with 3D-printed foods could influence consumer attitudes.
Coolness has changed. Today it’s about being extroverted, hedonistic, adventurous, open, powerful and autonomous.
Why the future looks bright for several other women’s national teams.
Even as Chido Muchemwa’s characters move between countries, generations and identities, they are tied by their desire for care.
In his new book, Carl Death weighs up climate policies in African countries with each country’s stories and films about climate change.
Language technologies are being adapted for health across Africa. But most of these tools never make it beyond the lab or they are limited in their language options.
In rural Malawi, women influence discussions on how to combat climate change in communities that depend on forests for survival.
Management and protection of livestock is fundamental for reducing conflict with wildlife.
The Nigerian army is not doing enough to help widows of its soldiers who died fighting Boko Haram.
This was a remarkable event because it defied the tired cliché that Africans do not read.
New study finds that people in 12 African countries don’t fully accept that extreme weather disasters are caused by climate change. More public awareness is needed.
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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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Research associate at African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
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Senior Research Associate, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University