A community health worker interacting with children in a village South Africa’s Limpopo province.
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Community-based HIV programmes helps improve access to health care.
President Muhammadu Buhari (L) and his running mate, vice president Yemi Osinbajo (R) attend a campaign rally in Akure, Nigeria on February 5, 2019.
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South Africa, Senegal, Nigeria … the story seems to be the same.
Reducing salt intake can save lives.
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South Africa needs to continue public awareness campaigns to reduce excessive salt intake to protect cardiovascular health.
Poorer South Africans are bombarded with fast food.
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Fast-food outlets outnumber healthy food stores in South Africa’s Gauteng province.
An artist’s impression of the failed Modderfontein smart city in Johannesburg.
What a failed megacity project in Johannesburg says about similar ambitious ideas across the continent.
Stifling different or controversial views implies that academic freedom is preserved for those who are in agreement.
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Disinviting a person to speak on a university campus adds up to abandoning freedom and speech.
Impact investments focus on projects with social or environmental value.
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There’s a lot of evidence to suggest South Africa should grow its impact investment market.
South Africa has one of the worst rates of youth unemployment in the world.
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Guaranteeing unemployed South Africans a job at the minimum wage would have a range of positive outcomes for the economy.
Religiosity is thought to influence positive health outcomes or behaviours.
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Religiosity has been associated with lower alcohol, drug use and risky sexual behaviours in young people in the Western Cape.
Saving for retirement is crucial, but people think about this in different ways.
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Evidence suggests that black South Africans can and do save money – just not for retirement.
South Africa’s Finance Minister Tito Mboweni preparing to deliver the budget.
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South Africa’s latest budget was a necessary stop-gap after the ravages of the past decade. But it didn’t have ideas that addressed the needs of poor people.
A statue of Ethiopia’s last emperor, Haile Selassie, at the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa.
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Leaders go in and out of fashion, making statues built in their memory a tricky issue.
STIs are a serious health threat.
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STI prevention was largely driven by HIV prevention. With changes in HIV prevention initiatives that don’t really take into account other STIs, there’s need to refocus STI prevention.
Vaccines are an important health intervention.
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Effective communication strategies will be crucial if scientists want to counter the worrying anti-vaccination trend.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during his 2019 State of the Nation Address.
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Many of the crime prevention strategies South African President Cyril Ramaphosa proposed have been tried, with few positive results.
South Africa’s research and development funding must be spent for public good.
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Today, universities fulfil many of the science councils’ roles at a much lower cost while also training postgraduate students.
The Phelophepa train offers eye, dental and psychology clinics as well as HIV screening and vaccines.
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How working with limited resources in remote areas helped improve the skills of one healthcare professional.
French president Emmanuel Macron with Nollywood artists during a live show in Lagos, Nigeria.
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One of the most potent promoters of Nigeria’s cultural soft power is arguably Nollywood.
Salty and fatty foods are driving up obesity.
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At the turn of the century, the greatest threats were posed by infectious diseases today, the biggest threats are posed by lifestyle diseases.
Over 80% of South Africans rely on state facilities like Chris Hani Baragwanath, the third largest hospital in the world.
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South Africa’s Competition Commission has delayed the release of the final report of an inquiry into the private healthcare again.