Whether about a comet hitting the Earth or a virus infecting the world, fear-based messages often do not succeed at changing people’s behaviors.
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South Africa is still likely to experience periods of increased cases, smaller-scale outbreaks and even the development of new variants.
Dietary guidelines can do a better job clarifying the differences between beneficial and harmful forms of processing.
Drive-throughs not only increase air pollution and emissions, but also contribute to a car-centred culture that we need to avoid.
International epidemic management involves ceding to foreign experts who possess, at best, a surface-level understanding of a very complex region.
Pleasure-based sex education allows young people to safely explore and develop critical thinking around sex and relationships.
Saponins from plants can destroy viruses and other microorganisms in the same way commercial soaps and detergents do.
After addressing the issue of vaccine supply, closing gaps in logistics performance is critical to changing the course of the pandemic in Africa.
Manufacturers and health systems have shown that vaccines can be quickly and effectively deployed when accompanied by keen political and financial commitments.
Instead of making the lives of contact tracers easier, analysis shows the expensive technology missed contacts and added to their workload.
The census will focus everyone in on the core challenges the country faces, where they are, and who is most affected.
People in the world’s poorest regions have not benefited equally from the recent advancements made in cancer screening, prevention and treatment.
Women in cities tend to get more walking done, which is beneficial to both their health and the climate. Making streets safer for cycling would give them greater access to cities too.
Endemic doesn’t mean we drop our guard, surrender to the virus or downgrade the threat the virus poses to individuals and the community.
Rapid Antigen Tests are being rolled out by the millions for Australians to check their COVID status. But a result should be interpreted in context.
Most adults were prepared to sacrifice their rights to ensure the safety and health of all during the pandemic, averaging 74%.
As a disease progresses, so too must the underlying data and reporting improve to manage the progression of the outbreak.
The willingness of the executive to pre-empt criticism by amending COVID regulations has arguably strengthened its position.
Adolescents and young people should get involved early in the design, planning and scale up of interventions.
A public health expert explains emergency measures recently brought in to manage the impact of Omicron on our stressed health system.
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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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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Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Executive Secretary, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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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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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine and Director, The Centre for Medical Ethics & Law, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Professor in the faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
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Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
