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Now that gaming addiction is officially recognised, we need to develop strategies to counteract it.
South Africa’s police commissioner, Khehla Sitole, and police minister, Bheki Cele, unveil a new plan to combat violent crimes.
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More than 90% of violent crimes in South Africa fall outside the categories named in the police’s new anti-crime strategy.
Fortnite is a web based multi player survival game developed by Epic Games.
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If your child is keeping their grades up and maintaining friends and hobbies, then their gaming activity is likely not a disorder or addiction.
To reduce the incidence of hepatitis B in Canada and to reduce mother-to-child transmission, it is vital that we vaccinate all infants at birth.
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To meet World Health Organization targets and reduce the rates of chronic hepatitis B infection among children, Canada should implement routine vaccination of all infants at birth.
A nurse prepares the Ebola vaccine in Bikoro in the DRC.
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Teams administering the Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo are in a race against time to find and help people exposed.
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.
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The World Health Organization has made bold progress by including many tests for non-communicable diseases on its new ‘Essential Diagnostics List.’
South Africa was a leader in tobacco control but has not updated its policies adequately.
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South Africa’s proposed new tobacco laws will tighten the grip on how cigarettes and other tobacco products are sold, marketed and regulated in the country.
Caregivers need to be educated on the importance of routine nutrition screening and interventions.
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South Africa must ensure that healthcare workers understand the importance of nutrition and that they transfer the correct messages to caregivers.
This week, the World Health Organization took a huge step by publishing its first Essential Diagnostics List (EDL).
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Countries globally should adopt and adapt the World Health Organization’s new Essential Diagnostics List – as a key step in the management of all diseases.
A Liberian burial team during the world’s biggest Ebola outbreak in 2014.
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The response to the latest ebola outbreak in the DRC has been rapid, well coordinated and well resourced.
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The Daily Mile started in a primary school in central Scotland six years ago. Now it has spread to 3,600 schools in 35 countries.
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There are no guidelines for healthcare professionals.
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The problem of antimicrobial resistance won’t go away as long as people in poor countries don’t have access to clean water.
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Governments in Africa have done little to institute policies that improve awareness and protect people who have epilepsy.
Shantytown near Lima, Peru.
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We can’t eradicate TB without also addressing poverty.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, with World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, right, and Nigerian Health Minister Isaac Folorunso Adewole, at the End TB Summit in New Delhi, India, March 13, 2018.
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On World TB Day 2018, eradicating TB finally looks like a goal that could be met — if political leaders can step up with cash and actions to match their political declarations.
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In Uganda, essential medicines are not being stocked at facilities that need them most. This includes drugs to treat chronic diseases.
Herbs, roots and plants can have health benefits. But they can also interact negatively with Western medicines.
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Numerous traditional African medicines are undeniably beneficial in treating disease or maintaining good health.
Donor funding for HIV treatment has saved millions of lives in sub Saharan Africa.
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Remarkable progress is being made on HIV treatment. But African countries need to work on sustainable ways to ensure the treatment programmes are not entirely dependent on foreign aid.
A nurse nun visits the graves of victims of a 1976 Ebola outbreak.
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The audio version of a long read on the historical mistakes and cover ups that hampered the response to the devastating Ebola outbreak of 2014.