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Dissection is important for developing a range of skills, as well as moral and ethical training and a humanistic approach to patient care.
It’s possible for local fishing communities to have a say in managing the system they work in.
South Africa’s Department of Water and Sanitation has plans in place to ensure adequate water supply until 2040 and beyond.
Hunger affects people’s health. It also affects their dignity and their ability to live full and productive lives.
Food insecurity remains a serious challenge among university students in South Africa.
Body mass matters in rugby. But other factors play a bigger role in determining victory.
Care facilities are often considered a last resort in South Africa. Personal care is assumed to be provided by family and household members.
We found that the key factors behind poor cognitive function were related to levels of education, being a woman, marital status and being poor.
Rapid population ageing has prompted researchers to study disease trends in older South Africans. The aim is to understand the role that specific health conditions play in ageing among rural people.
In South Africa and India, research has found that free or affordable housing can actually undermine women’s safety and livelihoods.
It’s evident from research that while health influences economic well-being, the inverse is also true, economic well-being influences health.
mHealth supported service-delivery systems can provide increased access to hearing and vision services for preschool children in poor communities.
The Conversation Africa is expanding in West Africa.
South Africa and Nigeria have had a turbulent relationship dating back to the early 1990s.
Less than 1 in 10 people living with a mental health condition in South Africa receive the care that they need.
Although Nigeria and South Africa are often cast as rivals they have a strong bilateral relationship
Universities, industry and government should work together so that knowledge translates into socio-economic benefits.
South Africa needs a new progressive sports movement that works for equality and peace based on mass participation and social justice.
Africa has already felt the effects of Donald Trump’s climate change denialism. Recent events are also raising political issues of keen interest among the continent’s democrats.
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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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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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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