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In Maasai communities women have no autonomy to make decisions about their nutrition and that of their children.
Uganda needs to face the reality that many young people are sexually active and need information to protect themselves.
The bill to provide universal health care in South Africa is not the silver bullet for the challenges in the health sector.
Proteins guard their secrets closely, but once you get them to “sing”, there’s an enormous amount to learn.
Cuban doctors have specific expertise in dealing with diseases like malaria which remains a major problem in Kenya.
Teenagers with HIV in childcare facilities have to deal with the challenges of adolescence
while living with the disease.
South Africa has made significant progress with some of the sustainable development goal targets. But with others its lagging far behind.
Children with disabilities face several challenges and need to be heard to make school infrastructure friendlier for them.
Many countries still don’t openly and comprehensively address sexual and reproductive health.
The methods used to measure gross domestic product are being criticised for excluding the unpaid work done by women.
In countries where health systems are limited, collaboration between traditional healers and health professionals may help fill the gaps.
South Africa’s smallholder farmers face major obstacles but being in groups can help them.
Foraging and gathering food can play a huge role in feeding people.
Women don’t want to be reduced to ceremonial roles; they believe they can add value in making decisions.
Wider access to technology has increased possibilities to share stories via digital means.
Teams administering the Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo are in a race against time to find and help people exposed.
Kenya’s new budget is expected to focus on food security, manufacturing, universal health coverage, and affordable housing.
Tanzania would like more than 80%of births to be overseen by skilled health care providers
To understand why women in Africa are less politically represented than men, one needs to look into the history of the continent’s gender gap when it comes to matters of leadership and governance.
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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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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Sociologist/Criminologist/Victimologist and Media Communication Expert, University of Ibadan
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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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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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Fellow, Infrastructure Institute, School of Cities, University of Toronto
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Professor in the faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
