A three-year-old girl under a mosquito net in Mukuli, western Kenya. She had received all four doses of RTS,S, the world’s first malaria vaccine.
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Forty million children are born in malaria areas across Africa each year. Two new vaccines are important weapons in the fight against the disease.
Using innovative ways to get vaccines to people in remote areas.
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For villagers in remote areas in Sierra Leone it takes a lot of time and money to get to a clinic. So the COVID-19 vaccine came to the people.
A child’s hearing being screened by a community health worker.
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There is only one audiologist for every million people in Africa. Pioneering digital devices help close the gap.
Playtime is as important for child development as exercise is for adult health.
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Children who play a lot learn skills such as sitting, crawling and standing quicker. Play also leads to better health and wellbeing as they grow older.
A street vendor sells bananas in a town near Kilimanjaro.
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Rural Tanzanians and those living in the city eat unhealthy diets, but their circumstances are very different.
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Emotional, violent and sexual abuse are rife at an age when victims are scarred for life.
Mental health symptoms are triggered by a wide range of activities.
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Corruption imposes mental health costs on individuals.
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How students are taught has been shown to be as important as what they are taught.
Sugar has also become a normal addition to our diets in sugary drinks, candies and snacks.
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A higher consumption of sugar leads to worse health outcomes, so we need to be mindful of the added sugar we eat.
Computer illustration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, the rod-shaped bacteria which cause the disease tuberculosis.
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Two out of five cases of TB remain undiagnosed. A test using a skin patch could help change that.
Ginger is one of the spices that can be contaminated by mycotoxins.
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Mycotoxins contamination causes health issues. Paying attention to storage of agricultural produce can save many lives.
The feet of a traditional healer performing a traditional dance in eThekwini, South Africa.
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Same-sex relationships in Zulu culture are perceived as taboo and unAfrican. Some men who have sex with men avoid seeking care at health clinics.
An x-ray shows tuberculosis in a patient in a health facility in Liberia, a high-burden country.
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Seven African countries have managed to reduce TB deaths by a third.
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About 60% of the human body is made up of water. Excessive water loss can be fatal.
Traditional South African staple, pap or maize meal. An only meal in time of poverty.
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South Africa’s national survey of food and nutrition security identifies the areas most in need.
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Karine Scheuermaier , University of the Witwatersrand ; Alison Bentley , University of the Witwatersrand ; Dale Rae , University of Cape Town ; Francesco Xavier Gomez-Olive Casas , University of the Witwatersrand ; Gosia Lipinska , University of Cape Town ; Jonathan Davy , Rhodes University ; Joshua Davimes , University of the Witwatersrand ; Nomathemba Chandiwana , University of the Witwatersrand , and Oluwatosin Olorunmoteni , Obafemi Awolowo University
Sleep is an essential part of life. What happens when we don’t get enough sleep and how do we ensure that we do?
The graves of victims who died from cholera in Chingwele Cemetery in Lusaka. Zambia is one of the countries at the epicentre of a devastating outbreak in southern Africa. Luke Dray/Getty Images.
The world’s stockpile of cholera vaccines has run dry, bad news for cholera-ravaged southern Africa. Why is this and what is being done to address vaccine shortages in Africa?
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Healthy mothers mean healthy babies. Giving pregnant women cash grants could help prevent conditions such as stunting.
A mother provides ‘kangaroo care’ for her premature baby in a paediatric ward in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
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Preterm babies born after 28 weeks can often survive with relatively simple medical care. Here is how.
Dairy cows are prone to getting udder infections.
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Kenya’s smallholder farmers aren’t using antibiotics properly, some are of poor quality and some antibiotics are being found in milk.
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A significant number of older adults in rural South Africa are HIV-positive. Awareness programmes and self-testing would reduce cases.
The common yellow commelina, one of the popular plants used to treat children.
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The use of medicinal plants in childhood diseases remains largely undocumented. A study in North West province in South Africa catalogued many of these for the first time.
Studies show cash grants help the cognitive function of older people.
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Nearly half of South Africa’s 60 million people receive social grants. Health experts say they improve cognitive health among the elderly.
Researchers capturing data in the Wits Agincourt Data Sciences and Innovation Hub.
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Agincourt, the University of the Witwatersrand’s rural research centre 500km from Johannesburg, has documented the lives of 120,000 people over decades.
Praia de Santiago, the capital of Cape Verde.
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Malaria in Africa accounts for 96% of deaths worldwide. Cape Verde became only the third country in Africa to be declared malaria free this year. This is how they did it.