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When governments have evidence, they are better placed to develop health policies and programmes.
Communities continue to be vital in efforts to bring the pandemic under control. They are the custodians of rich knowledge that creates the context in which HIV transmission occurs.
Most of the maize consumed in Kenya is never even tested for aflatoxin.
New research supports kidney transplants from HIV-positive donors to recipients with HIV.
It’s imperative that there’s research into the nature, extent, mobility and consequences of antibiotic resistance.
There’s an urgent need for interventions to increase uptake of antiretroviral therapy and improve services for adolescents.
Most women feel they are unable to ask health professionals questions. And only half were consistently asked if they had questions.
Global health researchers, funders and journals are not walking the talk on equity, diversity and inclusion.
We are seeing the end of modern medicine slowly being played out due to antibiotic resistance. But we can act together to alter the situation.
The aim is to discover, develop and facilitate delivery of anti-malarial medicines to help tackle the burden of malaria in endemic countries and support malaria eradication.
High fertility is driven by a number of factors including desired family size, low levels of use of modern contraceptives, and high levels of adolescent childbearing.
The aim is to reduce maternal deaths, address the unmet need for family planning and end gender-based violence by 2030.
Many of the most fundamental aspects of TB disease remain unknown. For example, after exposure to the organism that causes TB, why do only some people get infected and only some of those fall ill?
We found that evidence cited by three organisations - a big corporate and two industry lobby groups - was either not evidence at all, or had been twisted to suit the industry’s narrative.
The entire premise of effective competition is that purchasing of health services should be based on value - a combination of price and quality.
Dissection is important for developing a range of skills, as well as moral and ethical training and a humanistic approach to patient care.
Hunger affects people’s health. It also affects their dignity and their ability to live full and productive lives.
The emergency in the DRC shows that despite all these positive changes, the global response to containing Ebola outbreaks is undermined by the lack of health care and public health infrastructure.
Ending the Boko Haram insurgency is the last hurdle in Nigeria’s race against polio
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.
Research done over the past 26 years
provides insights into changes across people’s lives, helps evaluate interventions, and provides information for local, provincial and national planning.
It’s evident from research that while health influences economic well-being, the inverse is also true, economic well-being influences health.