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High-income country experts and institutions are valued more than expertise in low- and middle-income countries.
The DRC president’s direct involvement can rally people who have previously doubted the reality of the outbreak.
Do African decision-makers and leaders approach crises differently from counterparts elsewhere in the world?
Uganda is the testing ground for a new vaccine that could work on more strains of the Ebola virus and other haemorrhagic fevers.
Untreated trauma is dangerous as it may develop into other mental health complications that lead to drug abuse, depression, anger and hatred.
Health systems are generally structured around nation-states. Migration, especially across national borders, therefore leads to challenges.
Keeping track of migration and urbanisation is challenging, but it’s vital for population health that migration and urbanisation is well understood and planned for.
Health responses need to take on board the fact that the number of women and girls migrating across borders as well as within countries is growing.
Regular home visits by community health workers helped to increase breastfeeding rates in Kenya.
It’s difficult to keep track of the medical records of patients on the move and some may be lost to follow-up, presenting further public health challenges and population-wide risks.
Excluding international migrants from the public health care system can result in a population wide risk.
Poverty, traumatic experiences, and gender inequalities, directly increased HIV-risk behaviours such as having unprotected sex and having multiple sexual partners.
Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made vaccination and post-infection therapy available. But the number of those infected annually and dying from viral Hepatitis continues to be high.
Applied Epidemiological Modelling has enormous potential to improve how decisions are made about public health in African countries.
When it comes to flu, information can range from confusion about what it actually is, to speculation about how it’s transmitted.
A review of research on both the Ebola and Zika outbreaks, found less than 1% of published research discussed gender issues.
The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. What does this mean for the outbreak response?
The government needs to revise national guidelines to better target PrEP at those that would most benefit from it.
Adolescent girls experience a number of vulnerabilities which incease their risk of engaging in risky sexual behaviours.
Each year 50 000 people from 89 countries, in every continent except Antarctica, die from leishmaniasis, an ancient neglected disease.
The threat posed by measles is on the rise again in a number of countries in the world. One of them is the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sharing data openly across regions and organisations can help to accelerate preparedness and responses to public health emergencies.
A proper understanding of community dynamics and local beliefs can inform medical interventions that are capable of establishing positive and productive relations with local communities.
To reverse brain drain, the government should create a conducive environment for investment that will ensure employment opportunities