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Poor people with disabilities living in rural South Africa are particularly disadvantaged when it comes to accessing health care.
The unanticipated public health consequences of unsustainable development reminds the world that the issues are not in the distant future, but instead face us now.
Conventional health interventions for men in poor communities who engage in risky behaviour are not effective. The solution may lie with soccer.
Each suicide has a social, economic and cultural context. And unless these factors are considered alongside psychiatric care, steadily increasing suicide rates will not be curbed.
There are several lessons that the world can learn from Brazil about how to rapidly reduce child stunting in 10 years.
Ghana must urgently implement strategies to tackle the high burden of viral hepatitis if it’s to fulfill global targets of eliminating the disease by 2030.
Rotavirus vaccines are expensive and take time to produce. For developing countries, the fact that the vaccines need cold storage also presents a challenge.
Irrational prescriptions are a major global health problem. The World Health Organisation estimates that more than half of all medicines are inappropriately prescribed, dispensed or sold.
Marketers take advantage of the fact that children sometimes can’t recognise the difference between product placement and advertising.
South Africa’s massive and growing obesity epidemic has much to do with people’s excessive daily sugar intake.
Micronutrient deficiencies are not well understood as an aspect of malnutrition. The problem is that such deficiencies increase a range of health risks.
Many people in a large number of low and middle income countries now experience a ‘double burden’ of malnutrition.
Despite high levels of knowledge and information, communities still adhere to cultural practices which endanger their children.
The massive yellow fever vaccination campaign highlights why existing programmes need to be strengthened.
Food-borne diseases will continue to thrive unless Africa’s meat inspection programmes are upgraded.
A new polio outbreak in Nigeria has hampered the country’s efforts to be declared polio free by 2017.
Very little is known about our eyelashes, but they do serve a purpose. They keep our eyes from drying out and accumulating dirt.
Bakery employees develop asthma when they are exposed to high levels of flour dust. Although there are international guidelines these are often not protective and badly implemented.
Despite the increase in cardiovascular disease in the developing world, not enough is being been done to improve public awareness of the benefits and harms of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ fatty acids.
Scientists have discovered a second new compound that could eventually be developed into a medicine to help eradicate malaria.
South Africa, despite its bold commitments to improve breastfeeding, does not have national data to monitor breastfeeding rates to ensure that its policies are being effective.
Liver cancer in Africans tends to occur between the ages of 30 and 40. But a study has found that it occurs at a significantly younger age in those who are infected with HIV and hepatitis B.
The vasectomy is currently the only reliable contraceptive available to men. But a new option could give men more family planning power.
Doctors and patients are unsure of the best treatment for gout, leading to poor patient education and compliance, poorly addressed lifestyle factors, and suboptimal use of available drugs.