Antiretroviral treatment has been free at Nigeria’s health facilities. But the other costs involved for those living with HIV, such as transport and food, have been problematic.
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Although there have been global efforts to eliminate parasites, some parasites and vectors will have survived attack because they have evolved resistance.
Interacting with communities can provide health planners with critical information that can help them solve health challenges in specific areas.
For thousands of miners who have developed silicosis from years of work on South Africa’s gold mines, a landmark court case will change their lives.
Only 28% of working women across the globe are fully protected by maternity laws that provide for time off work with full pay.
For most women, participating in the labour force is dependent on whether they have adequate child care they can rely on.
Doctors in South Africa have not been doing enough counselling of people who drink, smoke, don’t exercise and eat badly on ways to change their lifestyles.
The call to action to address childhood vulnerability in Africa must go far beyond the 17.8 million children infected and affected by HIV.
If the vaginal ring becomes available for commercial use it will become one of the tools in the HIV prevention toolbox for women alongside female condoms and daily pre-exposure prophylaxis.
Several indigenous child-rearing practices have helped babies develop strong immune systems to ward off allergies. These should be actively promoted.
Vasectomies could be an effective male birth control method in Africa but the procedure is misunderstood and therefore poorly used.
Health was not the priority in South Africa’s budget this year - more pressing issues took centre stage.
People who have rheumatoid arthritis often suffer from depression as well. For poor people this is often worse because they cut off their social networks.
In sub-Saharan Africa more women may be infected with HIV than men - but men are more likely to die because of poor testing and treatment regimes.
The cases of two women who died in childbirth in two different parts of Uganda are being used in a Constitutional Court battle forcing the government to fulfill its healthcare obligations.
After 35 years, AIDS has changed the way the globe thinks about health, culture, and politics.
Despite the breakthroughs in HIV and AIDS research, without an effective vaccine, the world will not get to zero new infections and deaths.
Globally, the health community is moving to a point where there could be zero new HIV infections or deaths. But it has been a long road.
Residents in Nairobi’s urban slums are opting for fast food rather than the healthy alternatives, which is increasing their risk of developing diabetes.
President Jacob Zuma failed to focus on reforms that fix any of the health care in South Africa in the next five years.
In a bid to improve health care in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma has made several promises in the last three years. Some have materialised faster than others.
With limited laboratory capacity and a lack of experts and funding, an outbreak of the Zika virus in Africa could be problematic.
Despite Nigeria’s success in eradicating polio, it is struggling to get a grip on mother and child vaccinations.
The closure of several mines in South Africa and production cuts could have a detrimental impact on the health of miners who rely on in-house HIV and TB treatment programmes.
South Africa produces a limited number of medical sub-specialists due to the way in which the training programme is set up. This could improve with a paradigm shift.