There are many reasons that malaria is so persistent in Africa. Four of them are poverty, human movement, resistance and climate change.
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Marginalised or minority groups seem to suffer the most from heat-related deaths and disease.
For a malaria vaccine to have an impact, health promotion is key. Awareness campaigns must address safety concerns and emphasise expected positive impacts.
Collaboration and good working relationships are crucial for community-based ambulance services to work.
Outpatient visits, screening and diagnostic services, and child immunisation were particularly negatively affected.
As with Ebola, it is often only when the harm is done that people working on the response realise health emergencies disproportionately harm women.
Breast cancer is curable, provided it is detected early and treated promptly.
Since the war broke out, some healthcare workers have lost their jobs, others have been displaced, wounded, threatened or killed.
South Africa was once a leader in tobacco use control but has since fallen behind, and smoking prevalence has steadily increased.
Cannabis consumption erodes mental well-being and has adverse effects on school, work, and social life.
Pregnant women attending antenatal care should be asked about cooking fuels and given help to minimise prenatal biomass exposure to reduce low birth weight in Nigeria.
Most people with diabetes are poorly controlled. This makes them vulnerable to complications like eye problems, kidney disease, and even amputations.
The six young men took very different routes to recovery. Their experiences hold important lessons for managing opioid addiction.
Ebola is a highly transmissible disease but its spread can be prevented through behavioural measures.
Les femmes qui veulent avorter privilégient la protection sociale au détriment de la sécurité médicale pour échapper à la loi et à la stigmatisation. L’auto-prise en charge peut-elle être la réponse?
When tackling an Ebola outbreak speed is a critical element - every hour counts.
Obesity leads to a number of maternal and child health problems.
In the context of Nigeria’s restrictive abortion laws, promoting access to medication abortion drugs is a life saver.
People in Nigeria are creating new drugs either because they can’t afford more traditional narcotics, because they’re not controlled or because they’re strong.
Girls and young women do not search for medical safety when seeking abortion care. They prioritise “social safety” to avoid prosecution and social stigma. Can self-care be a solution?
When antiretroviral therapy is working effectively, HIV cannot be transmitted. This allows people with HIV to live fuller lives without the fear of infecting others.
The Sudan strain of the Ebola virus has been identified in Uganda for the first time in more than a decade.
The domestic workers’ place of work, as a private household, is difficult to monitor. It is therefore challenging for government to enforce current legislation.
The pandemic has disrupted national immunisation programmes. As a result, the African continent is seeing more outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases.
Lowering obesity and overweight rates will lift the burden on healthcare spending.