Nearly a quarter of survey participants were still hesitant about getting vaccinated. Some were not even open to persuasion. Communication campaigns must be tailored to the fears of sub-populations.
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Theatre is able to create a space for discussion about how and why women experience physical and emotional violence.
South Africans should not panic about the food system. But authorities will need to act swiftly and assertively to restore stability.
IMF programmes run the risk of having too many conditions. This may drive countries into financial disaster. And back to the IMF again.
While COVID-19 has held back learning, the pandemic presents a historic opportunity to revamp education systems.
The government must take some of the blame for the radicalisation of non-state actors like the Indigenous People of Biafra.
The public politics of African writers has been in the spotlight again due to the bitter disagreement between Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Akwaeke Emezi over transgender issues.
Contrary to expectations, researchers found that overall contraceptive use increased in most settings.
Nigeria needs a multisectoral approach to break its annual cholera epidemic.
To solve a problem like COVID-19, it is obviously essential to have accurate information about the true status of the situation.
The first step of any public health response must be prevention. Preventing new infections and containing the pandemic protects health systems from getting close to collapse.
The average Nigerian woman or child faces a host of hindrances in accessing health services.
Finding a way to increase the participation of men and fathers in unpaid care work would have an important influence on a more equal distribution between women and men.
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South Africa is quite capable of delivering world-class healthcare to all its citizens. But this is constantly being hampered by an increasingly unconducive environment.
Students with disability continue to face dire exclusion in education and there is an urgent need to provide inclusive education for them.
Uganda needs to activate the community engagement pillar and resource the new strategy that’s in place.
Patients shouldn’t be treated better simply because they can afford to pay more.
The presence of multi drug-resistant bacteria in goats and sheep in southwest Nigeria may be due to regular use of antibiotics and unhygienic practices by farmers.
In addition to transport, Nigeria needs to pay more attention to logistics and supply chain management.
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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