Cryptococcal ceningitis is one of the main causes of death of people with HIV. The tests and medicines to diagnose and treat it exist but remain inaccessible to most. A global strategy is needed.
A healthcare worker performs a nasal swab as he tests a woman for COVID-19 in Bamako, Mali.
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Deficient leptin levels caused by malnutrition might protect against severe COVID-19 and related death. This could be another reason for the lower than expected COVID-19 deaths in Africa.
Much remains to be resolved before the waiver is translated into increased vaccine supply.
Muslim worshippers perform the evening Tarawih prayer during the fasting month of Ramadan around the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca, on April 13, 2021.
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The early years are when a child is most vulnerable, but it is also the time when effective interventions can deliver the biggest returns.
Entrepreneurs at this popular Lagos cane furniture market could do a lot more for their business with the use of social media.
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In 2019, 89,834 people died of diabetes. This number exceeds the capacity of Soccer City, the biggest football stadium in South Africa.
Scientist Kafayat Falana testing the viability of cowpea germinated seeds in a laboratory in Ibadan, southwest Nigeria.
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The founding principles of the Buddhist meditation technique known as mindfulness can help business leaders build stronger relationships in the workplace.
Family members of COVID-19 infected patients stand in a queue with empty oxygen cylinders outside the oxygen filling centre in New Delhi, India.
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A holistic view of climate change risk considers climate hazards, exposure, vulnerability and the responses to these. It also takes into account how multiple risks interact.
A community health worker attends to a baby during a free mother and child clinic for the public.
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Peter Macharia, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme e Emelda Okiro, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme
Our findings provide an additional tool for determining what to prioritise, where to target and when to intervene.
South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, receives the COVID-19 vaccine. Leaders have publicly taken the vaccine to encourage others to do the same.
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The term “citizen science” is intended to widen the network of people whose contribution to science is acknowledged. But the word “citizen” can be problematic.
The pandemic has driven university students’ stress levels up as they grapple with remote learning.
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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
Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand