South Africa has successfully defended its constitutional democracy. But the harsh reality is that the country still faces development challenges.
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When day zero arrives in Cape Town, the routine surveillance systems that monitor disease outbreaks will be enhanced to pick up new diseases.
Health and demographic surveillance systems are important to understand people and the societies that they live in.
Large companies have a big role to play in ensuring women’s rights are protected in industries such as horticulture.
South Africa has tended to prioritise race relations over gender relations since formal apartheid ended.
African governments must focus on developing and supporting highly-skilled water professionals.
One of the major scenes of a potential water crisis and conflict is the Nile River.
Arbitration hearings into the deaths of mentally ill patients has brought to light shocking cruelty and neglect on the part of South African officials.
Mental health care is neglected across Africa. But there are several reasons why countries should pay attention.
Family, marriage and culture are among the factors that influence black women’s experiences as scientists.
The placenta could hold the answers to why HIV positive women report higher rates of premature deliveries.
Famine weed spreads rapidly and is devastatingly destructive. Biocontrol is one way of dealing with the problem.
Obesity is on the rise among urban African women of reproductive age in all of the 24 countries studied.
Technology is changing how plant diseases are recognised and dealt with by small scale farmers in Africa.
Social media rumours are putting Nigeria’s vaccination campaigns at risk.
Policies encouraging lifestyle changes that reduce the risk of cancer could have positive effects on the economies of BRICS countries.
Tanzania’s laws about forcing girls to leave school if they’re pregnant are out-dated and miss the point.
There have been great strides towards the protection of women’s rights in Africa but progress has been slow. A new body to actively implement rights protections and monitor progress must be set up.
Diagnosing babies with HIV as early as possible is critical to ensuring that they get onto treatment.
Developing a map of African countries’ water poverty levels offers a transparent analysis for policymakers, governments and organisations that deal with water issues.
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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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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Sociologist/Criminologist/Victimologist and Media Communication Expert, University of Ibadan
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Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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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
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Fellow, Infrastructure Institute, School of Cities, University of Toronto
