In Uganda, essential medicines are not being stocked at facilities that need them most. This includes drugs to treat chronic diseases.
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Adequate and quality childcare determines women’s participation in the labour force and the type of work they can take on.
Kenya has managed to reduce the number of malaria cases in parts of the country. But this, in turn, has led to immunity levels dropping.
Instead of causing problems for farmers, carnivores could actually be beneficial by controlling rodent pests.
Numerous traditional African medicines are undeniably beneficial in treating disease or maintaining good health.
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In the future, traps for mosquito that spread the dengue and chikungunya virus could be made from the carbon dioxide in human breathe as well as body odour.
If researchers want to make an impact on public health they can’t just have a thorough grounding in their own discipline.
In periods of water stress, farmers need support, research assistance and empathy from governments and competing water users.
Remarkable progress is being made on HIV treatment. But African countries need to work on sustainable ways to ensure the treatment programmes are not entirely dependent on foreign aid.
There are many benefits to walking - whether you do it in a group or on your own.
Setting up 24 hour clinics in a busy metropole such as Johannesburg would help those who need health care most.
South Africa has successfully defended its constitutional democracy. But the harsh reality is that the country still faces development challenges.
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.
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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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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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Sociologist/Criminologist/Victimologist and Media Communication Expert, University of Ibadan
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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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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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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Fellow, Infrastructure Institute, School of Cities, University of Toronto
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Professor in the faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
