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Diseases like cholera are among the many health crises Cyclone Idai has created.
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Decision making on water infrastructure in peri-urban areas is challenging. But lessons have been learnt from a water project in Mozambique.
Kenya’s once financially healthy universities are in financial straits.
Sharing expertise and experiences of different health and social care professionals can improve health care.
The WHO has called for the global scale-up of human milk banks.
Scientists are trying to figure out what risks changes in Lake Chad’s levels pose to people in the region.
Scientists now have a better understanding of what martial eagles eat. This is valuable for the conservation of this endangered species.
The flood waters caused by Cyclone Idai have receded. But in some ways, the problems for many of the countries affected, are just beginning.
Home visits as part of community-based schemes to women during and after pregnancy can improve the health of mothers and babies.
Measures to control or reduce workplace noise exposure are critical to reducing hearing loss in workers.
South Africa has the potential to improve primary health care.
Rwanda has overcome its past to become a development miracle but if it’s not careful, history could repeat itself.
In some West African communities, age and magico-religious beliefs have a huge role to play in a woman’s independence.
The current Ebola outbreak in the DRC is devastating vulnerable communities already affected by displacement and violence.
East African countries use a scorecard to monitor maternal and child health progress in the region.
Genomics research is crucial to identify Africa-specific solutions to a range of diseases.
There’s mounting evidence that increased lighting has a range of negative effects.
In many African states power is concentrated in the executive branch. That’s why women’s representation in cabinet matters.
Until then we need to get effective, accessible treatment for all who need it, while deploying the many prevention tools at our disposal.
The push to end TB requires significant investment into the research and development of new diagnostics and treatments.
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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
