A regulatory approach will place an unnecessary burden on bio-innovators. This will discourage local investment for in-house R&D, as well as projects in the public sector.
Juliet Namanda teaching children at her home in Kampala, Uganda, due to school closures.
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Masud Ibrahim, AAM University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development and Robert E. Hinson, University of Ghana
The introduction of these technologies in Ghana has created an enabling platform for consumers to use their mobile phones to pay for goods and services
Card readers were used to confirm permanent voter cards during the 2019 Presidential elections in Nigeria.
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Young academies, which generally represent early career scientists, fared far better than their senior counterparts - a promising sign for the future.
As the pandemic winds down, continual surveillance of wild animals is vital to ensure that it doesn’t switch to another sphere of life.
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A growing body of research shows that COVID-19 protocols should be extended to areas in which there is a human-animal interface such as zoos, wildlife sanctuaries and game farms.
Bringing vaccine manufacturing closer to Africa to speed up supply is important for building capacity in the region.
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Governance structures that provide opportunities for people to contribute to decision-making would also enhance people’s abilities to control important factors in their life.
The world needs game-changing tools to prevent more TB cases and deaths.
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Matthew Quaife, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Finn McQuaid, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Manufacturers and health systems have shown that vaccines can be quickly and effectively deployed when accompanied by keen political and financial commitments.
President of South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal Mandisa Maya has been recommended as the country’s next Chief Justice.
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Aside from human rights abuses, vigilantes may be unreliable, poorly skilled, and lacking transparency and accountability.
Southern Africa’s summer rainfall regions currently experiencing the wet-season will likely continue having wetter than normal conditions.
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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