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Avoiding malaria could be as simple as “ABCD” if the proper care is taken.
Malaria is prevalent in developing countries. Epigenetics may be the key to finding its Achilles heel.
Social media offers good conditions for wildlife trafficking to thrive.
Agriculture is well placed to provide employment for millions across the African continent.
Researchers are only beginning to understand the impact of pollution and increased temperatures on the biology of mosquitoes.
Cyclone Idai showed just how unprepared SADC is to respond to major natural disasters.
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Diseases like cholera are among the many health crises Cyclone Idai has created.
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.
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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
