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Teenage girls in Kenya who fall pregnant either drop out of school or risk unsafe abortions.
The leading causes of death in sub-Saharan Africa for adults 15 to 49 years were AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal disorders, and road injuries.
A study in Kenya found that the lower men ranked themselves in society, the more violent they were with their intimate partners.
The fight against malaria needs scientific innovation. But community buy-in is just as important.
There’s increasing global recognition that violence against women and children often occur together in homes.
Women in developing countries are burdened by the lack of access to proper toilets in their homes, communities, schools and public spaces.
When children are drawn into their countries’ informal justice systems, their human rights are often threatened.
Some of the things we discard - like urine - can actually be useful resources.
Academic Stella Nyanzi has been daring in her critique of Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni. She now faces jail for her outspokenness.
Prevailing patriarchal and cultural norms in some societies prevent women victims of sexual crimes from talking out by shaming them.
Outdated water permit systems are threatening food security on the continent. Here’s what can be done.
Recent hoax papers in humanities don’t show what they claim, but need to be taken seriously.
Herders and farmers are unhappy about the way a corrupt state exploits rural peasants.
There have been many advances made in the prevention and treatment of pneumonia, but providing for people’s basic needs can help reduce the disease burden.
South Africa is piloting a new technique as it drives to eliminate malaria.
Progress in malaria control has stalled. Research towards an effective vaccine is underway.
Women in Ethiopia are shaking the foundations of the country’s political framework by taking on powerful positions.
There’s been significant advances in mental health genetics research, but Africa has largely been excluded.
With technology women are able to become agents of their own change.
Top contributors
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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
