The experiences of non-nationals in South Africa’s public health care system are more complex and varied than implied by the dominant discourse on “medical xenophobia”
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Now is not the time to ease up the prevention effort, or decades of progress could be undone.
Research into public health benefits of integrating nature into cities has focused on green spaces. New studies suggest water features are just as useful and can piggyback on other infrastructure goals.
Effective health care interventions are very important for sub-Saharan Africa because the region has a high burden of vaccine-preventable diseases.
Africa is known to be where humans originated. This makes it the most genetically diverse region in the world. Diversity in other populations represents a subset of the diversity within Africa.
The presence of antibiotics in the environment poses a threat to global public health, food safety and human existence.
HIV is a condition that must be managed, not just medically, but also socially, tackling stigma, social anxieties and the risks of disclosure.
When governments have evidence, they are better placed to develop health policies and programmes.
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Many countries are struggling to reach the 90:90:90 goals because people have difficulty accessing treatment.
Communities continue to be vital in efforts to bring the pandemic under control. They are the custodians of rich knowledge that creates the context in which HIV transmission occurs.
New research supports kidney transplants from HIV-positive donors to recipients with HIV.
There’s an urgent need for interventions to increase uptake of antiretroviral therapy and improve services for adolescents.
Most women feel they are unable to ask health professionals questions. And only half were consistently asked if they had questions.
Global health researchers, funders and journals are not walking the talk on equity, diversity and inclusion.
We are seeing the end of modern medicine slowly being played out due to antibiotic resistance. But we can act together to alter the situation.
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Population growth rates pose a lingering challenge to development efforts on the continent.
Loneliness is a bigger cause of death than a poor diet, obesity, alcohol consumption, and lack of exercise, and it’s on a par with heavy smoking. So let’s get talking about it.
The aim is to discover, develop and facilitate delivery of anti-malarial medicines to help tackle the burden of malaria in endemic countries and support malaria eradication.
High fertility is driven by a number of factors including desired family size, low levels of use of modern contraceptives, and high levels of adolescent childbearing.
Many of the most fundamental aspects of TB disease remain unknown. For example, after exposure to the organism that causes TB, why do only some people get infected and only some of those fall ill?
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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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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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 Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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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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Executive Secretary, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine and Director, The Centre for Medical Ethics & Law, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Professor in the faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Researcher, SAMRC/Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science- PRICELESS SA, University of the Witwatersrand
