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Adolescent alcohol consumption is driven by several factors such as the availability of alcohol and social norms.
The first African woman to reach a grand slam tennis final, she has once again set Wimbledon – and Tunisian hearts – ablaze.
Of the 20 million people living with sickle cell disease globally, more than 66% are in sub-Saharan Africa.
The thorny issue of testosterone testing has made news, not just the growing skills on the field.
A new study hopes to produce a catalogue of human genetic variation and assess the burden of noncommunicable diseases in 100,000 adults in Nigeria.
Sandfish keep the rivers clean and the food web balanced but their numbers are declining. Farmers are helping to lift these numbers.
Counties have better knowledge of the impact of food insecurity on households but lack the will and capacity to tackle it.
There is enormous potential to increase the productivity of African fisheries. There is also potential to improve coastal and marine health.
There is a need for better innovations and policies to help improve the fisheries sector in this region.
African countries must take bold actions to repair their health systems and make them more resilient.
More attention should be given to the oral health of women during the reproductive years, in particular those who have many children.
Nigeria can save money spent importing citric acid by producing it from cashew waste.
Drug discovery research in Africa receives modest but essential international funding through philanthropic foundations and selected pharmaceutical companies.
In urbanising communities in sub-Saharan Africa, women cooking primarily with charcoal and wood had approximately 50% higher odds of likely depression than those cooking with gas.
Nigeria generates 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste yearly. Research and public enlightenment can help address the problem.
The ongoing humanitarian crisis raises serious questions about future food and water security in the Horn of Africa.
Journalists may unwittingly perpetuate the notion that men are the only experts worth listening to. This limits the visibility of women in science.
For the moment the find in Nigeria simply points to the potential for lithium resource. Full exploration will be necessary.
Researchers have long argued that greywater could bolster South Africa’s food security if it’s used to water domestic food gardens.
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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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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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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 in the faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
