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Unless special attention is given to conflict and HIV the war will undermine the achievement of the 2030 goals to end AIDS, discrimination, and new infections.
There is growing evidence that when poor-quality oxytocin is used, it fails to prevent post-partum haemorrhage.
Pregnant women and mothers of infants are at a higher risk of experiencing depression because of increased pressures they face economically, in their relationships, with their families, and socially.
Uganda needs to activate the community engagement pillar and resource the new strategy that’s in place.
Patients shouldn’t be treated better simply because they can afford to pay more.
Relying on donor funding means that the funder ultimately determines the health priorities. This is one reason why many programmes in Africa focus on a single disease such as HIV.
Due to early logistical planning, Rwanda had the capacity to store 5 million doses before the vaccines arrived.
Men can practically help their partners access care by assisting with the costs of attending clinical appointments such as transportation, health insurance, and meals while on route to the clinic.
Where there are not enough health workers to deliver medical care, one solution is to move certain tasks to less specialised health workers, a process called task-shifting.
Health surveillance assistants provide services in village clinics, mainly by assessing signs and symptoms in sick children. An electronic community case management app could make their job easier.
In the wake of COVID-19, researchers can become trusted figures of authority who can re-appropriate their networks, skills and knowledge to better the lives of vulnerable populations.
South Africa’s disaster management plan targets the most vulnerable. But it needs to respond in a more deliberate way when it comes to people with disabilities.
To contain COVID-19, African countries cannot rely just on doctors and nurses, who are already in short supply and at high risk of infection in the workplace.
Providing affordable pregnancy tests to women in low-resource countries is a critical, yet under-appreciated, way to improve their health.
Community-based HIV programmes helps improve access to health care.
Women health-care volunteers in places like Nepal, Afghanistan and Ethiopia play a vital role in the health system, yet they are undervalued and undertrained.
In Ethiopia health extension workers in rural areas fulfill an essential service - but they feel they have no career path.
Community health workers are finally being formally integrated into the health system – but they need support to make an impact.
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Professor, Department of Geography and Canada Research Chair in Health Service Geographies, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Malawi
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Deputy Director and Researcher at the Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Fellow of International Development, Deakin University
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Professor and PhD programme convenor, Division of Disability Studies, and co-lead of Inclusive Practices Africa, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town
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Public Health Medicine Specialist, University of the Witwatersrand
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Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity
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Assistant Professor, Department of Social Medicine Population and Public Health, University of California, Riverside
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Assistant Professor of Population Health Policy, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Global Health Coordinator; Clinical Assistant Professor., Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Pretoria
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Director Rural Health Advocacy Project, University of the Witwatersrand
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Epidemiologist, University of the Witwatersrand
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Communications Specialist, University of California, San Francisco
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Honorary Research Associate, Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, University of Cape Town
