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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.
Top contributors
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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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Honorary Research Associate, Public Health Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Ann M. Cheney is a Friend of The Conversation.
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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Epidemiologist, University of the Witwatersrand
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Communications Specialist, University of California, San Francisco
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Health Economist, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
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Assistant Professor of Global Health, University of Global Health Equity
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Lecturer, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer, University of Cape Town
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