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Same-sex relationships in Zulu culture are perceived as taboo and unAfrican. Some men who have sex with men avoid seeking care at health clinics.
The world’s stockpile of cholera vaccines has run dry, bad news for cholera-ravaged southern Africa. Why is this and what is being done to address vaccine shortages in Africa?
Healthcare workers in South Africa aren’t always well equipped to treat diabetes. This has devastating consequences for patients.
Preterm babies born after 28 weeks can often survive with relatively simple medical care. Here is how.
Neglected tropical diseases are often associated with social exclusion as well as physical suffering. One billion people around the world suffer from these diseases.
Adolescent girls are more at risk during childbirth. Stigma and abuse by healthcare workers makes them less likely to seek medical care, putting their lives further in danger.
Heat, floods and droughts create conditions for pathogens and their vectors.
In rural Ghana, only 18% of patients believe elephantiasis is a disease. Some others think it is caused by curses or even rain. Only by understanding local beliefs can it be treated effectively.
The past two years have seen groundbreaking advances in the fight against malaria with the development of two vaccines. But demand far exceeds supply, so rollouts need to be carefully managed.
Africa bears the heaviest burden of antimicrobial resistance, a phenomenon fuelled largely by poverty, But there are encouraging signs that the continent is taking action to fight it.
Countries that have adopted clear food labels have seen the health benefits. Researchers explain how a new system to alert South African consumers to unhealthy choices was developed.
Children have constant access to media coverage of armed conflicts, terrorist attacks, mass shootings and other brutal acts. This makes it tough for them to develop a sense of hope for the future.
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Research Associate, focus on health rights, laws and policies, Simon Fraser University
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Associate Professor, Human Rights, University of Winnipeg
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Senior Lecturer in Immunology of Infectious Diseases, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
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Scientific Co-Director and Associate Professor, University of Waterloo
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Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing Foundations, MacEwan University
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Professor of Dermatology, University of Lome
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Head: Division of Medical Virology, Stellenbosch University
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Research Officer / EIDM Specialist, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Parasitology and Epidemiology, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Researcher, University of the Western Cape
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Extraordinary Senior Lecture in the Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University
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Project Manager, University of Pretoria Diabetes Research Centre, University of Pretoria
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Senior Data Analyst, Head of Data Science at Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI), Stellenbosch University
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Head Scientific Research Support, Stellenbosch University
