Dangerous delays may happen at three points: the patient deciding to seek care, reaching a healthcare facility, or receiving quality care at that facility.
A man undergoes testing for COVID-19 at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital isolation centre, Nigeria.
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An ideal test for the diagnosis of COVID-19 would be cheap, accurate and easy to use. The key is to choose an affordable test with the strengths and limitations meet a population’s needs.
A mother-to-be in Kibera in Nairobi, where up to a third of adolescent girls and women between 15-22 experience an unwanted pregnancy.
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South Africa’s well positioned to adopt electric vehicles but this isn’t a solution in itself because the vehicles would still depend on electricity generated from carbon-emitting coal power stations.
Living close to waste sites has multiple health risks.
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With the dawn of colonialism, nursing and midwifery were formally established and, in many colonies, recognised as the first modern clinical profession on the African continent.
Domesic workers in South Africa continue to be neglected.
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The outsourcing of domestic work contributes to the race, class and gender stereotypes of domestic work. It has neither elevated the status nor improved the working conditions of domestic workers.
The Thusong Multipurpose Center in Khayelitsha which will serve as a COVID-19 site in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Involving senior health science students in the everyday practice helped address the workload in facilities, improved quality of patient care, and increased patient and staff satisfaction.
Improved mobile penetration in Ghana is an avenue to improving rural health care.
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South Africa is trialling a vaccine for COVID-19. Here's what you need to know about it.
A general view during the country’s first human clinical trial for a potential COVID-19 vaccine in Soweto, South Africa.
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There isn’t enough clinical research being done in Africa. This has had a lot of repercussions in terms of the timing when interventions become available and effective in high income countries.
A researcher wearing a face mask and gloves as a preventive measure inside a laboratory.
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Vaccine development usually spans a number of decades. This is because there’s a need to understand the mechanisms of protection against the pathogen, and to minimise adverse reactions.
An imam leads the prayer during the funeral for COVID-19 coronavirus victims at a mosque in Cape Town.
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Bernard Taverne, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD); Firmin Kra, Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké; Francis Akindès, Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké; Gabriele Laborde-Balen, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD); Khoudia Sow, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), and Marc Egrot, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
It is important that procedures surrounding funerals are developed by public health officials alongside traditional and religious authorities.
People exercising in Ellis Park in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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South Africa faces high levels of noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. The NHI is likely to battle to cope with treating large numbers of sick people.
Young Nigerians build stronger bonds from offline interactions and more bridges from online interactions.
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While the internet and social media have changed young Nigerians’ communication styles and even language, they have not reduced communication.
A volunteer receives an injection from a medical worker during the country’s first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against COVID-19 in Soweto, South Africa.
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The healthcare sector should focus on employee engagement and fostering meaningful relationships between staff. Leaders must show empathy and help staff deal with the trauma they may be experiencing.
To contain and mitigate the virus of misinformation needs multi-levelled, socio-cultural approaches.
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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
Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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