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Health care workers and patients in the temporary outside area Steve Biko Academic Hospital created to screen and treat suspected Covid-19 cases in Pretoria.
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Scientists have observed that 501Y.V2 has quickly become "dominant" among multiple variants that have been circulating in the South African population.
As technology - and the data that drives it - becomes more integral in education, policies will need to shift.
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Penguins are sensitive to ecosystem changes such as reduction of available prey, pollution and climate change. Their presence and abundance is indicative of a healthy and balanced ecosystem.
The HIV/AIDS response played out over a much longer trajectory than COVID-19. But it is, in some respects, a shining example of what can be achieved when countries and people work together.
Heatwaves pose a huge threat to human health.
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Extreme heatwaves aren't systematically monitored in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. This leads to unnecessary and premature deaths which are often unrecorded.
Many South Africans use traditional medicine.
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Currently there is no specific antiviral drug to treat COVID-19 and no vaccine to prevent it. Most treatment strategies focus on symptomatic management and supportive therapy.
It is essential to add genomic data from all global populations - including Africa. This will ensure that everyone can benefit from the advances in health.
Long-acting cabotegravir injections once every eight weeks was better than the daily tablet used for HIV prevention.
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Our findings suggest that cabotegravir is much more effective than Truvada in preventing HIV infection in women.
A response led by scientists and researchers must be central to any current and future threats.
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African countries have proven that they have the skills and expertise to provide local solutions to this global pandemic. They need to build on this success together to keep the pandemic at bay.
Many countries around the world have launched digital contact tracing apps.
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Digital contact tracing apps can successfully contribute to the management of viral outbreaks. These apps can even be designed to protect privacy rights and to work across borders.
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.
Academic publishing is often linked to promotions and bonuses.
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Smoke alarms are used extensively in formal buildings around the world to alert occupants to impending fires, but until recently they've not been used informal dwellings.
Most efforts in Africa to date have been financially supported and driven from outside the continent.
Eko Atlantic city in Lagos is described as the largest real estate project in Africa and dubbed the “Dubai of Africa”.
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Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town