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An Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtains a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters, 23 November 2015. Reuters/Jim Gathany/CDC/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

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Dr Anuschka Coovadia is the head of healthcare for Africa at KPMG

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Ambitious plans to vaccinate more than a million against cholera

4 Jul 2019

Dr Dan Wu, postdoctoral fellow in the RCSI Department of Chemistry and first author on the paper

Fluorescence imaging could transform cancer surgery

2 Jul 2019

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Why Nigeria's doctors are leaving, and how the problem can be fixed

Olayinka Stephen 2 Jul 2019

To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12

To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12

Nicholas Wood, Alexis Pillsbury and Jean Li-Kim-Moy 28 Jun 2019

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R18m donation for African-centric medicine research

28 Jun 2019

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Alzheimer's disease not linked to type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure - new study

Elisabet Englund & Keivan Javanshiri 26 Jun 2019

A child about to have his rotten tooth capped at the author’s clinic in Khartoum, Sudan. Author provided

Saving children's teeth in Sudan - without anaesthetic or drills

Fadil Elamin 25 Jun 2019

Border screening at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. EPA-EFE/DANIEL IRUNGU

Kenya responded fast to Ebola scare, but cross-border risk remains high

Abdhalah Ziraba 21 Jun 2019

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

21 Jun 2019

There’s a lack of research that deals specifically with conditions in African countries. Shutterstock

Africa needs to up its research game to fight non-communicable diseases

Andre Pascal Kengne, Elvis Banboye Kidzeru & Muki Shey 19 Jun 2019

Health workers from Bwera hospital prepare to transport the body of a fifty-year-old woman who died of Ebola to the burial site in Bwera, Uganda. MELANIE ATUREEBE/EPA

How Africa's porous borders make it difficult to contain Ebola

Mosoka Fallah 18 Jun 2019

The three big studies pushing at the frontiers of HIV prevention

Glenda Gray 14 Jun 2019

Fruit bats can pass Ebola on to humans. Jeffrey Paul Wade/Shutterstock

Ebola outbreaks may be more common than we think

14 Jun 2019

Professor Valerie Mizrahi. Photo: Robyn Walker/UCT

UCT scientist uses award to fund TB research

10 Jun 2019

Two women sell roadside refreshments in rural Kano in 2011. Shobana Shankar, CC BY-SA

What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria

Shobana Shankar 7 Jun 2019

Photo: Newstalk

Decolonising healthcare

6 Jun 2019

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Chronic diseases and their impact on the economy

5 Jun 2019

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U-turn in cannabis regulations opens up market

Megan Adderley, Rodney Africa, Adriano Esterhuizen & Deerah Pillay-Lungoomiah 3 Jun 2019

Mycobacterium tuberculosis under the microscope.

SU researchers study resistance to 'protect' new TB drug

3 Jun 2019

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

3 Jun 2019

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#AfricaMonth: Re-envisioning Africa's healthcare system

31 May 2019

Historically, Khoisan people from southern Africa were used as scientific subjects in racist experiments. hecke61/Shutterstock

How controversial "racist" research opens door for a decolonisation drive

30 May 2019

Vector control targeting the larval phase of the mosquito’s life cycle can be successful. Shutterstock

Killing mosquito larvae can contribute towards malaria elimination

Tiaan de Jager & Taneshka Kruger 30 May 2019

Nestlé launches innovation challenge in 6 African countries

Nestlé launches innovation challenge in 6 African countries

28 May 2019

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge on his way to wining the London Marathon in April 2019. EPA-EFE/Facundo Arrizabalaga

Kipchoge's marathon success remains a mystery: some clues from my research

Vincent O Onywera 27 May 2019

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#AfricaMonth: Saving trauma patients

24 May 2019

Health workers burying a child who died of Ebola in the DRC’s North Kivu province. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA

Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC's Ebola outbreak. Here are some

Mosoka Fallah 23 May 2019

L'Oréal teams up with Alibaba for AI-based app targeting acne sufferers

L'Oréal teams up with Alibaba for AI-based app targeting acne sufferers

22 May 2019

A health worker looks on at an Ebola transit centre in Beni in North Kivu province, DRC. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA

Ebola survivors can lose their eyesight. What we're doing to prevent it

Steven Yeh, Jean-Claude Mwanza & Jessica Shantha 16 May 2019

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Ambitious plans to vaccinate more than a million against cholera

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Dr Dan Wu, postdoctoral fellow in the RCSI Department of Chemistry and first author on the paper

Fluorescence imaging could transform cancer surgery

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Doctors preparing to perform an operation. Shutterstock

Why Nigeria's doctors are leaving, and how the problem can be fixed

Olayinka Stephen 2 Jul 2019

To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12

To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12

Nicholas Wood, Alexis Pillsbury and Jean Li-Kim-Moy 28 Jun 2019

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80's child/Shutterstock

Alzheimer's disease not linked to type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure - new study

Elisabet Englund & Keivan Javanshiri 26 Jun 2019

A child about to have his rotten tooth capped at the author’s clinic in Khartoum, Sudan. Author provided

Saving children's teeth in Sudan - without anaesthetic or drills

Fadil Elamin 25 Jun 2019

Border screening at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. EPA-EFE/DANIEL IRUNGU

Kenya responded fast to Ebola scare, but cross-border risk remains high

Abdhalah Ziraba 21 Jun 2019

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

21 Jun 2019

There’s a lack of research that deals specifically with conditions in African countries. Shutterstock

Africa needs to up its research game to fight non-communicable diseases

Andre Pascal Kengne, Elvis Banboye Kidzeru & Muki Shey 19 Jun 2019

Health workers from Bwera hospital prepare to transport the body of a fifty-year-old woman who died of Ebola to the burial site in Bwera, Uganda. MELANIE ATUREEBE/EPA

How Africa's porous borders make it difficult to contain Ebola

Mosoka Fallah 18 Jun 2019

The three big studies pushing at the frontiers of HIV prevention

Glenda Gray 14 Jun 2019

Fruit bats can pass Ebola on to humans. Jeffrey Paul Wade/Shutterstock

Ebola outbreaks may be more common than we think

14 Jun 2019

Professor Valerie Mizrahi. Photo: Robyn Walker/UCT

UCT scientist uses award to fund TB research

10 Jun 2019

Two women sell roadside refreshments in rural Kano in 2011. Shobana Shankar, CC BY-SA

What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria

Shobana Shankar 7 Jun 2019

Photo: Newstalk

Decolonising healthcare

6 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Chronic diseases and their impact on the economy

5 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

U-turn in cannabis regulations opens up market

Megan Adderley, Rodney Africa, Adriano Esterhuizen & Deerah Pillay-Lungoomiah 3 Jun 2019

Mycobacterium tuberculosis under the microscope.

SU researchers study resistance to 'protect' new TB drug

3 Jun 2019

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

3 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

#AfricaMonth: Re-envisioning Africa's healthcare system

31 May 2019

Historically, Khoisan people from southern Africa were used as scientific subjects in racist experiments. hecke61/Shutterstock

How controversial "racist" research opens door for a decolonisation drive

30 May 2019

Vector control targeting the larval phase of the mosquito’s life cycle can be successful. Shutterstock

Killing mosquito larvae can contribute towards malaria elimination

Tiaan de Jager & Taneshka Kruger 30 May 2019

Nestlé launches innovation challenge in 6 African countries

Nestlé launches innovation challenge in 6 African countries

28 May 2019

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge on his way to wining the London Marathon in April 2019. EPA-EFE/Facundo Arrizabalaga

Kipchoge's marathon success remains a mystery: some clues from my research

Vincent O Onywera 27 May 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

#AfricaMonth: Saving trauma patients

24 May 2019

Health workers burying a child who died of Ebola in the DRC’s North Kivu province. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA

Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC's Ebola outbreak. Here are some

Mosoka Fallah 23 May 2019

L'Oréal teams up with Alibaba for AI-based app targeting acne sufferers

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A health worker looks on at an Ebola transit centre in Beni in North Kivu province, DRC. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA

Ebola survivors can lose their eyesight. What we're doing to prevent it

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Stronger health systems will boost the fight against infectious diseases

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Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer

Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer

10 May 2019

New report: Lack of water in health facilities puts patients at risk

New report: Lack of water in health facilities puts patients at risk

9 May 2019

A University of Cape Town medical student doing yoga for a project that draws on ideas from medical and health humanities. Third Year Yoga SSM

New ways of thinking on health, arts and humanities are emerging in Africa

Carla Tsampiras & Nolwazi Mkhwanazi 3 May 2019

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Gold mining reduces infant mortality rate

3 May 2019

A South African study found that most doctors and nurses prescribed antibiotics for a viral infection even when patients discouraged them from doing so. Photo via Flickr by Chilanga Cement (CC BY 2.0)

UN report warns of disastrous consequences of antibiotic resistance

30 Apr 2019

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How we are developing immunotherapies relevant to Africa

Neelakshi Mungra, Krupa Naran & Trishana Nundalall 30 Apr 2019

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Vaccine drone delivery service takes off in Ghana

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#WorldMalariaDay: As a Malian, the slogan 'zero malaria starts with me' has special meaning

Mamadou Coulibaly 25 Apr 2019

Malaria detection campaign in the Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina-Faso) in collaboration with the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé. Elena

#WorldMalariaDay: What we're doing in Burkina-Faso to help stop it

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Human milk banks collect, pasteurise, test, store, and distribute donated breastmilk. NataBU/Shutterstock

Kenyan hospital opens human milk bank - a rarity in sub-Saharan Africa

Elizabeth Kimani-Murage 23 Apr 2019