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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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Top hospital in Rwanda accredited for 4 years

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Antimicrobial resistance is a real threat.
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How The Plane Project is improving basic healthcare for thousands of Africans

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Spatial applications show where the Covid-19 vulnerable populations and active cases are, where to find care, and where there are resource gaps. Bushko Oleksandr/Shutterstock

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850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, WHO is supporting the Ghana Health Service in their efforts to continue providing essential medical services to the population at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ghana. Photo: WHO / Blink Media - Nana Kofi Acquah

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People wait for care at a Kenyan clinic. Photo by Wendy Stone/Corbis via Getty Images

Why Kenya's pro-poor health financing reforms miss their mark

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Health providers need to practise in error-proof environments as much as possible. GettyImages

Training can improve patient and health worker safety in sub-Saharan Africa

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Child mortality rates in the country are high. John Fredricks/NurPhoto via Getty Images

How smartphones could help improve child health in Malawi

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Many factors influence how consistently women take their HIV medicine. GettyImages

Zambian study points to why some mothers don't carry on taking HIV drugs

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Nigerian scientists are working to better understand coronavirus. African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Disease

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Congolese artist Chris Shongo paints on the outside wall of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Kinshasa on June 18, 2020.

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