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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

Mystery disease identified as severe malaria - DRC health ministryYassin Kombi and Anait Miridzhanian

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Photo: New Zimbabwe

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The outbreak of listeriosis is over - Motsoaledi

The outbreak of listeriosis is over - Motsoaledi

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Africa commits to WHO access to medicine goals

Africa commits to WHO access to medicine goals

30 Aug 2018

Microplastics. Image by Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0,

We are guinea pigs in a worldwide experiment on microplastics

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Karien Bornheim, founder and CEO, Footprint Africa Business Solutions

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MTV Shuga launches three new campaigns

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#Mandela100: Africa needs leaders who live and exude integrity

#Mandela100: Africa needs leaders who live and exude integrity

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Why Cuban doctors in Kenya don't deserve the treatment they're getting

Why Cuban doctors in Kenya don't deserve the treatment they're getting

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Nairobi is planning car-free days. They could bring many benefits

Nairobi is planning car-free days. They could bring many benefits

Haneen Khreis and Mark Nieuwenhuijsen 10 Jul 2018

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

29 Jun 2018

Egyptian e-health startup ElBalto launches mobile consultation service

Egyptian e-health startup ElBalto launches mobile consultation service

Tom Jackson 27 Jun 2018

Health systems rarely consider that patients switch between hospitals or primary healthcare centres and indigenous medicine for their health issues. Direct Relief/Tobin Greensweig

Why indigenous medicine could play a role in rebuilding health systems

Jean-Benoit Falisse and Serena Masino 20 Jun 2018

Clinical trials can bring important benefits to African countries. Good Mood/Shutterstock

Africa hosts very few clinical trials. Why this is bad for innovation

Swapan Kumar Patra 5 Jun 2018

Stemming the medical brain drain in Africa

Stemming the medical brain drain in Africa

28 May 2018

Ebola outbreak in DRC: Are we better prepared this time?

Ebola outbreak in DRC: Are we better prepared this time?

Connor Bamford 14 May 2018

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DRC and its neighbours mobilise resources to tackle Ebola outbreak

Chikwe Ihekweazu 11 May 2018

Are Cuban doctors the magic cure to East Africa's health sector?

8 May 2018

WHO offers regional support in listeriosis crisis

WHO offers regional support in listeriosis crisis

10 Apr 2018

Massive measles vaccination campaign underway in Somalia

Massive measles vaccination campaign underway in Somalia

15 Mar 2018

Dedicated website set up to address Listeriosis questions and concerns

Dedicated website set up to address Listeriosis questions and concerns

7 Mar 2018

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

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Dr William Mapham.
Image © Christopher Larson/Scott Gorman.

#Designindaba2018: SA's crowd-sourced solution for a global problem

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UN warns of rising food insecurity across Africa

UN warns of rising food insecurity across Africa

20 Feb 2018

Solar project helps resolve power outages in Malawi hospitals

Solar project helps resolve power outages in Malawi hospitals

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Journalists trained in health reporting in Sierra Leone

Journalists trained in health reporting in Sierra Leone

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Why drugs alone won't stop the spread of parasitic worms in Africa

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Zim only has two pathologists

Zim only has two pathologists

9 Oct 2018

Piron Giullaume/Unsplash

Tackle Africa's chronic diseases with effective actions

Sam Otieno 18 Sep 2018

A small hospital in Wakiso district in the central region of Uganda. Shutterstock

People across Africa have to travel far to get to a hospital. We worked out how far

Paul Ouma & Emelda Okiro 14 Sep 2018

Photo: New Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean cholera death toll rises to 16

Nyemudzai Kakore & Munyaradzi Masiiwa 10 Sep 2018

The outbreak of listeriosis is over - Motsoaledi

The outbreak of listeriosis is over - Motsoaledi

4 Sep 2018

Africa commits to WHO access to medicine goals

Africa commits to WHO access to medicine goals

30 Aug 2018

Microplastics. Image by Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0,

We are guinea pigs in a worldwide experiment on microplastics

John Meeker 15 Aug 2018

Karien Bornheim, founder and CEO, Footprint Africa Business Solutions

Using IoT to solve the healthcare puzzle

13 Aug 2018

MTV Shuga launches three new campaigns

MTV Shuga launches three new campaigns

1 Aug 2018

#Mandela100: Africa needs leaders who live and exude integrity

#Mandela100: Africa needs leaders who live and exude integrity

Rudo Kwaramba-Kayombo 19 Jul 2018

Why Cuban doctors in Kenya don't deserve the treatment they're getting

Why Cuban doctors in Kenya don't deserve the treatment they're getting

Rich Warner 13 Jul 2018

RTI International/Ruth McDowall

Corruption in the Nigerian health sector has many faces. How to fix it

11 Jul 2018

Nairobi is planning car-free days. They could bring many benefits

Nairobi is planning car-free days. They could bring many benefits

Haneen Khreis and Mark Nieuwenhuijsen 10 Jul 2018

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

29 Jun 2018

Egyptian e-health startup ElBalto launches mobile consultation service

Egyptian e-health startup ElBalto launches mobile consultation service

Tom Jackson 27 Jun 2018

Health systems rarely consider that patients switch between hospitals or primary healthcare centres and indigenous medicine for their health issues. Direct Relief/Tobin Greensweig

Why indigenous medicine could play a role in rebuilding health systems

Jean-Benoit Falisse and Serena Masino 20 Jun 2018

Clinical trials can bring important benefits to African countries. Good Mood/Shutterstock

Africa hosts very few clinical trials. Why this is bad for innovation

Swapan Kumar Patra 5 Jun 2018

Stemming the medical brain drain in Africa

Stemming the medical brain drain in Africa

28 May 2018

Ebola outbreak in DRC: Are we better prepared this time?

Ebola outbreak in DRC: Are we better prepared this time?

Connor Bamford 14 May 2018

Army Medicine via

DRC and its neighbours mobilise resources to tackle Ebola outbreak

Chikwe Ihekweazu 11 May 2018

Are Cuban doctors the magic cure to East Africa's health sector?

8 May 2018

WHO offers regional support in listeriosis crisis

WHO offers regional support in listeriosis crisis

10 Apr 2018

Massive measles vaccination campaign underway in Somalia

Massive measles vaccination campaign underway in Somalia

15 Mar 2018

Dedicated website set up to address Listeriosis questions and concerns

Dedicated website set up to address Listeriosis questions and concerns

7 Mar 2018

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Lauren Hartzenberg 5 Mar 2018

Dr William Mapham.
Image © Christopher Larson/Scott Gorman.

#Designindaba2018: SA's crowd-sourced solution for a global problem

Sue Disler 22 Feb 2018

UN warns of rising food insecurity across Africa

UN warns of rising food insecurity across Africa

20 Feb 2018

Solar project helps resolve power outages in Malawi hospitals

Solar project helps resolve power outages in Malawi hospitals

26 Jan 2018

Journalists trained in health reporting in Sierra Leone

Journalists trained in health reporting in Sierra Leone

24 Jan 2018

Samples of the motorcycles donated by WHO. Image: Ayodamola Owoseye. Source:

WHO donates 853 motorcycles to Nigeria

Ayodamola Owoseye 23 Jan 2018

Government bans livestock, agriculture imports from South Africa over Listeriosis

Government bans livestock, agriculture imports from South Africa over Listeriosis

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Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

20 Nov 2017

Dr Simon Antindi. Photo: Ryan Lenora Brown

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Ryan Lenora Brown 1 Nov 2017

Africa has focused on tackling undernutrition caused by low calorie diets. IFPRI

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Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

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The fight against antimicrobial resistance depends on good agricultural practices

The fight against antimicrobial resistance depends on good agricultural practices

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Philanthropists join forces to fund Africa's cash-strapped health sector

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