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Laurent Muschel, HERA Director General, and Jean Kaseya, Africa CDC Director General, stand near mpox vaccines as first batches arrive at N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 September 2024. Reuters/Justin Makangara/File Photo

Africa's top health official presses US to resume health aidJennifer Rigby

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 ministry

By Yassin Kombi and Anait Miridzhanian 18 Dec 2024

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A health worker spreading disinfectant at a health checkpoint in Goma, DRC. Patricia Martinez/EPA-EFE

Ebola survivors can pass on the virus: we're trying to understand what role sex plays

Andrew L Webb, Brayden G Schindell, Jason Kindrachuk & Jia B Kangbai 27 Sep 2019

Training is necessary to equip health workers to deal with climate change risks. EPA

Ghana's health system isn't quite ready for climate change realities

Lucia Hussey 20 Sep 2019

A woman and baby on a bicycle taxi in Salima, Malawi. Some Malawian men are becoming more involved in childcare. EPA-EFE

Malawi study highlights the importance of men in childcare and nutrition

19 Sep 2019

Tedros Ghebreyesus, embarrassed to only talk about Ebola. Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA

Over 3,000 killed by deadly virus in Democratic Republic of the Congo this year - and it's not Ebola

Jeremy Rossman & Matthew Badham 19 Sep 2019

Rural healthcare services are best supported by mid-level workers. Shutterstock

Mid-level workers: Africa's unsung health heroes need more support

Ian Couper 17 Sep 2019

A female Aedes albopictus mosquito feeding on a human host. James Gathany/CDC

Ethiopia must do more to stop recurring chikungunya outbreaks

Eunice Anyango Owino 16 Sep 2019

Slum residents were said to do less exercise because of cheap motorcycle taxis. Boris Golovnev/Shutterstock

Bad habits drive health risks among Kenya's urban poor

Frederick Wekesah 13 Sep 2019

Mikah Saunders and her dad, Deon, in Red Cross Children's Hospital's new haemotology-oncology unit.

Red Cross upgrade changes the lives of young cancer warriors

12 Sep 2019

A community care worker providing treatment to a TB patient at her home. Wikkicommons/Stherere23

Rebuilding health systems from the bottom up: a South African case study

Helen Schneider 12 Sep 2019

A health worker checks people’s temperatures in Goma, DRC. Patricia Martinez/EPA-EFE

How outbreaks like Ebola extract huge social and economic costs

Abdhalah Ziraba 22 Aug 2019

Supply chain conference to showcase healthcare lessons from Nigeria

Supply chain conference to showcase healthcare lessons from Nigeria

20 Aug 2019

High-income country trainees and experts must learn to listen and be humble. Shutterstock

Global health still mimics colonial ways: here's how to break the pattern

Madhukar Pai 19 Aug 2019

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Antimalarials less effective in malnourished children

16 Aug 2019

DRC President Felix Tshisekedi during the inauguration ceremony. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA-EFE

Tshisekedi has taken over the DRC's Ebola response. How he can make a difference

Mosoka Fallah 12 Aug 2019

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Migration and health: what southern Africa needs to do to plug the gaps

2 Aug 2019

Hepatitis is a major public health burden. Shutterstock

The WHO wants to rid the world of hepatitis by 2030: why it's a tough ask

Pauline Bakibinga 31 Jul 2019

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Ramaphosa signs Presidential Health Compact

26 Jul 2019

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#bhf2019conference: How blockchain can eliminate fraud, waste & abuse

Nicci Botha 25 Jul 2019

Health officer on the front-line in the DRC. Flickr

Why declaring Ebola a public health emergency isn't a silver bullet

Yap Boum 23 Jul 2019

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Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

What do South Africans think about SA's proposed Tobacco Bill?

What do South Africans think about SA's proposed Tobacco Bill?

23 Jul 2019

A health worker administers the Ebola vaccine. EPA-EFE

How the DRC's Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles

Benjamin Kagina 10 Jul 2019

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

Change across healthcare ecosystems in Africa

Anuschka Coovadia 5 Jul 2019

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Ambitious plans to vaccinate more than a million against cholera

4 Jul 2019

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

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

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Decolonising healthcare

6 Jun 2019

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Chronic diseases and their impact on the economy

5 Jun 2019

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

3 Jun 2019