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Doctors at a hospital in Kisumu, Kenya. Shutterstock

Scorecards can help measure health outcomes. An East Africa case study

Wilfred Senyoni 8 Apr 2019

With the right skills and infrastructure, Africa can boost its genomics research efforts. Dmytro Zinkevych/Shutterstock

Africa needs a heavy dose of investment in genomics research

Jenniffer Mabuka-Maroa 5 Apr 2019

There is currently no established cure for Ebola – could antibody treatments be the answer? AHMED JALLANZO/EPA

Guinea pigs cured of Ebola with antibodies, raising hopes for treatment in humans

Pramila Rajil & Alain Townsend 4 Apr 2019

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa

WHO report: 630-million years of healthy life lost in Africa

28 Mar 2019

Tools like the WHO checklist can lead to better surgical outcomes in countries with limited resources. Shutterstock

What African countries can do about ensuring safer surgery

Isabella Epiu 27 Mar 2019

Maternal mortality is much higher in Africa than in high-income countries. Shutterstock

The death rate for mothers having C-sections is 50 times higher in Africa

Bruce M Biccard 26 Mar 2019

Working with communities is essential to end Ebola

Working with communities is essential to end Ebola

22 Mar 2019

Dr Tshepo Motsepe

Africa-Asia partner to improve healthcare

20 Mar 2019

Facebook wants to stop spreading fake news about vaccines

Facebook wants to stop spreading fake news about vaccines

Shereesa Moodley 11 Mar 2019

Experts fear that Uganda’s efforts to eliminate graft in its health care system are not sustainable. Suuba Trust/Flickr

What we found out about bribery patterns in Uganda's healthcare system

Heather Marquette & Caryn Peiffer 1 Mar 2019

An aid worker collects health and nutrition data in northeastern Kenya. Shutterstock

Why fixing Africa's data gaps will lead to better health policies

27 Feb 2019

YouTube pulls ads on anti-vax channels

YouTube pulls ads on anti-vax channels

26 Feb 2019

Nigeria was quick to respond and control the 2014 Ebola outbreak. EPA

Why Nigeria is battling to control disease outbreaks like Lassa fever

Oyewale Tomori 22 Feb 2019

Grant aims at improving public health supply chains in Africa

Grant aims at improving public health supply chains in Africa

22 Feb 2019

Women in Malawi visit clinics many more times in their lives than men. Shutterstock

Malawi's health system puts women first. This isn't always a good thing

Kathryn Dovel, Morna Cornell, Sara Yeatman & Steph 20 Feb 2019

International push to improve food safety

International push to improve food safety

18 Feb 2019

Mali was one of the West African countries affected by the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded from 2014 to 2016. Shutterstock

Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes

Shirin Ashraf & Arthur Wickenhagen 11 Feb 2019

Prince Julius Adewale Adelusi-Adeluyi

Tackling the scourge of counterfeit drugs in Africa

31 Jan 2019

Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup. Shutterstock

Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

Lamech Mwapagha 30 Jan 2019

10 tech startups to participate in Airbus, GIZ #Africa4Future programme

10 tech startups to participate in Airbus, GIZ #Africa4Future programme

21 Jan 2019