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Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa
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  11 Apr 2019

Can vaccines help fight the rise of drug-resistant microbes?
Can vaccines help fight the rise of drug-resistant microbes?

  10 Apr 2019

Photo: WHO
WHO dispatches aid to displaced people in Ethiopia

10 Apr 2019

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Bizcommunity sends a clear message that Africa is open for business
Bizcommunity sends a clear message that Africa is open for business

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  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

  5 Apr 2019

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

  4 Apr 2019

Photo: United Nations
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Sports science needs to race towards a different approach. kentoh/Shutterstock
How sports science in Africa can be taught and thought about differently

15 Apr 2019

A woman receiving an oral cholera vaccine in Beira, Mozambique. Celeste Mac-Arthur
Cyclone Idai is over - but its health effects will be felt for a long time

 15 Apr 2019

World Bank unveils plan to strengthen human capital in Africa
World Bank unveils plan to strengthen human capital in Africa

12 Apr 2019

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa
The app that tracks diseases and saves lives in Africa

11 Apr 2019

Home visit trials strongly encouraged spouses to get involved. Anne Cockroft
Nigerian trial shows how universal home visits can help reduce maternal risks

 11 Apr 2019

Can vaccines help fight the rise of drug-resistant microbes?
Can vaccines help fight the rise of drug-resistant microbes?

 10 Apr 2019

Photo: WHO
WHO dispatches aid to displaced people in Ethiopia

10 Apr 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo
Understanding the cause of irreversible blindness in East Africa

9 Apr 2019

Bizcommunity sends a clear message that Africa is open for business
Bizcommunity sends a clear message that Africa is open for business

dotAfrica 9 Apr 2019

Bizcommunity launches BIZ | Daily top story headlines
Bizcommunity launches BIZ | Daily top story headlines

 8 Apr 2019

Doctors at a hospital in Kisumu, Kenya. Shutterstock
Scorecards can help measure health outcomes. An East Africa case study

 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

 5 Apr 2019

There is currently no established cure for Ebola – could antibody treatments be the answer? AHMED JALLANZO/EPA
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 4 Apr 2019

Photo: United Nations
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3 Apr 2019

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 27 Mar 2019

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

 26 Mar 2019

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 25 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

 11 Mar 2019

Dedicated cannabis expo set for Cape Town in April
Dedicated cannabis expo set for Cape Town in April

11 Mar 2019

Health workers in Liberia at the height of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA
Ebola in the DRC: the race is on between research and the virus

 8 Mar 2019

Zipline drone distribution centre, Rwanda.
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 1 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

 1 Mar 2019

Nearly half of childhood cancers worldwide are undiagnosed
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28 Feb 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
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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

 22 Feb 2019

Grant aims at improving public health supply chains in Africa
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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

 20 Feb 2019

In 50 years, Kenya has experienced an overall decline in under 5 mortality. Shutterstock
What mapping Kenya's child deaths for 50 years revealed - and why it matters

 19 Feb 2019

International push to improve food safety
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18 Feb 2019

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MDR-TB treatment achievable in post-conflict DRC

15 Feb 2019

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14 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

 11 Feb 2019

The Master of Science in Global Health Delivery Class of 2018. Photo by Jean Christophe Kitoko for UGHE
Rwanda university sets out to teach doctors medicine and management

 6 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

 30 Jan 2019


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