Africa: How Bad Is Air Pollution in Africa? If Only We Knew

The health risk seems to be rising in most African countries but without monitoring, effective intervention is difficult. Read more »

Africa: Child Care in Africa - Sierra Leone's Early Years Experiences

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »

Africa: Anti-Malarial Drug Resistance Is Making Malaria Normal Again

As Egypt is certified malaria-free, the parasite is developing resistance to treatments, costing the continent $127 billion in lost GDP by 2030, 600,000 lives a year and,… Read more »

Africa: The Digital Future of Pharmacy in Africa

Amid the drain of Africa's trained healthcare workers to the West, pharmacists are increasingly playing a frontline role that goes beyond dispensing drugs. Read more »

Africa: On World Meningitis Day, Too Many People Are Dying of Cryptococcal Meningitis in Africa

Improving outcomes for patients requires urgent efforts to reduce the price of treatments and increase access to drugs. Read more »

Ethiopia: Bridging the Nutritional Gap - a Call to Action for Burn Victims in Ethiopia

More than 75 percent of severely burned patients lose up to a quarter of their pre-admission weight and end up malnourished. Read more »

Africa: Epidemic Preparedness - the Importance of Local Adaptation

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarly, original and activist writing from within… Read more »

Africa: Malaria Is a Women's Rights Issue

When malaria rages, the women whose labour, visible and invisible, is the bedrock of the care economy, suffer; the effects reverberate across society. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Third Generation Feminists After Covid-19

Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »

South Africa: Informal Retailers - a Missed Opportunity for Tackling Food Insecurity in South Africa's Covid-19 Response

Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Crisis - Can Cash Transfers Prevent Starvation and State Collapse?

Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »

Africa: A Drug Development Model for the Diseases the World Forgot

Eschewing profit, over the past 20 years researchers at the Deadly and Neglected Diseases Initiative have developed a dozen drugs accessible to the world's most forgotten patients. Read more »

South Africa: The Calling of Bees - Healing and Hope After Covid-19

Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »

Africa: 'Economic Bondage' - East Africa Farmers Worry Over What GMOs Might Mean

While proponents of genetic modification say it can increase yields, researchers point out that Africa already grows enough food. Read more »

Africa: Scientists Urge Museveni to Respect LGBTI Rights

Dear President Museveni, Read more »

Africa: The COVID Consensus, African Studies and Internationalism

Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »

Africa: The Battle for Africa - Covid Consensus As History of the Present

Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »

Africa: Africa Is Winning the War Against Neglected Tropical Diseases

Research is yielding better drugs, and governments and Big Pharma have been pushed into action. The elimination of once-killer diseases is in sight. Read more »