September 30, 2022
Africa: If You Think Scrapping Covid Isolation Periods Will Get us Back to Work and Past the Pandemic, Think Again
COVID is an exceptional disease and was at its deadliest this year, causing more deaths in Australia between June and August 2022 than at any other time. There have been 288 deaths… Read more »
September 29, 2022
Africa: Why Has My Cold Dragged On So Long? and How Do I Know When It's Morphed Into Something More Serious?
Common colds are caused by viruses. There are no effective cures, and antibiotics do not work on viruses, so treatment is targeted at managing the symptoms until your immune system… Read more »
Africa: Getting Fit After Covid? Why You Should Be Strength Training - and How to Do It
After recovering from COVID, you might be eager to get out and do some exercise, particularly if you'd previously enjoyed keeping fit. While a bit of light cardiovascular training… Read more »
East Africa: 5 Steps to Stop Ebola Spreading in East Africa - A Frontline Expert Advises
The biggest Ebola outbreak in human history happened in West Africa from 2014 to 2015. I was on the front lines in Liberia serving as the head of case detection for the National… Read more »
September 28, 2022
Africa: Has the Pandemic Changed Our Personalities? New Research Suggests We're Less Open, Agreeable and Conscientious
For many of us, some personality traits stay the same throughout our lives while others change only gradually. However, evidence shows that significant events in our personal lives… Read more »
South Africa: Obesity Is On the Rise Among South African Women - A Risk to Maternal and Child Health
Obesity in adults has nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016 across the world. The World Health Organization estimated that by 2016, about 1.9 billion adults worldwide were… Read more »
Africa: Deep Brain Stimulation Can Be Life-Altering for OCD Sufferers When Other Treatment Options Fall Short
Imagine growing up tormented by fears and life-consuming rituals that make no sense to you or those around you. Then imagine the shame of being told by mental health providers… Read more »
September 26, 2022
South Africa: How to Help People Stay On Antiretroviral Therapy When Life Gets in the Way
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has turned HIV into a manageable chronic condition. When ART is working effectively, HIV cannot be transmitted. This allows people with HIV to live… Read more »
September 24, 2022
Uganda: Nation Well Prepared for Ebola Outbreak
An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus was announced by Uganda's ministry of health on 21 September 2022. Uganda has had at least six previous episodes of Ebola in 2000 (224 dead),… Read more »
September 22, 2022
Africa: Someone in My House Has Covid. How Likely Am I to Catch It?
Throughout the pandemic, one of the biggest COVID risks has been sharing a house with someone who is infectious. Read more »
Africa: Covid-19 Can Cause Lasting Lung Damage - 3 Ways Long Covid Patients' Respiration Can Suffer
"I just can't do what I used to anymore." Read more »
Africa: When Should You Get the New Covid-19 Booster and the Flu Shot? Now Is the Right Time for Both
At this point in the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly everyone has experienced the panic and uncertainty that come with having mild COVID-like symptoms - such as a cough and sore throat -… Read more »
Africa: Monkeypox Case Numbers Are Falling, but That Doesn't Mean It's Going Away Anytime Soon
The global outbreak of monkeypox has been going on for nearly five months now. In that time, over 60,000 people have been infected in over 100 countries. Most of the cases have… Read more »
September 21, 2022
Africa: Covid Pandemic Created Immunisation Gaps. Over Half a Million African Children Are At Risk
The COVID pandemic exposed the fault lines in health systems and national routine immunisation programmes around the world. Read more »
September 20, 2022
Africa: How to Disagree Without Making Enemies in the Age of the Pandemic - Tips From a Psychologist
Have you ever been mocked or abused for your views on COVID? If so, you're not alone. Anyone wishing to engage in an open dialogue surrounding the pandemic can often encounter a… Read more »
September 19, 2022
Africa: Even Mild Covid Raises the Chance of Heart Attack and Stroke. What to Know About the Risks Ahead
A concerning report recently published in Nature Medicine suggests even a mild case of COVID can increase the long-term risks of serious cardiovascular diseases such as stroke,… Read more »
Africa: Supply Chain Management Needs a Rethink - Covid Changed Everything, or Did It?
COVID-19 has laid bare the vulnerability of the supply chain model that has dominated the way African firms have organised their production. In this model firms rely on multiple… Read more »
September 18, 2022
Africa: Did Covid Harm My Immune System? Am I Now At Risk of Other Infectious Diseases?
So you've had COVID and have now recovered. You don't have ongoing symptoms and luckily, you don't seem to have developed long COVID. Read more »
Africa: Memory Problems During the Pandemic? It's Just Your Brain Trying to Distinguish One Day From the Next
Without a doubt, we are living through a historically significant period. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted the global economy, imposed extreme strain on… Read more »
September 16, 2022
Africa: WHO Advised Against the Use of Two Antibody Therapies Against Covid - Here's What That Means
New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly advises against using the antibody therapies sotrovimab and casirivimab-imdevimab to treat patients with COVID-19. Read more »
September 13, 2022
South Africa: Obesity Costs South Africa Billions. We Did the Sums
Globally, it is widely acknowledged that obesity-related conditions and their complications add hugely to healthcare costs and productivity losses. In turn this adds a large burden… Read more »
Africa: Another New Covid Variant Is Spreading - Here's What We Know About Omicron Ba.4.6
BA.4.6, a subvariant of the omicron COVID variant which has been quickly gaining traction in the US, is now confirmed to be spreading in the UK. Read more »
September 15, 2022
Africa: Young People May Be More Likely to Believe in Conspiracy Theories That Deny Covid Facts - Here's How to Respond
The COVID pandemic has been a shock. Practically nobody alive today has previously encountered a virus so contagious that it spreads worldwide, infects at least half a billion… Read more »
September 14, 2022
Africa: Malaria Vaccine - The Road Has Been Long and Tortuous, but We're Getting There
A vaccine candidate, called R21, has been shown to be up to 80% effective at preventing malaria in young children, according to the latest trial results. Read more »
Africa: 17.7 Million Covid-19 Deaths and Counting. Here Are 11 Ways to Stop History Repeating Itself
A global report released today highlights massive global failures in the response to COVID-19. Read more »