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 »
September 09, 2022
Africa: Monkeypox May Cause Neurological Damage, Including Inflammation of the Brain - New Study
Monkeypox's effect on the skin - the disfiguring rashes - and the flu-like symptoms have been well described, but few have investigated the neurological and psychiatric problems… Read more »
September 11, 2022
Nigeria: Ovarian Condition That Can Cause Missed Menstrual Periods and Infertility Is Going Undetected
Polycystic ovary syndrome is the most common gynaecological endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age. It affects between 4% and 20% of women globally and is influenced by… Read more »
September 09, 2022
South Africa: 5 Essential Reads On Migrant Access to Healthcare in South Africa
The hostility against foreign nationals that has been displayed outside some of South Africa's hospitals is not new or isolated. South Africa is home to about 2 million immigrants,… Read more »
September 06, 2022
Africa: What Is Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease?
As a new parent, I've become acutely aware of every person in the vicinity of my daughter who has the slightest sniffle or looks vaguely unwell. Read more »
September 05, 2022
Botswana: HIV Patients Get Adequate Treatment - But One Group Is Slipping Through the Cracks
HIV remains a major public health challenge globally. Around 38 million people are estimated to be living with the infection. Sub-Saharan Africa bears the brunt of the HIV… Read more »
Africa: 5 Virus Families That Could Cause the Next Pandemic, According to the Experts
The CSIRO has delivered a comprehensive report on how we should prepare for future pandemics. Read more »
Southern Africa: How Migrants Who Move Between Zimbabwe and South Africa Access Healthcare in Border Towns
Zimbabwe and South Africa share a 225 km common border. There is only one official border crossing, at Beitbridge. An estimated 15,000 migrants and refugees from Zimbabwe and other… Read more »