Medical research
Viewpoint: Colonial legacies fuel unfair practices in African research
Africa's data science ecosystem has the potential to drive transformative scientific research and health care advancements.
Feb 19, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nigeria issues travel ban on 13 countries over coronavirus
Nigeria on Wednesday issued a travel ban on citizens from 13 countries worst-hit by coronavirus.
Mar 18, 2020
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Medical economics
The COVID cost for Asia's informal workers
As COVID-19 took hold across borders in 2020 and 2021, more than 1.6 billion informal workers were estimated by the United Nations to have been impacted by mobility restrictions and other lockdown measures to tackle the coronavirus ...
Jun 30, 2023
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Health
Gender disparities in heat wave mortality in India
Are heat waves more deadly for women? This question initiated a study now published in "Significance Magazine" analyzing how extreme temperatures affect mortality differently for men and women, focusing on India.
Jun 27, 2024
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Health
Global health photographers navigate murky ethical waters for clients
Global health photography is often caught between photojournalistic intentions of accurately reflecting local communities and marketing directives to create attention-grabbing imagery, according to a study published in PLOS ...
Feb 14, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tuberculosis focus shifts to prevention amid coronavirus crisis
The World Health Organization has today issued new recommendations to tackle tuberculosis, a respiratory disease, in the wake of coronavirus spreading across continents.
Mar 25, 2020
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Health
From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera—the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa
The winds that whip the towns of the Eastern Cape in South Africa have the power to generate energy. But on a dry, hot day, those winds can gather up embers and dump them into tinder dry savannah and forest, destroying crops, ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Health
Researchers discover bias in how pictures are used to depict disease in global health publications
Photography is a powerful tool in storytelling and scientific communication. But it can also cause harm when used unethically.
Jan 11, 2023
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Vaccination
Useful protection or not warranted? Third jab debate rages
Should a third dose of COVID vaccine be recommended for the general population?
Sep 10, 2021
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Vaccination
South African case study sheds light on how vaccine manufacturing can be developed
The uneven availability of COVID-19 vaccines has become an increasingly urgent and vexatious issue. But managing the problem of what's been labeled "vaccine nationalism" is proving a hard nut to crack.
Apr 12, 2021
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