The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned coronavirus poses "an existential threat to our continent." Evidence from past crises shows not everyone is affected equally; the ...
Apr 10, 2020
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First global nursing report shows least-developed countries will be short of 5.7 million nurses by 2030.
Apr 09, 2020
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City dwellers take more antibiotics than people in rural areas; children and the elderly use them more often than middle-aged people; the use of antibiotics decreases as education increases, but only in rich countries: These ...
Mar 11, 2020
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It was something, the silence. Nothing but the puff of her breath and the scuff of her slip-on shoes as Madeleine Mukantagara walked through the fields to her first patient of the day. Piercing cries once echoed down the ...
Dec 25, 2019
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Global life expectancy grew by 5.5 years between 2000 and 2016, the World Health Organization said Thursday, warning though that unequal income and access to healthcare translates into far shorter lives for many.
Apr 04, 2019
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