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How virus detectives trace the origins of an outbreak - and why it's so tricky

Medical Research

How virus detectives trace the origins of an outbreak - and why it's so tricky

Marilyn J Roossinck 15 Jun 2021

The next pandemic is already happening - targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it

Infectious Diseases

The next pandemic is already happening - targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it

Maureen Miller 3 Jun 2021

Coronavirus variants have new names: we can finally stop stigmatising countries

Covid-19

Coronavirus variants have new names: we can finally stop stigmatising countries

Ed Feil 3 Jun 2021

Could a simple pill beat Covid-19? Pfizer is giving it a go

Covid-19

Could a simple pill beat Covid-19? Pfizer is giving it a go

Peter Wark 1 Jun 2021

Ebola survivors: their health struggles and how best to support them

Infectious Diseases

Ebola survivors: their health struggles and how best to support them

Peter B James, Abdulai Jawo Ba, Amie Steel, Jon Adams & Jon Wardle 28 May 2021

Time for the world to learn from Africa

Higher Education

Time for the world to learn from Africa

Prof Francis Petersen 27 May 2021

Low trust in authorities affects vaccine uptake: evidence from 22 African countries

Public Health

Low trust in authorities affects vaccine uptake: evidence from 22 African countries

Jean-Francois Maystadt, Kalle Hirvonen & Nik Stoop 21 May 2021

Women are a mainstay of fishing in West Africa. But they get a raw deal

Fishing

Women are a mainstay of fishing in West Africa. But they get a raw deal

Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood and Sayra van den Berg Bhagwandas 4 May 2021

Ebola virus virion. CDC/Cynthia Goldsmith

Infectious Diseases

Ebola might be a chronic infection - but here's why we shouldn't panic

Connor Bamford 1 Apr 2021

Workers at India’s biggest syringe manufacturer ramp up production in September 2020 in race to meet Covid-19 vaccine-driven demand. Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Why India is banking on health diplomacy to grow African footprint

Dan Banik & Renu Modik 26 Mar 2021

“We saw patients dying for avoidable reasons. They were dying because masks that came loose were not being replaced,” says MSF Covid-19 intervention nursing activities manager, Caroline Masunda. Chris Allan

Covid-19

Small things can save lives: coping with Covid-19 in resource-scarce hospitals

Gilles van Cutsem 2 Mar 2021

Medical staff check each others protective suits. Photo by SUMY SADURNI/AFP via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

Ebola strikes West Africa again: key questions and lessons from the past

Mosoka Fallah 19 Feb 2021

REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Infectious Diseases

WHO alerts six African countries after Ebola outbreaks

Saliou Samb 18 Feb 2021

Researchers analyse initial impacts of Covid-19 in Africa

Public Health

Researchers analyse initial impacts of Covid-19 in Africa

24 Dec 2020

Professor Felicity Burt

Covid-19

SARS, MERS research paved way for rapid development of Covid-19 vaccines

8 Dec 2020

Supply Chain

Partnership to improve public health supply chains ahead of Covid-19 vaccine roll-out

7 Dec 2020

Zuneid Yousuf, CEO, African Green Resources

Covid-19

There may be a Covid-19 vaccine, but what about Africa?

Zuneid Yousuf 30 Nov 2020

A response led by scientists and researchers must be central to any current and future threats. Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Covid-19

Strong leadership fought Covid-19 in Africa: the next step is to harness research

Monique Wasunna 12 Nov 2020

850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

Environment & Natural Resources

850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

Katie Woolaston and Judith Lorraine Fisher 30 Oct 2020

Professor Christian Happi, director of the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, displays one of the most advanced automated acid extractors being used in the laboratory. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Nigeria needs innovation and science investment to help control Covid-19

Christian Happi & Ifeyinwa Aniebo 28 Oct 2020

Pandemic delivers mixed fortunes for laboratory, analytics industry

Covid-19

Pandemic delivers mixed fortunes for laboratory, analytics industry

26 Oct 2020

Activists of the Movement for Change and Social Justice canvassing the streets of Gugulethu in Cape Town. MCSJ

Covid-19

How Covid-19 changed community engagement in South Africa's low income areas

Myrna van Pinxteren & Christopher J Colvin 22 Oct 2020

Claudia Shilumani, CEO, Centre for Communication Impact

Covid-19

#2020AfricaBrandSummit: Winning hearts and minds in the midst of a pandemic

Nicci Botha 9 Oct 2020

Makoko neighbourhood in Lagos, initially founded as a fishing village.Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images

Sustainable Development

Can Covid-19 inspire a new way of planning African cities?

Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Ellis Adjei Adams & Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie 21 Sep 2020

Cardiovascular risk factors are high in Sierra Leone. Steven Rubin

Noncommunicable diseases

Why Sierra Leone needs to focus on cardiovascular health

Maria Odland & Justine Ina Davies 10 Sep 2020

3 accelerators to Covid-19 response

Covid-19

3 accelerators to Covid-19 response

8 Sep 2020

Nigerian scientists are working to better understand coronavirus. African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Disease

Covid-19

Nigerian scientists have identified seven lineages of SARS-CoV-2: why it matters

Christian Happi 7 Sep 2020

A palm oil plantation in Malaysia. (Shutterstock)

Forestry

How our food choices cut into forests and put us closer to viruses

24 Aug 2020

Comic by XKCD. (CC BY-NC 2.5)

Covid-19

Why the Covid recovery rate is a lousy measure of how we're doing

Alex Welte 21 Aug 2020

Congolese artist Chris Shongo paints on the outside wall of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Kinshasa on June 18, 2020.

Covid-19

Covid-19 shows that the DRC must invest in a health research industry

Dacquin M. Kasumba 14 Aug 2020

[REPORT]: Secondary education prepares youth for the future of work

Primary & Secondary Education

[REPORT]: Secondary education prepares youth for the future of work

14 Aug 2020

Covid-19 only a dress rehearsal for pandemics

Covid-19

Covid-19 only a dress rehearsal for pandemics

27 Jul 2020

A nurse demonstrates how to perform a swab test in Johannesburg, South Africa. Michele Spatari / AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

10 ways South Africa can step up care for its healthcare workers

Kaymarlin Govender, Gavin George, Sean Beckett & Tim Quinlan 23 Jul 2020

SANBS CEO, Dr Jonathan Louw, was among one of the first people diagnosed with Covid-19 in South Africa. He is giving back by making the country’s first convalescent plasma donation.

Covid-19

Convalescent plasma as a possible Covid-19 therapy

22 Jul 2020

Post-Covid, there’s an opportunity to form lateral research partnerships driven by the needs of African communities. GettyImages

Medical Research

International research collaborations: how can we shift the power towards Africa?

Salome Maswime, Kevin Marsh & Rifat Atun 20 Jul 2020

A volunteer receives an injection from a medical worker during the country’s first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against Covid-19 in Soweto, South Africa. Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

Covid-19 vaccine: the challenges of running a trial in the middle of a pandemic

Jeffrey Mphahlele 7 Jul 2020

Preventing Covid-19 from becoming a hunger crisis in Africa

Food Security

Preventing Covid-19 from becoming a hunger crisis in Africa

Mimi Alemayehou 6 Jul 2020

A researcher holds a Covid-19 mRNA vaccine at the National Primate Research Center of Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. Chaiwat Subprasom/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Covid-19

Africa waited for solutions to past health crises: will it be different for Covid-19?

Hailay Gesesew 2 Jul 2020

Kibali Mine is fully automated. Image: Barrick Gold Corporation

Mining

Covid is forcing the mining sector to adopt technology

23 Jun 2020

A child receives a vaccine against Ebola from a nurse in Goma on August 7, 2019. AUGUSTIN WAMENYA/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

The coping mechanisms the DRC is putting in place as it faces Ebola, measles and Covid-19

Yap Boum 23 Jun 2020

Ivanhoe's Kamoa-Kakula Mine in DRC

Mining

Commodities, power and capacity building

22 Jun 2020

African tourism has been put on ice by coronavirus - here's how some countries are reviving it

Tourism & Travel

African tourism has been put on ice by coronavirus - here's how some countries are reviving it

Davina Stanford and Adama Bah 19 Jun 2020

A security guard checks the body temperature of a motorcyclist as a preventive measure. Risa Krisadhi/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Covid-19

So you think investing in fever screening can curb the spread of Covid-19? Think again

Andrea Fuller & Duncan Mitchell 17 Jun 2020

Covid-19 jeopardising progress made in protecting women, girls from violence, harmful practices

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Covid-19 jeopardising progress made in protecting women, girls from violence, harmful practices

Justine Coulson, Roberta Clarke, and Mohamed M. Fall 17 Jun 2020

A deserted street in Cairo after coronavirus-related restrictions were tightened. Egypt has been one of the hardest hit in Africa. Photo by Mohamed Elraai/picture alliance via Getty Images

Economy

Controlling Covid-19 will carry devastating economic cost for developing countries

Borja Santos Porras 4 Jun 2020

Covid-19

Covid-19 shows the world needs physicians who can look beyond medical charts

Abebe Bekele & Agnes Binagwaho 4 Jun 2020

Healthcare workers testing people in Nairobi, Kenya during a mass testing exercise for Covid-19. Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Sub-Saharan Africa needs to plug local knowledge gap to up its anti-Covid-19 game

Alex Ezeh & Sharon Fonn 28 May 2020

Global solidarity with Africa is an imperative

Health & Welfare

Global solidarity with Africa is an imperative

António Guterres 21 May 2020

How wildlife conservation could survive the devastating effects of Covid-19

Environment & Natural Resources

How wildlife conservation could survive the devastating effects of Covid-19

Dr Duncan MacFadyen 20 May 2020

Mass burials in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Raphael Alves

Covid-19

Coronavirus: there is no global south exceptionalism

David Hunter 20 May 2020

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