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Specialist cancer diagnosis and treatment centre opens in Lagos

Specialist cancer diagnosis and treatment centre opens in Lagos

4 May 2021

Covid-19 vaccination is slower on the African continent than in high income countries. Shutterstock

Interested in vaccine rollouts across Africa? Here's a map to guide you

Benjamin Kagina 18 Mar 2021

Dr Cyprian Ngong, a staff member of National Hospital, Abuja, receives Covid-19 vaccine. Adam Abu-basha/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Nigeria at sixes and sevens on Covid-19 vaccine rollout

Solomon Bakarey 15 Mar 2021

Made in Africa conference aims to drive Pan-African prosperity

Made in Africa conference aims to drive Pan-African prosperity

26 Feb 2021

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

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

Mosoka Fallah 19 Feb 2021

Fast food is growing in popularity with Ghanaians. Wikimedia Commons

Ghanaians are eating more fast food: the who and the why

James Boafo 11 Feb 2021

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#BizTrends2021: African demands for post-Covid healthcare align impact with investor opportunity in 2021

Jason Mitchell 11 Jan 2021

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

David McCoy, Julie P. Smith and Phillip Baker 5 Jan 2021

Here's where efforts to end HIV in eastern and southern Africa must focus

Here's where efforts to end HIV in eastern and southern Africa must focus

Kaymarlin Govender, Janet Seeley, Mitzy Gafos, Roselyn Kanyemba 24 Dec 2020

Researchers analyse initial impacts of Covid-19 in Africa

Researchers analyse initial impacts of Covid-19 in Africa

24 Dec 2020

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Bizcommunity's festive thank you to the SA business community

Bizcommunity.com 18 Dec 2020

Severe Covid may be caused by 'autoantibodies' - here is what that means

Severe Covid may be caused by 'autoantibodies' - here is what that means

Rebecca Aicheler 17 Dec 2020

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#BestofBiz 2020: Healthcare

14 Dec 2020

The Nigerian government struggles to contain Covid-19 while other diseases suffer some measure of neglect Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images

Where Covid-19 has left Nigeria's health system

Adejuwon Soyinka 14 Dec 2020

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Covid-19 vaccine trials in Africa: what's promising, and what's problematic

Benjamin Kagina 2 Dec 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

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

Monique Wasunna 12 Nov 2020

How The Plane Project is improving basic healthcare for thousands of Africans

How The Plane Project is improving basic healthcare for thousands of Africans

9 Nov 2020

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, regional head, Africa, World Health Organisation

Africa's fragile health system hit hard by Covid-19

9 Nov 2020

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

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

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

Christian Happi & Ifeyinwa Aniebo 28 Oct 2020

During the Covid-19 pandemic, WHO is supporting the Ghana Health Service in their efforts to continue providing essential medical services to the population at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ghana. Photo: WHO / Blink Media - Nana Kofi Acquah

5 quick wins to re-invent Africa's health systems

Rachel Ndirangu & Rosemarie Muganda-Onyando 23 Oct 2020

Getting real about virtual events

Getting real about virtual events

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How changing vaccine schedules can save costs and lives: findings from South Africa

Jeffrey Dorfman 29 Sep 2020

Majority of tobacco giants failing to advance harm reduction

Majority of tobacco giants failing to advance harm reduction

28 Sep 2020

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Why can't Africa manufacture the medicines it needs?

Janet Byaruhanga 28 Sep 2020

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

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

Christian Happi 7 Sep 2020

Investment health-related research is not adequate. GettyImages

African health research needs support: here's one programme that's working

Jude Igumbor 1 Sep 2020

A woman gets her blood pressure checked at a camp for internally displaced people in Maiduguri, north-east Nigeria. Stefan Heunis/AFP via Getty Images

How Nigeria can break the culture of silence around women's reproductive illnesses

Oludoyinmola Omobolade Ojifinni 31 Aug 2020

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Teheca is connecting expectant mothers to nurses in Uganda

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Teheca is connecting expectant mothers to nurses in Uganda

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Aug 2020

Researchers are central to any country’s science preparedness, especially in the face of pandemics.
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Africa's research capacity is growing. That's good news for pandemic response efforts

Sam Kinyanjui & Sharon Fonn 24 Jul 2020

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