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WHO’s flawed vaccine plan means well

Coronavirus Khaya Sithole - 1 Oct 2020

Drug companies can be forced to ‘help’ competitors when it’s in the public interest. The WHO seeks a similar strategy for a Covid vaccine

The cost of Covid: 25 years of progress, halted

Africa Simon Allison - 16 Sep 2020

Development has been set back by two decades, says the Gates Foundation Goalkeepers report

South Africa may be ageing as a society – but we can live better, longer

Opinion Mosima Mabunda - 15 Sep 2020

Statistically, our population is classified as one that is ageing rapidly. There are ways to ensure that we go into our retirement years healthier, fitter and more cognisant

‘Pro-family’ campaigners ignore pregnant women dying during Covid lockdowns

Africa Arya Karijo & Lydia Namubiru - 10 Sep 2020

Conservative groups are fighting efforts to expand African women’s access to healthcare. Do they care about women all the time, or only when they’re procreating?

Stronger tobacco control regulation will reduce harm

Article Sharon Nyatsanza & Savera Kalideen - 5 Sep 2020

South Africa’s tobacco industry interference statistics are improving year on year, but more needs to be done

‘Jobs vs health’: What will shape public-health policies after Covid-19?

Coronavirus Yandisa Ngqangashe - 31 Aug 2020

Comorbidities, particularly noncommunicable diseases have been put into the spotlight during the Covid-19 pandemic. How we approach preventing NCDs in the future will depend on how the effects of the coronavirus are framed

Othering fatness: Medical professionals’ negative bias towards fat people jeopardises the quality of care

Health Pontsho Pilane - 21 Aug 2020

Pontsho Pilane speaks to three women who have found it difficult to access quality healthcare because of medical professionals’ weight bias

The unbearable sadness of lockdown

Coronavirus Ramneek Ahluwalia - 5 Aug 2020

Loneliness can seem like a hopeless hole that increases anxiety, depression, fears or thoughts of suicide

Schools to close for a month due to Covid infection surge — Ramaphosa

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe & Lester Kiewit - 23 Jul 2020

The academic year will extend into 2021 in a ‘deliberately cautious approach’ as president confirms South Africa has world’s fifth-highest Covid-19 infection tally

Investing in education as a global common good

Africa Audrey Azoulay & Sahle-Work Zewde - 24 Jun 2020

High-stakes choices today, transforming education for tomorrow. Covid-19 must be used as a catalyst to strengthen health and education

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Tawana Kupe: It takes a continent to raise the Africa we want

Coronavirus Tawana Kupe - 24 May 2020

Collaborating with other universities will assist in dealing with diseases and other social issues that know no borders

The realities of politics, testing and mitigation in Africa

Africa Akpabio Akpabio & Utibe Effiong - 23 May 2020

Covid-19 has a much different effect on the continent than it does elsewhere

Covid-19 restrictions give rise to political tensions in Sierra Leone

Africa Abdul S Brima - 18 May 2020

The country has experienced violent incidents of unrest in recent weeks

Three months in, Covid-19 poses triple threats in Africa

Africa Edwin Ikhuoria - 18 May 2020

Health, debt and hunger are huge threats to the continent’s stability

There are limits to what a capitalist government can do in this crisis

Coronavirus Greg Dor - 13 May 2020

We need an entirely new way of doing things to put an end to poverty

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