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Covid-19’s second wave hits Sudan harder and faster

Africa Ayin Network - 12 Jan 2021

The pandemic has helped to expose the dire state of Sudan’s healthcare system, which lacks both equipment and medical personnel

Battery acid, cassava sticks and clothes hangers: We must end the global gag rule

Africa Nelly Munyasia & Womba Wanki - 2 Dec 2020

COMMENT: The US’s global gag rule blocks funding to any foreign NGOS that perform abortions, except in very limited cases. The Biden-Harris administration must rescind it

Ramphosa extends national state of disaster

Coronavirus Khaya Koko & Tshegofatso Mathe - 11 Nov 2020

As the president extends the state of disaster for another month, other restrictions will be eased, including those on alcohol sales and international travel

Q&A Sessions: Meet Thembisile Xulu, a doctor, hip-hop fan and mother

National Nicolene de Wee - 11 Nov 2020

Dr Thembisile Xulu, the newly appointed chief executive of the Sanac Trust, tells Nicolene de Wee about a new plan to fight HIV, TB and STIs — and her hip-hop dance moves

The challenges of delivering a Covid-19 vaccine in Africa requires a new approach

Africa Dr Leonard Bikinesi & Dr Sanjeev Arora - 14 Oct 2020

It is imperative that we train healthcare workers and participate in continent-wide collaboration

Three digital transformation priorities for African healthcare organisations

Opinion Mervyn George - 26 Sep 2020

With doctors in short supply, healthcare employers need to invest in intelligent technologies to make the experience of accessing healthcare as good as it can be, for all involved

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

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

Covid-19 puts Sierra Leone’s expectant mothers at further risk

Africa Abdul S Brima - 20 Aug 2020

Almost 70% of the world’s maternal deaths happen in Africa. Now there’s coronavirus — and with poor prenatal and postnatal care on the continent, expectant mothers and children under five are even more vulnerable.

Covid-19 is an opportunity to make our circles bigger

Coronavirus Judy-Ann Cilliers - 31 Jul 2020

Xenophobia stalks us in this moment of crisis; our hope lies in humanity’s capacity to rebuild

ANC wants pension funds to finance infrastructure build

Business Thando Maeko - 10 Jul 2020

The party released its plan for the reconstruction of the country’s post-coronavirus economy on Friday. This would involve changes to Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act

Achille Mbembe: The universal right to breathe

Opinion Achille Mbembe - 24 Jun 2020

‘Modernity has been an interminable war on life. And it is far from over.’ We need to start anew; reclaim the oxygen that belongs to all on Earth

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

Africa Yap Boum - 24 Jun 2020

The DRC has systematically gone about strengthening health infrastructure, engaging the community and doing better research

Global finance and charity killed African healthcare

Africa Francis Valentine Garikayi - 8 Jun 2020

What happened to the once universally accepted idea of healthcare for all?

Bumbling, irrational, deadly: The Tanzanian president is getting the Covid-19 response all wrong

Africa Zitto Kabwe - 25 May 2020

Discerning leadership is critical in the time of Covid-19 and John Magufuli’s decisions — or lack thereof — have put Tanzanians at greater risk

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Covid-19’s second wave hits Sudan harder and faster

Battery acid, cassava sticks and clothes hangers: We must end the global gag rule

Ramphosa extends national state of disaster

Q&A Sessions: Meet Thembisile Xulu, a doctor, hip-hop fan and mother

The challenges of delivering a Covid-19 vaccine in Africa requires a new approach

Three digital transformation priorities for African healthcare organisations

The cost of Covid: 25 years of progress, halted

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

Covid-19 puts Sierra Leone’s expectant mothers at further risk

Covid-19 is an opportunity to make our circles bigger

ANC wants pension funds to finance infrastructure build

Achille Mbembe: The universal right to breathe

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

Global finance and charity killed African healthcare

Bumbling, irrational, deadly: The Tanzanian president is getting the Covid-19 response all wrong

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