The disease we know as Malaria was thought to be caused by breathing “bad air” (mal aria) that emanates from swamps. This was not “fake news” but a lack of understanding and…
Although the NHI offers much-needed reform, it must find a new way to care for patients – an approach that treats people emotionally, physically, socially, psychologically and…
In December, the Global Fund and the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief committed to funding the roll-out of lenacapavir in countries they support
Study finds fathers’ exposure to toxins might have health consequences for their children
The interplay between climate change and the spread of pathogens means health systems must be ready for future crises and ensure equitable access to treatment
We all need to do our bit to end malaria – which affects millions of the world’s poorest – in our lifetime
The death of Jovia Kisaakye’s brother from malaria and the family’s struggle to sell fresh milk led to the new product
‘Artificial light is doing things to the environment that we don’t even think about’
After 30 years of research, the World Health Organisation is finally recommending the widespread use of a malaria vaccine
An estimated two-thirds of malaria deaths are among children under the age of five, most of them in Africa.
Strategic investments in health care for all are needed to ensure safe births, treatment of tuberculosis, malaria, measles, pneumonia and diarrhoea, and children are vaccinated
Most people recover from Covid‑19 quickly, but Long Haulers in Nigeria are turning to one another for support
Experts are warning clinicians to be careful when diagnosing Covid-19 — and to check for malaria as well
It is imperative that we train healthcare workers and participate in continent-wide collaboration
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…
Immunisation and other preventative programmes for malaria, cholera, measles and malnutrition, which kill children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, must continue
What might Africa look like in the wake of the pandemic? There’s enough change happening to keep both optimists happy and pessimists glum
The World Health Organisation said people could die of preventable illnesses if steps to control malaria as well as immunisation for measles, yellow fever and polio are interrupted
While Sierra Leone was grappling with Ebola, there was a spike in deaths from another disease – malaria. We need to make sure this does not happen again
Disease-spreading mozzies may be getting wise to our best defences, but science is fighting back with a new kind of chemistry. But will advances be able to outpace nature?
