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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections in humans. Photo: Getty Images
ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANT PATHOGEN

Answering the challenges posed by antimicrobial resistance in Africa

If only the zeal that went into fighting Covid-19 could be applied to drug-resistant bacteria which pose a major threat on the continent

  • Pascale Ondoa
  • Yewande Alimi
5 min read
Wrapped in a mosquito net to protect from malaria, a trader sleeps next to items. (Photo by Badru Katumba/AFP)
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT

Artificial lights across Africa may alter the biting behaviours of mosquitoes

‘Artificial light is doing things to the environment that we don’t even think about’

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read