Cholera in South Africa: a symptom of two decades of continued sewage pollution and neglect
South Africans have expressed outrage at the deaths of at least 15 residents of Hammanskraal, in the city of Tshwane....
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Does my treatment work? How major medical reviews can be ‘gold standard’ evidence, yet flawed
Medical decision-making is complex. There are often hundreds, if not thousands, of published studies that may impact how to manage...
To reduce harm from alcohol, we need Indigenous-led responses
Alcohol management in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities has been a deeply divisive issue, as seen recently in Alice...
Teen mothers and depression: lack of support from partners and violence are big drivers in Malawi and Burkina Faso
Up to one in four African girls have their first child before the age of 18. Becoming a mother at...
How does food get contaminated? The unsafe habits that kill more than 400,000 people a year
Unsafe foods, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), contribute to poor health, including impaired growth and development, micro-nutrient deficiencies,...
An expert’s guide to drinking beer for people who don’t do well with gluten
It’s estimated coeliac disease affects 1.4% of the world’s population – a staggering 112,000,000 people or so in total. People...
African scientists are working to pool data that decodes diseases — a giant step
Infectious disease outbreaks in African countries are, unfortunately, all too common. Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or...
Could public health guidelines help stop loneliness? 7 tips that show how crucial social connection is to well-being
United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recently called loneliness an epidemic and issued a public health advisory on the healing...
Mental health: almost half of Johannesburg students in new study screened positive for probable depression
Depression is a mental health disorder characterised by a persistently low mood or loss of interest in activities. It causes...
COVID is officially no longer a global health emergency – here’s what that means (and what we’ve learned along the way)
World Health Organisation (WHO) experts have officially declared that COVID no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern...
