Unvaccinated South Africans told us why they weren’t interested in having COVID jabs
South Africa is currently facing a new wave of infections related to the much higher transmissibility of the omicron COVID...
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People will continue to die of rabies if Kenya doesn’t educate healthcare workers
Rabies – a viral disease spread through an animal bite – has had an effective vaccine for more than a...
South Africa’s hunger problem is turning into a major health crisis
One in ten South Africans go hungry every day. As a result malnutrition levels are high. Malnutrition has three simultaneous...
African countries need tighter controls to curb growing tobacco use
Average global smoking rates have fallen over the past 12 years with the proportion of people aged 15 or older...
Punishment vs. deportation: What we can learn from the case of the truck driver in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu landed in Canada as a permanent resident in 2014, joining his now wife, Tanvir. After marrying in...
Ghanaian women in dance reality show challenge stereotypes about obesity
Since the debut of Big Brother Africa in South Africa in 2003, reality television shows have become a common feature...
Punishment vs. deportation: What we can learn from the case of the truck driver in the Humbolt Broncos bus crash
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu landed in Canada as a permanent resident in 2014, joining his now wife, Tanvir. After marrying in...
Punishment vs. deportation: What we can learn from the case of Jaskirat Singh Sidhu
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu landed in Canada as a permanent resident in 2014, joining his now wife, Tanvir. After marrying in...
Monkeypox is endemic in Nigeria. But surveillance isn’t what it should be
There has been an outbreak of monkeypox cases in a number of countries that are not endemic for the virus....
We tested plants used for contraception in South Africa. Here’s what we found
In sub-Saharan Africa, 91 per 1,000 pregnancies are unwanted. This is around three times the rates of unintended pregnancies recorded...
