Tracking symptoms of respiratory diseases online can give a picture of community health
Respiratory diseases are highly infectious and cause a significant health burden. Disease surveillance is the bedrock of public health responses...
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How will history – and the law – judge New Zealand’s mothballed MIQ system?
With the effective end of New Zealand’s managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) system this week, the outcome of the court...
Young Africans, sexual health and social media: which messages work, which don’t
The increasing use of social media, particularly in African countries, offers several opportunities to promote messages about sexual health behaviours...
Surprise – your kids may be nervous about ditching the mask
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new COVID-19 guidelines on Feb. 25, 2022, to help inform people’s individual...
Ukraine: war has an impact on people’s health beyond bullets and bombs
According to the UN human rights office, 136 civilians have died in the war on Ukraine so far. But it...
New COVID data: South Africa has arrived at the recovery stage of the pandemic
A recently published South African study set out to determine sero-positivity against SARS-CoV-2 before the fourth wave of COVID-19, in...
A South African company addresses vaccine supply inequity, despite Canada’s lack of support
Since late 2020, the inequitable access across the globe to COVID-19 vaccines has been a glaring problem. But a remarkable...
God and illness: for some South Africans, there’s more to healing than medicine
For many people, familiarity breeds trust. Hospitals and clinics can be places of mistrust or uncertainty, in part because they...
Like COVID, TB is a pandemic and must be treated as an emergency
In 1993, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared tuberculosis (TB) a global public health emergency. It urged nations to coordinate...
Can churches be protectors of public health?
Over the past two years of living with COVID-19, many churches have had to think in new ways. Congregations across...
