Why the budget should treat public health like transport – vital infrastructure with long-term economic benefits
The global pandemic might have revealed the importance of robust public health infrastructure, but we still have trouble grasping the...
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Making COVID vaccines in Africa: advances and sustainability issues
The history of vaccine manufacturing capacity in Africa dates back to 1881, when Egypt’s Vacsera company was established. Before the...
Community dialogue can show the way to meeting water needs: a South African case
About 842,000 people die every year from diarrhoea in rural communities because they lack safe water and adequate sanitation. Water...
Using cellphones to deliver health services to teens: a sub-Saharan Africa review
Adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa have the highest rate of unplanned pregnancies. Almost half (46%) of these unintended pregnancies among adolescents...
Antibiotic use in Uganda is high: action is needed
Even before the COVID crisis, excessive use and misuse of lifesaving antibiotics had contributed to the emergence of resistant strains...
US abortion law decision brings attention to rights of women in Africa
A leaked draft of a majority opinion of the US Supreme Court has revealed the court’s leaning towards undoing its...
Debate over closing UK parliament bars: MPs in survey drink more than the general population
The UK business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, said that closing the bars in parliament would be “excessively puritanical” as a response...
How US policy on abortion affects women in Africa
Policies and decisions made in the United States echo around the world and often have widespread implications. Take sexual and...
Giving people money with no strings attached is good for their health, dozens of studies indicate
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea When people living in poverty in...
Isolation rules for close contacts are changing. What happens next?
Close contacts of people with COVID in New South Wales and Victoria will soon no longer need to isolate for...
