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South Africa is failing on Covid-19 because its leaders want to emulate the First World
17th July 2020 Covid-19 infections are rising sharply in South Africa – and Latin America. This is fitting: South Africa resembles the countries of South America... →
Pressure is on to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, but corners can't be cut
8th July 2020 The advent of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic and the dynamics of its spread is unprecedented. It is... →
Africa waited for solutions to past health crises: will it be different for COVID-19?
2nd July 2020 The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently noted that “researchers are working at break-neck speed” to understand SARS-CoV-2, the virus that... →
COVID-19 shows the world needs physicians who can look beyond medical charts
4th June 2020 As modern medicine has advanced, so too has our understanding of what affects health. Over recent decades this has generated a number of new fields... →
Sub-Saharan Africa needs to plug local knowledge gap to up its anti-COVID-19 game
28th May 2020 Africa remains one of the regions least affected by COVID-19, although evidence suggests it is an evolving and growing pandemic. It is now present... →
A new global health pattern: longer life for the poor, with more ailments
22nd May 2020 With ageing come many benefits, including freedom, wisdom, perspective, and – in many cultures – respect. Unfortunately, the downside is that... →
Coronavirus pandemic: why a flu jab is a good idea in countries heading into winter
28th April 2020 As the southern hemisphere moves closer to winter, virologists are concerned about the upcoming influenza season. This may result in more people... →
Few clinical trials are done in Africa: COVID-19 shows why this urgently needs to change
7th April 2020 The World Health Organisation (WHO), in its quest to find efficacious therapies to treat Covid-19, plans to conduct a multi-arm, multi-country... →
