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Source: © 123rf Nivea has launched Nivea Connect, a global social mission to combat social isolation and promote meaningful connections

Nivea Connect combats growing social isolation, promotes meaningful connections

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The power of African creativity: Our time is now!

The power of African creativity: Our time is now!

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Investment health-related research is not adequate. GettyImages

African health research needs support: here's one programme that's working

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#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Teheca is connecting expectant mothers to nurses in Uganda

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Teheca is connecting expectant mothers to nurses in Uganda

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Researchers are central to any country’s science preparedness, especially in the face of pandemics.
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Africa's research capacity is growing. That's good news for pandemic response efforts

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Nurses attend the 2015 International Nurses’ Day celebrations in Johannesburg, South Africa. Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Beyond Florence Nightingale: how African nurses have decolonised the profession

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Rwanda's Covid-19 pool testing: a savvy option where there's low viral prevalence

Leon Mutesa 3 Jul 2020

Anopheles Stephensi, Sem. Photo By BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Breakthrough: microbe found to block the transmission of malaria

Jeremy Herren 9 Jun 2020

Healthcare workers testing people in Nairobi, Kenya during a mass testing exercise for Covid-19. Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images

Sub-Saharan Africa needs to plug local knowledge gap to up its anti-Covid-19 game

Alex Ezeh & Sharon Fonn 28 May 2020

IATA: Governments to reconsider air travel quarantine measures

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A man being tested as he takes part in an ophthalmological study and examination. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images

How African genetic studies offer hope for preventing a common cause of blindness

Susan Williams 22 Apr 2020

Defy to begin building ventilators in SA this May

Defy to begin building ventilators in SA this May

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The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

Bizcommunity.com 6 Apr 2020

Covid-19 likely to exact heavy toll in Africa

Covid-19 likely to exact heavy toll in Africa

3 Apr 2020

Shaping Africa's urban areas to withstand future pandemics

Shaping Africa's urban areas to withstand future pandemics

Astrid R.N. Haas 2 Apr 2020

Coronavirus: Recognising illegal wildlife trade as a public health issue

Coronavirus: Recognising illegal wildlife trade as a public health issue

Simon Evans 27 Mar 2020

[WATCH] Bill Gates on testing and self-isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic

[WATCH] Bill Gates on testing and self-isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic

26 Mar 2020

#Covid-19: Bizcommunity takes business virtual, as usual

#Covid-19: Bizcommunity takes business virtual, as usual

Bizcommunity.com 25 Mar 2020

Why defeating coronavirus in one country isn't enough - there needs to be a coordinated global strategy

Why defeating coronavirus in one country isn't enough - there needs to be a coordinated global strategy

Nader Habibi 25 Mar 2020

Simple, fact-informed hygiene measures can help slow Covid-19 spread in Africa

Simple, fact-informed hygiene measures can help slow Covid-19 spread in Africa

Siddharth Chatterjee 23 Mar 2020

Why a one-size-fits-all approach to Covid-19 could have lethal consequences

Why a one-size-fits-all approach to Covid-19 could have lethal consequences

Alex Broadbent and Benjamin T H Smart 23 Mar 2020

How wearables are transforming healthcare

Andy McBain, 23 Mar 2020

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More than 600 cases of #Covid-19 in Africa

20 Mar 2020

Covid-19 in Africa: fewer cases so far, and more preparation needed

Akebe Luther King Abia 18 Mar 2020

Covid-19: Alibaba Foundation, Jack Ma Foundation to donate medical supplies to Africa

Covid-19: Alibaba Foundation, Jack Ma Foundation to donate medical supplies to Africa

18 Mar 2020

#Coronavirus: WHO switches to response mode in fighting Covid-19 in Africa

#Coronavirus: WHO switches to response mode in fighting Covid-19 in Africa

6 Mar 2020

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Bizcommunity.com 2 Mar 2020

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Rwanda is training health workers for an interconnected world

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New report presses for radical rethink on child health

New report presses for radical rethink on child health

20 Feb 2020

AU Summit: African leaders focus on eradicating malnutrition by 2025

AU Summit: African leaders focus on eradicating malnutrition by 2025

10 Feb 2020

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Evan-Lee Courie 21 Aug 2020

Researchers are central to any country’s science preparedness, especially in the face of pandemics.
Menna Hossam/picture alliance via Getty Images

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Nurses attend the 2015 International Nurses’ Day celebrations in Johannesburg, South Africa. Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

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alexandersr/shutterstock

Rwanda's Covid-19 pool testing: a savvy option where there's low viral prevalence

Leon Mutesa 3 Jul 2020

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Breakthrough: microbe found to block the transmission of malaria

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Healthcare workers testing people in Nairobi, Kenya during a mass testing exercise for Covid-19. Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images

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IATA: Governments to reconsider air travel quarantine measures

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A man being tested as he takes part in an ophthalmological study and examination. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images

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Susan Williams 22 Apr 2020

Defy to begin building ventilators in SA this May

Defy to begin building ventilators in SA this May

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The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

Bizcommunity.com 6 Apr 2020

Covid-19 likely to exact heavy toll in Africa

Covid-19 likely to exact heavy toll in Africa

3 Apr 2020

Shaping Africa's urban areas to withstand future pandemics

Shaping Africa's urban areas to withstand future pandemics

Astrid R.N. Haas 2 Apr 2020

Coronavirus: Recognising illegal wildlife trade as a public health issue

Coronavirus: Recognising illegal wildlife trade as a public health issue

Simon Evans 27 Mar 2020

[WATCH] Bill Gates on testing and self-isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic

[WATCH] Bill Gates on testing and self-isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic

26 Mar 2020

#Covid-19: Bizcommunity takes business virtual, as usual

#Covid-19: Bizcommunity takes business virtual, as usual

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Why defeating coronavirus in one country isn't enough - there needs to be a coordinated global strategy

Why defeating coronavirus in one country isn't enough - there needs to be a coordinated global strategy

Nader Habibi 25 Mar 2020

Simple, fact-informed hygiene measures can help slow Covid-19 spread in Africa

Simple, fact-informed hygiene measures can help slow Covid-19 spread in Africa

Siddharth Chatterjee 23 Mar 2020

Why a one-size-fits-all approach to Covid-19 could have lethal consequences

Why a one-size-fits-all approach to Covid-19 could have lethal consequences

Alex Broadbent and Benjamin T H Smart 23 Mar 2020

How wearables are transforming healthcare

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Image source: Getty/Gallo

More than 600 cases of #Covid-19 in Africa

20 Mar 2020

Covid-19 in Africa: fewer cases so far, and more preparation needed

Akebe Luther King Abia 18 Mar 2020

Covid-19: Alibaba Foundation, Jack Ma Foundation to donate medical supplies to Africa

Covid-19: Alibaba Foundation, Jack Ma Foundation to donate medical supplies to Africa

18 Mar 2020

#Coronavirus: WHO switches to response mode in fighting Covid-19 in Africa

#Coronavirus: WHO switches to response mode in fighting Covid-19 in Africa

6 Mar 2020

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Bizcommunity.com 2 Mar 2020

The links between people, animals and the environment call for a new approach to health. Shutterstock

Rwanda is training health workers for an interconnected world

Phaedra Henley 24 Feb 2020

New report presses for radical rethink on child health

New report presses for radical rethink on child health

20 Feb 2020

AU Summit: African leaders focus on eradicating malnutrition by 2025

AU Summit: African leaders focus on eradicating malnutrition by 2025

10 Feb 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Fear spreads easily. That's what gives the Wuhan coronavirus economic impact

Ilan Noy 30 Jan 2020

China in lockdown. EPA

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Zheng Wang 27 Jan 2020

New estimates show 14.8 million children globally are HIV-exposed but uninfected

Amy Slogrove & Kathleen M Powis 13 Jan 2020

Africa's genetic material is still being misused

Keymanthri Moodley 9 Jan 2020

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6 ways to speed up the UN's health SDGs in Africa

Mathieu Lamiaux 7 Jan 2020

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

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Admire Dube, associate professor of pharmacy, University of the Western Cape

Using nanomedicine to fight TB

Nicklaus Kruger 6 Dec 2019

A Nigerian child receives a dose of the polio vaccine. EPA

Complacency could delay the final push to eradicate polio

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Communities can make - or break - strategies to curb HIV

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ARV breakthrough: trial in South Africa confirms effectiveness of new drug

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 29 Nov 2019

Clinical trials underway for adult TB vaccine

Clinical trials underway for adult TB vaccine

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6 pharmacy retail trends to watch in 2020

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