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Workshops train Africa’s aspiring health professionals

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African Bioinformatics Institute looks to revolutionise continent’s research, infrastructure

13 Jun 2025

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New nanomedicine delivers improved outcome for prostate cancer

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Exploring the important lessons about global cooperation in public health

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Nigeria needs innovation and science investment to help control Covid-19

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

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Africa's genetic material is still being misused

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Using nanomedicine to fight TB

Nicklaus Kruger 6 Dec 2019

Clinical trials underway for adult TB vaccine

Clinical trials underway for adult TB vaccine

21 Nov 2019

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How WhatsApp groups support Nigeria's nurse graduates

Ademola Johnson Ajuwon & Christoph Pimmer 14 Nov 2019

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Hope for HIV vaccine being tested in South Africa

Elsabé Brits 23 Sep 2019

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A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

Patricia L Foster 18 Sep 2019

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Leigh Andrews 20 Aug 2019

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Antimalarials less effective in malnourished children

16 Aug 2019

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The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola

Yap Boum 8 Aug 2019

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

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 6 Aug 2019

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Africa needs specialist capacity to tackle the spread of infectious diseases

Juliet Pulliam & Jonathan Dushoff 29 Jul 2019

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Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa

Moses John Bockarie 8 Jul 2019

To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12

To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12

Nicholas Wood, Alexis Pillsbury and Jean Li-Kim-Moy 28 Jun 2019

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R18m donation for African-centric medicine research

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