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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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      11 Nov 2019

    Image: Medicines for Malaria
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      30 Sep 2019

    A health worker spreading disinfectant at a health checkpoint in Goma, DRC. Patricia Martinez/EPA-EFE
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      27 Sep 2019

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      19 Sep 2019

    The oral polio vaccine is most commonly used in the developing world, despite one big problem. CDC/Alan Janssen, MSPH, CC BY
    A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

      18 Sep 2019

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    Kenya introduces anti-malaria vaccine

    16 Sep 2019

    Congolese National Army solider escorts health workers to the grave of an Ebola victim, in Beni, North Kivu province. EPA-EFE/HUGH KINSELLA CUNNINGHAM
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    Nestlé announces winners of sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge

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    The startups changing healthcare through innovation

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      22 Aug 2019

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      20 Aug 2019

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      19 Aug 2019

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      12 Aug 2019

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      8 Aug 2019

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      6 Aug 2019

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      31 Jul 2019

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     18 Nov 2019

    TB is still a leading cause of death around the world. Sanjay Baid/EPA-EFE
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     11 Nov 2019

    Image: Medicines for Malaria
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    23 Oct 2019

    Unicef carers at a creche for children whose parents are being treated for Ebola. Building health infrastructure is crucial to stopping the next outbreak. Epa/ Hugh Kinsella Cunningham
    Investing in health systems is the only way to stop the next Ebola outbreak

     22 Oct 2019

    Robotic-assisted total knee replacements a first for Africa
    Robotic-assisted total knee replacements a first for Africa

    10 Oct 2019

    Many families in the DRC can’t routinely access preventive services. Shutterstock
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     30 Sep 2019

    A health worker spreading disinfectant at a health checkpoint in Goma, DRC. Patricia Martinez/EPA-EFE
    Ebola survivors can pass on the virus: we're trying to understand what role sex plays

     27 Sep 2019

    Professor Glenda Gray, president of the South African Medical Research Council. Photo: South African Medical Research Council
    Hope for HIV vaccine being tested in South Africa

     23 Sep 2019

    Tedros Ghebreyesus, embarrassed to only talk about Ebola. Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA
    Over 3,000 killed by deadly virus in Democratic Republic of the Congo this year - and it's not Ebola

     19 Sep 2019

    The oral polio vaccine is most commonly used in the developing world, despite one big problem. CDC/Alan Janssen, MSPH, CC BY
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     18 Sep 2019

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    16 Sep 2019

    Congolese National Army solider escorts health workers to the grave of an Ebola victim, in Beni, North Kivu province. EPA-EFE/HUGH KINSELLA CUNNINGHAM
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     11 Sep 2019

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    A health worker checks people’s temperatures in Goma, DRC. Patricia Martinez/EPA-EFE
    How outbreaks like Ebola extract huge social and economic costs

     22 Aug 2019

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    ER24 improves response times with what3words

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     20 Aug 2019

    High-income country trainees and experts must learn to listen and be humble. Shutterstock
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     19 Aug 2019

    Image: World Vision International
    Antimalarials less effective in malnourished children

    16 Aug 2019

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     12 Aug 2019

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     6 Aug 2019

    Hepatitis is a major public health burden. Shutterstock
    The WHO wants to rid the world of hepatitis by 2030: why it's a tough ask

     31 Jul 2019

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     29 Jul 2019

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     23 Jul 2019

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    16 Jul 2019

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     10 Jul 2019

    Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock
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     8 Jul 2019

    A man pushes a wheelbarrow past a sign in Liberia during the West African Ebola outbreak. AHMED JALLANZO/EPA
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     5 Jul 2019

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     5 Jul 2019

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    4 Jul 2019

    To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12
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     28 Jun 2019

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