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Facebook wants to stop spreading fake news about vaccines

Facebook wants to stop spreading fake news about vaccines

Shereesa Moodley 11 Mar 2019

Dedicated cannabis expo set for Cape Town in April

Dedicated cannabis expo set for Cape Town in April

11 Mar 2019

Health workers in Liberia at the height of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA

Ebola in the DRC: the race is on between research and the virus

Yap Boum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe & Sabue Mulangu 8 Mar 2019

Zipline drone distribution centre, Rwanda.

#DesignIndaba2019: Bringing 'Wakanda' to life with life-saving drones

Louise Marsland 1 Mar 2019

An aid worker collects health and nutrition data in northeastern Kenya. Shutterstock

Why fixing Africa's data gaps will lead to better health policies

27 Feb 2019

YouTube pulls ads on anti-vax channels

YouTube pulls ads on anti-vax channels

26 Feb 2019

Grant aims at improving public health supply chains in Africa

Grant aims at improving public health supply chains in Africa

22 Feb 2019

International push to improve food safety

International push to improve food safety

18 Feb 2019

5 ways our food supply chain will transform in 5 years

5 ways our food supply chain will transform in 5 years

14 Feb 2019

Mali was one of the West African countries affected by the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded from 2014 to 2016. Shutterstock

Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes

Shirin Ashraf & Arthur Wickenhagen 11 Feb 2019

Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup. Shutterstock

Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

Lamech Mwapagha 30 Jan 2019

Photo: Quartz

Healthworkers vaccinated against Ebola in South Sudan

29 Jan 2019

10 tech startups to participate in Airbus, GIZ #Africa4Future programme

10 tech startups to participate in Airbus, GIZ #Africa4Future programme

21 Jan 2019

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Why does malaria recur? How pieces of the puzzle are slowly being filled in

Miles B Markus 17 Jan 2019

UNWTO, the European Travel Commission launch new health tourism report

UNWTO, the European Travel Commission launch new health tourism report

28 Dec 2018

Professor Kelly Chibale. Photo: Je'nine May

R&D is the pipeline for science jobs in Africa

5 Dec 2018

The life expectancy improvements in sub-Saharan Africa vary between men and women. Shutterstock

Lifestyle diseases could scupper Africa's rising life expectancy

Charles Shey Wiysonge 27 Nov 2018

Scientists analysing data at the South-South Malaria Research Partnership project laboratory in Kenya. Flora Mutere-Okuku

Novel approach brings African scientists closer to a malaria vaccine

Faith Osier 7 Nov 2018

Women entrepreneurs win at 2018 Anzisha Prize Awards

Women entrepreneurs win at 2018 Anzisha Prize Awards

6 Nov 2018

There are concerns that Africa may be excluded from advances in genetic brain research. Shutterstock

Mental health genetics: African solutions for African challenges

Benyam Worku Dubale, Celia van der Merwe & Nathani 6 Nov 2018

First-for-Africa platform will advance gene research

First-for-Africa platform will advance gene research

Nicci Botha 31 Oct 2018

Airbus launches white paper on aerospace technologies in Africa

Airbus launches white paper on aerospace technologies in Africa

31 Oct 2018

Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos. EPA

Why eradicating polio everywhere has been so hard to crack

Melinda Suchard 26 Oct 2018

Professor Souleymane Mboup

Health is essential for Africa to cash in on its human capital

Souleymane Mboup 26 Oct 2018

Associate Professor Liesl Zühlke. Photo: UCT

Award to fund paediatric heart disease research in Africa

15 Oct 2018

EPA/Jane Hahn

Why drugs alone won't stop the spread of parasitic worms in Africa

Justin Komguep Nono & Hlumani Ndlovu 10 Oct 2018

Red Cross steps in to curb cholera and typhoid in Zim

Red Cross steps in to curb cholera and typhoid in Zim

14 Sep 2018

Top 10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2018 announced

Top 10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2018 announced

14 Sep 2018

A small hospital in Wakiso district in the central region of Uganda. Shutterstock

People across Africa have to travel far to get to a hospital. We worked out how far

Paul Ouma & Emelda Okiro 14 Sep 2018

The outbreak of listeriosis is over - Motsoaledi

The outbreak of listeriosis is over - Motsoaledi

4 Sep 2018