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Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa

WHO report: 630-million years of healthy life lost in Africa

28 Mar 2019

Poorer South Africans are bombarded with fast food. Shutterstock

Local solutions can boost healthier food choices in South Africa

Karen Hofman & Safura Abdool Karim 11 Mar 2019

Sugar tax on the rise: The current global state of play

Sugar tax on the rise: The current global state of play

Elly Irving 25 Feb 2019

Salty and fatty foods are driving up obesity. Shutterstock

Weighing up the costs of treating lifestyle diseases in South Africa

7 Feb 2019

Is medicine cure? Treatment? Healing? Understanding? Or a bit of all those things. Kenishiroti/Shutterstock

What is medicine? Why it's so important to answer this question

1 Feb 2019

People living in run-down, inner city apartments, like these in Cairo, are at risk of heat-stress health problems. Shutterstock

How global warming is adding to the health risks of poor people

Lenore Manderson 28 Jan 2019

10 biggest threats to global health

10 biggest threats to global health

15 Jan 2019

While women in sub-Saharan Africa live longer than men, many of these extra years are lived in poor health. Shutterstock

People in Africa live longer. But their health is poor in those extra years

Charles Shey Wiysonge 20 Dec 2018

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18 Dec 2018

Jose Fernando Arevalo

Cancer drug offers more affordable treatment for diabetic retinopathy

12 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

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Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

Bizcommunity.com 23 Oct 2018

Increasing cholesterol medication adherence with financial incentives may be cost-effective

Increasing cholesterol medication adherence with financial incentives may be cost-effective

16 Oct 2018

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