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The impact of COVID-19 on women’s mental health

Women are twice more likely to be affected by common mental health conditions. The effect of COVID-19 related concerns on women, therefore

September 6, 2020November 24, 2020
Health & Medicine/Science & Tech/Trade & Industry

Fighting big pharma over Covid-19 vaccine access

The domination of global medicine by major pharmaceutical companies needs to be confronted to provide fairer access to vaccines, a leading South

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
Analysis/Health & Medicine/Opinion

Time to redefine global health

By Fifa Rahman, Felicita Hikuam, Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo, and Gisa Dang* The COVID-19 pandemic is a bleak reminder of the enduring inequity in

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
Health & Medicine/Opinion

The COVID-19 vaccine debate and the trap of arguing on behalf of global rivals

Linking Africa and African history to its contemporary placement in international relations is now rarely done, not least in Zimbabwe’s case with

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021
Analysis/Health & Medicine

How prepared is Kenya to roll out COVID-19 vaccines?

Kenya’s response to the global pandemic has so far been marked by two phases. The first was a rapid but coercive and

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021
Health & Medicine

Global action is the only way to get ahead of Covid-19

By Mark Suzman This week, we learned that the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca appears to provide no measurable

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021
Health & Medicine

South African COVID-19 vaccine trials hold key lessons for future partnerships

Keymanthri Moodley and Theresa Rossouw COVID-19 vaccine supplies are available in various parts of the world. But it’s clear that distribution is

February 9, 2021February 11, 2021
Health & Medicine

Malawi setting up field hospitals to cope with virus surge

Malawi faces a resurgence of COVID-19 that is overwhelming the southern African country where a presidential residence and a national stadium have

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021
Health & Medicine

Africa’s scramble to bury virus dead, get vaccines

Shipping containers have become overflow mortuaries for the dead from COVID-19 in South Africa, while some other African nations are now looking

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021
Health & Medicine/Opinion/Science & Tech

COVID-19 agency: What Africa and its Diaspora should do and how

By Professor Arthur Mutambara Clearly, it is not sufficient to merely articulate the lack of collective agency facing the African continent and

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021
Analysis/Health & Medicine

Some key questions answered on COVID-19 vaccines for African countries

What’s immediately available for African countries? African health regulatory authorities must approve the use of vaccines before they can be rolled out

January 19, 2021January 24, 2021
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