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Gastroenterology

Don't sit and scroll: SA warned about phone use on the toilet

13 minutes

FBW begins work on first major design project in West Africa

Architecture & Design

FBW begins work on first major design project in West Africa

12 May 2022

J&J teams up with African scientists to find new drugs to address antimicrobial resistance

Healthcare

J&J teams up with African scientists to find new drugs to address antimicrobial resistance

28 Apr 2022

Here's where efforts to end HIV in eastern and southern Africa must focus

HIV/AIDS

Here's where efforts to end HIV in eastern and southern Africa must focus

Kaymarlin Govender, Janet Seeley, Mitzy Gafos, Roselyn Kanyemba 24 Dec 2020

The increasingly well-coordinated global anti-vaccine movement has repurposed itself to challenge the very reality of COVID-19. Hasan Esen/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Covid-19

Covid-19: A global survey shows worrying signs of vaccine hesitancy

Scott C Ratzan, Agnes Binagwaho, Heidi Larson, Jeffrey V Lazarus, Kenneth Rabin & Lawrence O Gostin 29 Oct 2020

A laboratory technician prepares a sample at the government-run Ifakara Health Institute north of Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam. PHOTO Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images

Public Health

Tanzania study shows critical need to address infection control in health facilities

Jessica JC King 22 Jul 2020

Vaccines are some of the most equitable and cost-effective health interventions available. ranplett/GettyImages

Public Health

Why a campaign to champion all vaccines matters now more than ever

Katherine E Gallagher, Anthony Scott, Ifedayo Adetifa, John Ojal, Shirine Voller & Wangeci Kagucia 5 May 2020

New HIV infections remain high. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

The search for an effective HIV vaccine continues

14 Feb 2020

Coronavirus outbreak mapper.

Infectious Diseases

Coronavirus outbreak: a new mapping tool that lets you scroll through timeline

Edward Parker 12 Feb 2020

The spread of false information can have a devastating impact on affected communities. Woohae Cho/Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

False information fuels fear during disease outbreaks: there is an antidote

Marina Joubert 10 Feb 2020

Medical Research

What we've learnt from building Africa's biggest genome library

Deepti Gurdasani, Ayesha Motala, Pontiano Kaleebu & Segun Fatumo 4 Dec 2019

20 awarded in regional L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Young Talent Awards

Education & Skills Development

20 awarded in regional L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Young Talent Awards

25 Nov 2019

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

Infectious Diseases

Context matters in fighting Ebola: lessons from West Africa for the DRC

Shelley Lees & Luisa Enria 5 Jul 2019

New study: Improved housing doubles in Sub-Saharan Africa between 2000-2015

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

New study: Improved housing doubles in Sub-Saharan Africa between 2000-2015

1 Apr 2019

Photo: Paul Botes

Public Health

What to do about South Africa's unemployed doctors

Russell Rensburg 25 Feb 2019

PrEP pills. Bowonpat Sakaew/Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

Stop blaming PrEP for the rise in STIs - the picture is more complex than that

Oli Stevens & Charles Witzel 11 Dec 2018

RTI International/Ruth McDowall

Public Health

Corruption in the Nigerian health sector has many faces. How to fix it

11 Jul 2018

Health & Social Welfare

Why the path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans is within reach

Alex Ezeh, Nelson Sewankambo and Peter Piot 18 Sep 2017

Ebola vaccine shows results in trial

Medical Research

Ebola vaccine shows results in trial

23 Dec 2016

Transforming a smartphone into an eye test kit

Mobile

Transforming a smartphone into an eye test kit

23 Aug 2013

From discovery to delivery at 2012 International Microbicides Conference

Exhibitions & Events

From discovery to delivery at 2012 International Microbicides Conference

12 Mar 2012

Public Health

Circumcision: Risky business

16 Feb 2010

Nutrition

No evidence for superior nutritional content of organic produce

30 Jul 2009

Infectious Diseases

Play your part - don't spread diseases

17 Jun 2009