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Research associates prepare samples at Yemaachi Biotechnology, a cancer research laboratory, in Accra, Ghana, on May 19, 2022.
Governance

Global Health Research in the America First Era

by Gbenga Ogedegbe, Benjamin Meier, Salma Abdalla, Joshua Bogus

Reciprocal innovation, when researchers find and adapt solutions to improve health across borders, could be an answer to the ongoing political challenges in financing research

A woman cooks palm nuts to make oil on the road that connects Obuasi to Cape Coast, in Ghana, on July 26, 2019.
Aging

Heat Stress and Air Pollution Fuel Dementia in Ghana

by David Mawutor Donkor

Ghana's aging population faces worsening cognitive health, including increased dementia risk, from pollution and high temperature

Environment

Gold Prices Reach Record High, Poisoning Ghana's Land

by David Mawutor Donkor
An artisanal miner climbs out of a gold mine with a bag of rocks broken off from inside a mining pit, at the unlicensed mining site of Nsuaem Top, in Ghana, on November 24, 2018.
Gender

Ghana's Proposed Hate Bill Threatens Safety, Livelihood, and the Health of LGBTQI+ People

by Akua O. Gyamerah, Abena Hutchful
Ghana's Proposed Hate Bill Threatens Safety, Livelihood, and the Health of LGBTQI+ People
Governance

What We Ask About Coronavirus in Africa

by Morine Amutorine, Elaine O. Nsoesie
A boy reads the Koran after morning prayers with his family during the holy month of Ramadan, as Egypt ramps up efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Cairo, Egypt, on April 26, 2020. Picture shows the boy reading with his shadow cast on the wall behind him. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Governance

Africa is not Starting from Scratch on COVID-19

by Charles Holmes, Matthew Boyce, Rebecca Katz
Average level of preparation of the health system capacities for responding to an infectious epidemic, as measured by Joint External Evaluations of national progress in meeting targets of the International Health Regulations. Photo shows a map of Africa with different countries colored one of four colors according to the data. GIDA/Georgetown Infectious Disease Atlas