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Former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela—wearing a white t-shirt with HIV POSITIVE in purple printed on the front—visits the township of Khayelitsha in Western Cape, South Africa. Photo by Media24/Gallo Images/Getty Images

In South Africa, Much More Than an Investment in HIV

Quarraisha Abdool Karim, UNAIDS special ambassador for adolescents and HIV, on "building one house" for health

Trade

A health worker prepares to administer COVID-19 vaccines at Ndirande Health Centre in Blantyre, Malawi.

A "Radical Plan" to Produce Vaccines Locally

Science reporter Amy Maxmen discusses "the hub" and the making of her new podcast for Big Picture Science

Activists and supporters of the Right 2 Know campaign chant slogans as they hold a night vigil outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg September 19, 2011.

Governance

South Africa's Health-Care Whistleblowers Are Under Threat

by Ray Mwareya

Employees who flag nefarious efforts to fleece public health coffers put their jobs, families, and lives at risk

Three South African children sit in a dark room look on as they use a parafin light to study during an electricity load-shedding blackout in Soweto, South Africa, on March 18, 2021.

Governance

Power Cuts in South Africa Wreak Havoc on Health Care

by Nadine Nanji

New and alternative energy solutions are needed to keep pace with hospitals' needs

A brilliant orange-red sunset shimmers over the water and trees of tthe Okavango Delta, Botswana, on April 25, 2018.

Governance

Omicron and the Scramble from Africa

by Mareli Claassens

"Travel bans are based on political agendas, not science, and certainly not on respect," says a physician from Namibia

Cristian Molina, 26, takes his tuberculosis medication at his house in the shantytown of Lujan in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 26, 2019. Molina is prescribed to take 11 tablets per day, seven in the morning and four in the afternoon, which often give him a stomachache.

Poverty

The Fight Against Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

by Caroline Kantis

A photo series depicting people living with TB

A public health information sign is seen with St. Paul's Cathedral seen behind amidst a lockdown during the spread of the coronavirus disease pandemic, London, Britain, January 7, 2021.

Migration

Spread of COVID-19 Variants Adds to Urgency of Disease Control Efforts

by Jennifer B. Nuzzo, Gigi Kwik Gronvall

Increasing evidence suggests new COVID-19 variants are more transmissible between people

Goodman Makanda, who's involved in efforts to make tuberculosis and COVID-19 testing more acceptable and accessible for South African men, in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa, on March 24th 2019. The photo shows a man sitting in a clinic with various monitors and equipment. An eye exam is visible on the wall. MSF/Jelle Krings

Gender

Afraid to Die, Afraid to Go to the Clinic

by Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, Isabel Foster

Amplifying tuberculosis survivor perspectives to encourage men to seek care for COVID-19 in South Africa and elsewhere

Gender

Violence in Times of Coronavirus—The Ugly Truth

by Amber Peterman, Megan O’Donnell, Karen Devries, Alessandra Guedes

We cannot afford to unsee domestic abuse after COVID-19—we need a world free from violence against women and children

Image shows a map of the world color coded according to percent of government spending on health in 2017.

Governance

Which Governments Prioritize Health Spending?

by Joseph L. Dieleman, Hayley Stutzman, Angela E. Micah

As COVID-19 causes simultaneous health and economic crises worldwide, it's an opportunity to evaluate health spending

Going out in a storm is a tough choice. Here a woman braves a sandstorm in Timbuktu, Mali, on July 29, 2013. Far worse is the decision many face today whether to brave COVID-19 for other health care. The photo shows a woman with a baby on her back walking through a desert. The wind is blowing strongly, as evidenced by the billowing cloth on their heads. REUTERS/Joe Penney

Aging

Mothers, Children, and the Terrible Choice Between COVID-19 and Other Infections

by Chip Lyons, Chris Collins

Decisive action is required now to protect the most vulnerable from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during the pandemic

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

What We Ask About Coronavirus in Africa

by Morine Amutorine, Elaine O. Nsoesie

Search query data from 21 African countries reveal public perceptions, gaps in knowledge, and opportunities to educate

A man coughs as children walk past roadside, during the coronavirus pandemic in Nairobi, Kenya April 19, 2020. This is a powerful image of two children looking at a man who is coughing into his had with his head turned. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Urbanization

Coronavirus in East Africa

by Moses Tetui

Disease-induced divisions and challenges to regional blocs are set to deepen in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic

“Nobody knows anything,” said Hollywood screenwriter William Goldman, who wrote the 1969 classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross. The photo is an original movie poster of the movie with the words across the bottom, "Not that it matters, but most of it is true." GETTY Images/Movie Poster Image Art

Governance

Expertise, Coronavirus, and the New Normal

by Charles Ebikeme

North–south divide in the time of coronavirus may be a preview of what will emerge on other side of the pandemic