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Mali Prioritizes Child Survival During Armed Conflict
Improving access to free health care decreased child mortality by 63% over three years
Learning From Liberia's COVID-19 Vaccination Program
Liberia's high COVID-19 vaccination coverage is a testament to the power of innovative responses to outbreaks
Global Health and the "Second Independence of Africa"
Plans for a new public health order for Africa are central to the continent's future in a geopolitical world
How to Prevent African Mothers and Newborns from Dying
Clean hospitals can save thousands of lives
Fostering Synergy for Health
Advancing the One Health approach in Africa to tackle emerging threats
In Parched Zimbabwe, Climate Change Pushes Tsetse to New Areas
Health experts will monitor tsetse-caused sleeping sickness to stem its spread
Monkeypox in Nigeria
Nigeria's battered health infrastructure is ill-equipped to handle a surge in monkeypox cases
Hiding in Plain Sight
Although schistosomiasis affects many women and the treatment is simple, it is often misdiagnosed
A Chance to Give Back
Reflecting on a medical calling and working in the war-torn Nuba mountains in Sudan
Is Fast Food Eating Away at Africa's Progress?
It is often said that Africa is the future, but what kind of future will it have if its population is unhealthy?
Kenya's Greatest Sickle Cell Disease Advocate
Lea Kilenga Masamo is destigmatizing a rare genetic condition to improve care for forgotten patients
The Urgent Need for an African Medicines Agency
Africa needs to continue strengthening and relying on its own health-care agencies
Overcoming COVID-19 Misinformation in Africa
Country borders and language barriers do little to stop the spread of unverified scientific claims about COVID-19
Preventing Pandemics and Ending Malaria Demand New Investments in Community Health
Preparedness for the next pandemic is a choice