Sub-Saharan Africa

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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

Governance

Fostering Synergy for Health

Advancing the One Health approach in Africa to tackle emerging threats

Environment

In Parched Zimbabwe, Climate Change Pushes Tsetse to New Areas

Health experts will monitor tsetse-caused sleeping sickness to stem its spread

Governance

Monkeypox in Nigeria

Nigeria's battered health infrastructure is ill-equipped to handle a surge in monkeypox cases

Gender

Hiding in Plain Sight

Although schistosomiasis affects many women and the treatment is simple, it is often misdiagnosed

Poverty

A Chance to Give Back

Reflecting on a medical calling and working in the war-torn Nuba mountains in Sudan

Food

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?

Poverty

Kenya's Greatest Sickle Cell Disease Advocate

Lea Kilenga Masamo is destigmatizing a rare genetic condition to improve care for forgotten patients

Governance

The Urgent Need for an African Medicines Agency

Africa needs to continue strengthening and relying on its own health-care agencies

Governance

Overcoming COVID-19 Misinformation in Africa

Country borders and language barriers do little to stop the spread of unverified scientific claims about COVID-19

Poverty

Why Neglected Tropical Diseases Still Matter

Ending neglected tropical diseases is necessary for a brighter future

Governance

A Path Forward on COVID-19 in Tanzania

There is no time to waste in saving lives