Nearly four kilometers beneath the surface of the earth, inside South Africa’s Mponeng Gold Mine, where broadband connectivity is unreliable and working conditions are demanding, an artificial intelligence (AI)system recently accomplished something few medical technologies had managed before.
Author: Justus Akamin
Libya is considering joining the African Pooled Purchasing Mechanism (APPM) for health products.
Brazzaville – As the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to spread, reaching affected people early enough to stop transmission remains one of the most pressing challenges facing the response.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will chair a high-level meeting of the Global Leaders Network (GLN) in eThekwini this weekend, bringing African leaders together for discussions on protecting the health and well-being of women, children, adolescents and future generations.
A health official revealed that the Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded an Ebola-related death in a previously unaffected province, intensifying fears of broader virus spread. The deceased, a motorcycle taxi driver, journeyed from the hotspot of Haut-Uele to Bas-Uele, where no prior cases were reported.
After harmful bacteria are removed by water treatment, the genetic information that enables antimicrobial resistance can persist.
Nurses and midwives are central to health systems and the health and well-being of people and communities. They provide care throughout the life course in hospitals, health centres, communities, homes and other settings. In some communities, they may be the only health professionals available.
Johannesburg, South Africa – Seventy years ago, Sophie Williams-de Bruyn was 18 when she joined about 20,000 women marching to the Union Buildings, the seat of South Africa’s apartheid government, to protest against the extension of the pass laws to Black women.
For decades, global efforts towards the eradication of malaria, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, have focused essentially on West and Central Africa, where the disease is most endemic.
One of my favourite protest songs rings out every year on August 9, which is Women’s Day in South Africa. The song works as a call and response: one set of voices cries out, “You have struck a woman,” while another set responds, “so, you have struck a rock!”
