Sub-Saharan Africa

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The Weaponization of Witchcraft Laws in Kenya

Poorly understood land rights and an aging population are fueling Kenya's eldercide epidemic

Youth Initiatives Rise to Combat Nigeria's Mpox Outbreak

Youth health organizations can build a robust outbreak response and cultivate future generations of health leaders

Governance

Mali Prioritizes Child Survival During Armed Conflict

Improving access to free health care decreased child mortality by 63% over three years

Governance

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

Governance

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