Abdu Mohiddin, Aga Khan University ; Marleen Temmerman, Aga Khan University , and Rodney Adam, Aga Khan University Hospital Kenya is grappling with the COVID-19 Delta…
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Doyin Odubanjo, Nigerian Academy of Science With rising cases of the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Nigeria, there is heightened concern about how well…
Neelaveni Padayachee, University of the Witwatersrand and Varsha Bangalee, University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout programme, outlined by the Ministry of Health, had three…
Rongedzayi Fambasayi, North-West University Every day, millions of children experience violence in one form or another. It is a global problem that cuts across colour, class,…
Lindy Heinecken, Stellenbosch University In a show of force unprecedented since South Africa became a democracy in 1994, the South African National Defence Force has commissioned…
Migration is increasingly recognised as a determinant of health.
Kwame Adovor Tsikudo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Aid, trade and foreign direct investments typify China’s global rise and its African activities. Central to China’s expanding…
Nina G. Jablonski, Penn State Skin We Are In is a landmark South African book for children (and grown-ups) on the subject of skin colour. Published…
Pauline Bakibinga, African Population and Health Research Center In 2016, the World Health Organisation (WHO) set an ambitious target to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. This…
Carlos Lopes, University of Cape Town When the United Nations started framing its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2012 – a shared blueprint for working towards…