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Diet and lack of exercise main reasons for dramatic rise in diabetes
The first World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Diabetes report says that diabetes has increased globally, and the disease claims more lives yearly.
Pharma funding for TB research four times less than government funding
Available data shows significantly higher investment by public and philanthropic institutions in TB research than by the pharmaceutical industry.
‘Horrendous’ state of schools for the blind in the spotlight
Civil society bodies are meeting education officials to formulate an urgent response to the shortage of tools and teachers for the visually impaired.
Four things parents can do to keep their kids’ kidneys healthy
In the developed world up to 5% of patients with chronic kidney disease are children. But statistics are harder to come by in the developing world.
Obesity weighs heavily on Africa’s meagre resources
Big Food is just one driving force behind unhealthy eating, and strategies are needed to cut the high cost of associated diseases.
A long road ahead to reduce HIV among South Africa’s sex workers
More than half the female sex workers in South Africa's three largest cities are HIV positive, but less than a third are on antiretroviral treatment.
Bikers go full throttle to speed up TB cure in Zimbabwe
A programme with the health department sees motorbikes being used to deliver drugs to people in far-flung places who can't afford the fare.
Angola’s yellow fever outbreak: Vaccines desperately needed
Only six out of ten Angolan children have been vaccinated against yellow fever.
Ndua’s stove keeps a lid on cholera in Kenya
Women said they couldn't afford to boil water and cook, so a local inventor rolled up his sleeves.
‘Roche holds cancer patients to ransom’ – activists
Activists say if Roche does not drop the price of Herceptin, they will ask the health department to act.
Ebola and Zika epidemics are driven by pathologies of society, not just a virus
Economic exploitation in the developing world has resulted in under-resourced and weak health systems that could not contain the spread of viruses.
The South Africans who unmasked TB stigma
Media professionals and health workers wore surgical masks to fight TB stigma on World TB Day.
SA makes great strides in treating ‘strong’ TB
The country has one of the highest tuberculosis burdens.
But it is rapidly gaining access to new diagnostic tools and medicine for drug-resistant TB.
Malawi drought: “I’m pregnant, but I’ve got nothing to eat.”
Some rain has fallen yet crop yields are still expected to be poor, but aid programmes have opened the door to a more sustainable future.
Game-changing technology for blind people – at a price
Groundbreaking technology could revolutionise the future for the blind - but the exorbitant costs make it inaccessible.
M&G joins #UnmaskStigma TB awareness campaign
The Mail & Guardian's health centre, Bhekisisa, joins the World Health Organisation in raising awareness about TB on World TB Day on March 24.