#QuarantineChronicles: Departure & distrust

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South Africans in Wuhan are set to come back home on Friday, but our secret journaller has a few final thoughts to share in...
Brian Turyabagye and his team have developed a biomedical kit for early diagnosis and continuous monitoring of pneumonia patients.

Medical smart jacket tackles misdiagnosis of pneumonia

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Jacket would detect symptoms up to four times faster than a doctor.
The HIV prevention pill allows users to take control of their sex lives.

#AIDS2016:“I’ve taken control of my sex life. I use an HIV prevention pill.”

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An HIV prevention pill can reduce HIV-negative people's chances of contracting HIV by more than 90%.
Refugees are at risk of developing mental disorders

‘The baby fell, but I just kept running’

Refugees can flee their countries, but they can't escape the trauma of war.

When ambulances wouldn’t respond to calls in this community, one woman started her own...

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Where ambulances fear to tread: Life in Africa's largest informal settlement is rife with problems. Getting emergency care shouldn't be one of them, says...
TB remains a leading cause of death in South Africa.

Anyone can catch this drug-resistant bug. Surviving treatment is another story.

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For years, catching this drug-resistant bacteria meant painful treatment that risked your hearing and mental health. Now, that could be changing.
Would you betray your partner in crime if it meant you could avoid jail? Here's how this mentality can push up the price of medicines.

SA just endorsed a draft resolution that could bring Big Pharma to its knees

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Presented this week at the World Health Assembly, the document could usher in a new era in affordable healthcare. Here's why we need it.
There are fewer than 10 paediatric heart surgeons in South Africa's public health sector - forcing tiny patients to wait months for surgery.

When the tiniest hearts break: Behind SA’s shortage of paediatric heart surgeons

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The country can't produce its own paediatric heart surgeons. But that may be beginning to change, starting in Cape Town.
Over the last decade a growing number of studies have raised the alarm about men's low involvement in HIV services.

Shift in mood towards HIV

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A recent Cape Town AIDS conference showed a shift in the global mood on HIV.
Girls carry bottled water in Maputo

Could this be the second major city on the verge of a ‘day zero’?

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Taps in capital city of Maputo being turned off every other day as climate change exacerbates southern African drought
Naloxone is cheap

Saved: How drug users gained the power to reverse overdoses

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Find out how drug users banded together to use a simple injection to save thousands of lives.
Displaced people carry water containers on their heads at Tomping camp

South Sudan: From war to water crisis

The start of the rainy season in the war-torn country could spell a cholera outbreak.
LSD hit the clubbing scene and is now a highly controlled substance.

Return trip: Psychedelics are back

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In the first of a two-part series, a band of doctors set out to reclaim LSD and ecstasy for mental health treatments.

A doctor born of hope

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This man from rural Eastern Cape had to travel all the way to Cuba to make his dream of becoming a doctor come true. Now, he is back home and treating patients at the same hospital his mother used to sell fruit in front of when he was a boy.
The V female condom has a thin pouch

The female condom showdown: Lovers Plus Inner Condom, the Cupid and the V

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South Africa is pumping more money into female condom distribution. We look at what's on the market and what's to come for the femidom.
Maternal mortality in Uganda continues to be a development challenge.

Save a little money, save a little life

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A grassroots Ugandan health initiative has significantly reduced maternal deaths.