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It pays to invest in poor girls and women – the returns are greater
Rwanda has shown that improved nutrition lifts individuals, families, communities and economies.
Five African states help women prevent pregnancy right after birth
Postpartum or after birth family planning can reduce one in three maternal deaths, one in 10 infant deaths and one in five child deaths.
Is universal access to healthcare possible?
The Elders say everybody is entitled to decent, affordable medical attention.
Scars of conflict: ‘We should not forget Africa’s women’
Community health workers are bringing healthcare to the homes of HIV-infected pregnant women in rural Cameroon. It has saved many babies.
World: Stop turning your back on TB
The disease kills more than a million people a year but the world's response to it is totally inadequate.
HIV vaccine – closer than ever
We are not there yet, but experts are optimistic about a jab to prevent HIV coming to market in the near future.
Tanzania: 22.8% of teen girls are mothers
Many children between the ages of nine and 12 have had sex. The average woman has about five children.
What can we learn from Angola’s yellow fever outbreak?
The country's yellow fever outbreak is a timely reminder that African countries can't get complacent with their vaccination efforts.
Sex, soccer and social media
A Nigerian and a Kenyan use social media and the football pitch to discuss contraceptives and stop pregnancy.
Millions are denied morphine that will free them from pain
Markets, attitudes and the war on drugs are the barriers that prevent patients having access to opioid-based pain medication.
Kenyans and Ugandans need to change their ways to arrest lifestyle diseases
Two surveys paint a shocking picture of how East Africans are exposing themselves to the mounting risks of non-communicable diseases.
Spreading false hope and endangering people’s lives: Why do so many believe in quacks?
Faith healers, psychics, celebrities and others sell their holy water, prayers, bracelets, vitamins and other gimmicks to vulnerable people.
African leaders step up to the plate to narrow immunisation gaps
African ministers are taking new steps to provide vaccines for children who don't have access.
How stigma can stymie Nigeria’s efforts to extend HIV treatment
People in rural Nigeria are afraid of being isolated due to their HIV status and don't access treatment.
Why over-treating malaria in Africa is a problem, and how it can be stopped
Malaria medication is being accidentally wasted on other conditions.
Buruli ulcer: Africa’s neglected but third most common mycobacterial disease
The buruli ulcer is considered to be a neglected tropical disease but is the third most common bacterial infection after tuberculosis and leprosy.