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A recent survey says that Kenyans and Ugandans must start eating healthily to avoid getting sick from lifestyle diseases.

Kenyans and Ugandans need to change their ways to arrest lifestyle diseases

Opinion Catherine Kyobutungi -
Two surveys paint a shocking picture of how East Africans are exposing themselves to the mounting risks of non-communicable diseases.
Almost half of all Kenyan women aged 15 to 49 years have a child under the age of five. For most of these women

How women who work are held back by a lack of quality daycare in...

Opinion Stella Muthuri -
The increasingly disjointed nature of life in urban slums means there’s no network of family support for mothers who want to work.
NHI: GPs polled want to work part-time.

Doctors give NHI a qualified thumbs up

Opinion Amy Green, Mia Malan and Ina Skosana -
GPs with their own practices are interested in working for the NHI scheme – with caveats.
Necessary care: Children who suffer from disabilities are often neglected and hidden away.

Vital service reaches far too few

Opinion Kate Sherry -
Rehabilitation plans for the thousands of people with disabilities must be included in the NHI.
A voucher-based initiative to get women to nurse their babies is causing a stir

Breast may be best, but bribing mothers to nurse is not

Opinion Joanna Moorhead -
There are many advantages to breastfeeding but should mothers be bribed to do it?
Africa needs more emergency care specialists to prevent unnecessary deaths due to a lack of capacity and training.

Why emergency care in Africa needs to become a specialised course

Opinion Stevan Bruijns -
Countries in Africa are in desperate need of more emergency care specialists and increased training.
Stand and deliver: James Francis takes a new approach to working. Standing and working has some health and productivity benefits.

Sitting could be the death of you

Opinion James Francis -
Hemingway did it. Churchill did it. So let's do it. Let's all stand up while we work.
The same number of South African boys and girls start school

Bring back the lost girls

Opinion Salim Abdool Karim -
This country must find ways to keep girls in school and educate them about HIV prevention.
If a pregnant woman does not have the right nutrition

It pays to invest in poor girls and women – the returns are greater

Opinion Yannick Tshimanga -
Rwanda has shown that improved nutrition lifts individuals, families, communities and economies.
Life expectancy at birth is better in Singapore than in many developed countries .

Singapore slings health clues SA’s way

Opinion William Haseltine -
Its health system is comparable to the best in the world, achieved at a fraction of the cost of others.
At least one in four children in Africa is still not receiving the vaccinations they need.

African leaders step up to the plate to narrow immunisation gaps

Opinion Charles Shey Wiysonge -
African ministers are taking new steps to provide vaccines for children who don't have access.
More than 876-million school-age children are at risk of becoming infected with potentially sight-stealing parasites.

A sight for sore eyes: Teachers test pupils’ eyes to keep them in school

Opinion Imran Khan -
Children need more than books to flourish at school. De-worming may be one of the most cost-effective ways to increase school participation in Africa.
Research on carcinogens in the environment led to tobacco laws that helped to decrease the number of smokers in South Africa.

Death knell for cancer research

Opinion Dr Carl Alrecht -
The state has pulled its funding of studies on the disease, retarding progress on a cure.
Outdated discourse of treatment versus prevention ... obscures elementary points for which we currently lack a common language.

Common sense needed in HIV fight

Opinion Alex Welte -
A recent international Aids conference lacked input from those living with the HI virus.
South African patients qualify for HIV treatment if their CD4 count – a measure of a person’s immunity – is 350 or lower.

SA could turn dread into capital

Opinion Pieter Fourie -
HIV diplomacy can be used to help the country become a better, more influential global citizen.
Far cry: African countries have more than their fair share of healthcare issues.

Africa-China alliance can only benefit healthcare

Opinion Mercy Ahun -
China has reduced childhood deaths and illness from diseases that were once widespread.
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