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Walk in the footsteps of South Sudan’s lost children
Refugee resettlement camps offer a safer space for South Sudanese children, who make up 64% of all refugees in Uganda.
Could this country be among the world’s best for refugees?
Many Ugandans were once refugees themselves. Now, they are 'paying back the good' and making their country one of the best in the world for refugees.
South Sudan is bleeding itself dry
Blood donations are scant in South Sudan as the process is frowned upon and treated with suspicion by locals.
Malawi’s sick prisons: Inmates go hungry as budgets dwindle and food prices soar
As a food crisis unfolds in the country, prisons lack money to purchase even simple food stuffs such as maize flour and beans.
Rains and conflict will make bids to control South Sudan’s cholera outbreak harder
Violence has contributed to the epidemic; aid agencies can't travel freely and are removing nonessential staff.
Water-fed gardens in Malawi ward off starvation – for now
The government's focus on small-scale irrigation has given hope and sustenance to some districts.
Juba’s water vendors make a living, but it’s a cut-throat business
Water pumped from the Nile is the only option for 98% of the residents of South Sudan's capital.
South Sudan: From war to water crisis
The start of the rainy season in the war-torn country could spell a cholera outbreak.
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.
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.
Kala azar: The killer disease nobody knows about
Kala azar is endemic in parts of South Sudan and affects mostly the poor and disenfranchised. A simple jab could control it, but not in this country.
A jab controls sandfly bite killer fever, but not in South Sudan
Early diagnosis, a simple test, vector curbs and a new medicine is effective in many areas, but South Sudan can't rely on this treatment.
Two-thirds of people think antibiotics can cure the flu
A World Health Organisation survey has revealed that antibiotic resistance has become a global crisis.
Ebola thrives on the scraps of war and blight
Personal accounts from Liberia and Sierra Leone bring home the devastation wrought by the virus.
Ebola flight risk fears ungrounded
There is little reason to worry even if a fellow passenger has contracted the disease.