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Meet the award-winning nurse from Ghana advocating for women
Rukaya Mumuni’s work in Ghana, including efforts to end cervical cancer and introduce the HPV vaccine, is gaining attention.
This summer’s top five health podcasts
Whether you are soaking up the sun by the sea or dozing through your first rainy commute back from holiday, here are five great health podcasts to get stuck into before summer ends and life begins to speed up again.
Nepali community burdened with high rates of sickle-cell anaemia seek support
Half a century ago, sickle-cell genes made the indigenous Tharu people robust against falciparum malaria. But their present-day descendants are paying a health penalty.
Ugandan public gets serious about knocking back yellow fever
Months after a major mass preventive vaccination drive, clinics are still seeing streams of people coming in to ask for the jab, say happy health workers.
Climate change worsening HIV control in Asia
Climate change and related disasters factors can affect all aspects of HIV, primarily leading to the increased vulnerability to HIV.
In a colony of people living with disabilities in Nigeria’s capital, mothers contend with discrimination and physical challenges to get their kids protected from childhood diseases.
How Kenya is innovating to help every eligible child get to four malaria vaccine doses
To reach its full life-saving potential, the RTS,S malaria vaccine demands a four-dose regimen. As Cyrus Michino found in Kenya’s Vihiga County, keeping families committed for such a long course is unique challenge for the health system.
Zika, dengue transmission expected to rise with climate change
A new study foresees a 20% increase in cases of viruses like dengue, Zika and chikungunya over the next 30 years due to climate change. Higher temperatures are already causing the diseases carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito to spread in cooler…
Managing Mumbai monsoon: How health workers in an Indian megacity brace for bad weather
From dengue to damp patient files, city health workers in Mumbai weather the season’s challenges with a combination of systemic planning and “small fixes”
“I like my people”: A South Sudanese vaccinator tells his story
Once a ‘zero-dose’ child sweating through a bout of measles in the bush during a civil war, and later a refugee, Mhot Ahoch-Thon grew up to become a health worker noted for his commitment and humility.
1918 Spanish Flu was associated with higher risks of stillbirths and low birth weights
Study emphasises the need to consider maternal and infant health in pandemic planning.