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Dr William Mapham.
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#Designindaba2018: SA's crowd-sourced solution for a global problem

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UN warns of rising food insecurity across Africa

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20 Feb 2018

Late diagnosis causing more deaths in HIV-positive children

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Elgar Machuka 12 Feb 2018

Solar project helps resolve power outages in Malawi hospitals

Solar project helps resolve power outages in Malawi hospitals

26 Jan 2018

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E-health platform MyDawa disrupting Kenya's healthcare industry

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Heather Ohly, Nicola Lowe 23 Jan 2018

Study: African surgical patients twice as likely to die

Study: African surgical patients twice as likely to die

5 Jan 2018

Antiretroviral treatment prevents the virus from multiplying and prolongs the lives of HIV positive people. Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

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Griffins Manguro 3 Jan 2018

Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide - and that's not good

Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide - and that's not good

Karl Zimmerer 1 Dec 2017

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

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Meet Africa's startup stars

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20 Nov 2017

Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

24 Oct 2017

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Purple tea is taking over the world, one cup at a time

Sharon Mundia 5 Sep 2017

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Invisible and ignored: air pollution inside the homes of Nairobi's residents

Kanyiva Muindi and Blessing Mberu 17 Aug 2017

WHO report: Kenyan cholera outbreak

WHO report: Kenyan cholera outbreak

2 Aug 2017

Three outstanding African innovators walk away with Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2017.

Africa's top innovators announced

31 Jul 2017

Cancer care comes to Western Kenya

Cancer care comes to Western Kenya

10 Jul 2017

Gary M Reedy, CEO at the American Cancer Society

Collaboration increases cancer treatment accessibility

3 Jul 2017

Sthembile Shabangu

Innovation is the key to keep Africa moving forward

Sthembile Shabangu 22 Jun 2017

10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2017

10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2017

19 Jun 2017

Ensuring safer pregnancies for Kenyan women in urban slums

Ensuring safer pregnancies for Kenyan women in urban slums

Blessing Mberu, Kanyiva Muindi, and Patricia Elung 25 May 2017

Malaria education in Malawi. Source: WHO/S Hollyman

#WorldMalariaDay: Vaccine trial to commence in 2018

25 Apr 2017

Dispute brews over plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

Dispute brews over plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

Verah Okeyo and Elizabeth Merab 5 Apr 2017

Professor Magnus Knebel von Doeberitz, medical director, University of Heidelberg, Dr Omenge Orango’o, Moi University Nairobi and Dr Gilbert Saggia, SAP Africa’s managing director: East Africa

Cervical cancer screening goes high tech in Africa

28 Mar 2017

Kenyan government challenged to pay striking doctors' salaries

Kenyan government challenged to pay striking doctors' salaries

Galgalo Bocha and Alex Njeru 29 Dec 2016

Kenya needs to combat NCDs through public private partnerships

Kenya needs to combat NCDs through public private partnerships

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Internet.org awards African innovation

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Solar project helps resolve power outages in Malawi hospitals

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Tony Wood, MD, MyDawa

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Study: African surgical patients twice as likely to die

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Meet Africa's startup stars

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20 Nov 2017

Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

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WHO report: Kenyan cholera outbreak

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Three outstanding African innovators walk away with Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2017.

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Cancer care comes to Western Kenya

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Ensuring safer pregnancies for Kenyan women in urban slums

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Blessing Mberu, Kanyiva Muindi, and Patricia Elung 25 May 2017

Malaria education in Malawi. Source: WHO/S Hollyman

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25 Apr 2017

Dispute brews over plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

HealthcareDispute brews over plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

Verah Okeyo and Elizabeth Merab 5 Apr 2017

Professor Magnus Knebel von Doeberitz, medical director, University of Heidelberg, Dr Omenge Orango’o, Moi University Nairobi and Dr Gilbert Saggia, SAP Africa’s managing director: East Africa

HealthcareCervical cancer screening goes high tech in Africa

28 Mar 2017

Kenyan government challenged to pay striking doctors' salaries

HealthcareKenyan government challenged to pay striking doctors' salaries

Galgalo Bocha and Alex Njeru 29 Dec 2016

Kenya needs to combat NCDs through public private partnerships

HealthcareKenya needs to combat NCDs through public private partnerships

7 Dec 2016

Source: Merck

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Rasha Kelej 3 Nov 2016

Internet.org awards African innovation

ICTInternet.org awards African innovation

3 Oct 2016

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Tom Jackson 26 Aug 2016

Exciting future for continent that accesses the power of Internet of Things

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Brett Parker 16 Aug 2016

Margaret Kenyatta and Markus Gemuen

Healthcare#WomensMonth: Partnership to improve breast cancer care in Kenya

16 Aug 2016

Merck is sponsoring an oncology fellowship at the University of Nairobi

HealthcareNew fellowship to strengthen cancer care in Africa

11 Jul 2016

L-R: Farid Fezoua, president & CEO: GE Healthcare Africa; Jay Ireland, president & CEO: GE Africa; Dr Cleopa Mailu, cabinet secretary: ministry of health for Kenya and John Flannery, president & CEO of GE Healthcare.

HealthcareNew healthcare training and skills institute opens in Kenya

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African campaign reduces stigma and improves care around infertility

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Giving Africa's medical innovations a global audience

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