Frontline heroes battle disease in Rwanda
Rwanda’s female community health workers have been beating back malaria—can they do the same for…
Mending a broken world with the help of science—and Madame Curie
Amal Amin, a polymer scientist at Egypt’s National Research Center, explains how the 9/11 terror attacks inspired her lifelong drive to build unity and peace…
How Africa’s space rocks are driving planetary science
One-fifth of all the meteorites found on Earth have been discovered in Africa, and the number of locals studying them is growing. In early June…
Hospital study reveals chink in the armour of Zambian superbugs
Drug-resistant bacteria found in hospitals cause thousands of deaths worldwide each year. But a study of such superbugs in a Zambian hospital offers hope that…
South Africa’s divided past is reflected in its innovation landscape
South Africa is ranked as Sub-Saharan Africa’s most innovative country. But its innovation landscape is marred by deep inequalities that look likely to persist, reports…
ARV drugs in Ugandan pork a growing health concern
Mounting evidence that farmers in northern Uganda try to fatten up their pigs with antiretroviral drugs destined for humans with HIV has raised serious health…
Morsure de serpent: les antivenins de mauvaise qualité inondent le marché africain
Une étude de Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) montre que les antivenins qui ont largement inondé ces dernières années le marché africain sont de mauvaise qualité…
Your grandma was wrong: seawater doesn’t cure eye infections
The use of seawater as a home remedy for conjunctivitis—an eye infection that causes redness and itching—has been passed down in Ghana for generations. But…
The health benefits of waakye, Ghana’s secret superfood
Ghanaians are crazy about waakye, a local dish prepared by cooking rice and beans with red sorghum leaves. The leaves add flavour and give waakye…
New treatment offers hope for Kala-Azar victims who also have HIV
A new treatment for patients suffering from both HIV and the deadly parasite-borne disease Kala-azar has shown impressive cure rates, raising hopes for thousands of…
