Indigenous peoples: the struggle continues COVID-19 is just the latest challenge that the San and other marginalised groups have had to face On New Year’s Eve 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission discreetly...
South Africa
Gone for good
Sub-Saharan Africa: the medical brain drain Doctors and other medical professionals migrate for many reasons, but their absence seriously compromises health service delivery A brain drain of African medical staff over...
Healthcare on call
Ghana: mHealth Mobile healthcare services are making inroads into rural Ghana, offering people a chance to get essential healthcare services for the first time The International Labour Organization estimated in 2015...
Mobilising on all fronts against a common enemy
Youth: Fighting COVID-19 their way Africa’s young people are using resourcefulness and new technologies to engage and make a difference in the battle against the virus As Africa continues to battle COVID-19, the...
Leading by example
Innovation: local heroes Kenyans are used to finding local solutions to everyday challenges and COVID-19 has inspired innovators to find creative ways to cope with the pandemic Onyango Okoth was diagnosed with COVID-19...
The COVID-19 pandemic a year on
Lessons and the way forward On 5 March 2021, South Africa reached an important milestone: 100 000 vaccinations were administered to healthcare workers. Exactly a year to the day after South Africa recorded its first...
