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Counterfeit drugs raise Africa’s temperature
11 Apr 2013For someone with advanced technical know-how and a devious mind, a piece of chalk or some flour or starch can be shaped into a tablet or pill. With the naked eye, it’s almost impossible to tell it’s...
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Mothers’ health is improving across Africa
In recent years, the shrill cries of a newborn baby have been bringing more shouts of joy than of...
Reconstructive surgery brings hope to survivors of genital cutting
New advances can give women more normal lives
New HIV infections are falling dramatically in Africa
A Liberian soldier shows off his juggling skills at a World AIDS Day event, “Zero New Infections...
Helping the ‘collateral victims’ of AIDS
Here in Rakai, where Uganda’s first AIDS case was reported in the early 1980s, it is common to see...
Investing in the health of Africa’s mothers
Checking the blood pressure of an expectant mother in Rwanda.Photograph: Redux / eyevine / Kate...
In Africa, AIDS often has a woman’s face
Testing a patient at an HIV clinic in Soweto, South Africa.Photograph: Africa Media Online / South...
To save the lives of mothers, infants
In an otherwise grim outlook for Africa’s hopes of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (...
Better health at the click of a button
Medical records and other health information can now be easily shared via mobile phones and other...
Investing in the health of Africa’s mothers
Listerning to a mother’s foetus in Liberia: African women not only need access to well-equipped...
‘Children just do not have to die’
Simple, cheap interventions can reduce African mortality rates
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