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NHI

Health dept, SAMRC and Stellenbosch Uni to transform healthcare policy decision-making in South Africa

10 hours

Hydroxychloroquine does not reduce death in Covid-19 cases

Covid-19

International study shows hydroxychloroquine does not reduce Covid-19 deaths

10 Mar 2021

Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link

Social Media

Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link

28 Dec 2020

A substantial proportion of people may refuse or delay taking a Covid-19 vaccine. Shutterstock

Public Health

Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link

Steven Lloyd Wilson & Charles Shey Wiysonge 4 Dec 2020

Noncommunicable diseases

Diabetes is a ticking time bomb in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chinwe Juliana Iwu-Jaja, Andre Pascal Kengne & Charles Shey Wiysonge 13 Nov 2020

The polio eradication programme in Africa directly combated a severe debilitating disease. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

How ending polio in Africa has had positive spinoffs for public health

Charles Shey Wiysonge 4 Nov 2020

While women in sub-Saharan Africa live longer than men, many of these extra years are lived in poor health. Shutterstock

Noncommunicable diseases

People in Africa live longer. But their health is poor in those extra years

Charles Shey Wiysonge 20 Dec 2018

The life expectancy improvements in sub-Saharan Africa vary between men and women. Shutterstock

Noncommunicable diseases

Lifestyle diseases could scupper Africa's rising life expectancy

Charles Shey Wiysonge 27 Nov 2018

Professor Anneke Hesseling, Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University. Photo: Stellenbosch University

Tuberculosis

Children with MDR-TB can be treated successfully

21 Aug 2018

GBD study: SA's development vs health progress gap

Medical Research

GBD study: SA's development vs health progress gap

15 Sep 2017

Establishment of Cochrane Nutrition Field in South Africa

Nutrition

Establishment of Cochrane Nutrition Field in South Africa

22 Aug 2016