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Sub-Saharan Africa needs to plug local knowledge gap to up its anti-COVID-19 game

Given local conditions in many of Africa’s urban areas — including high density slums and informal settlements — lockdown ...

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A disease that breeds disease: why is type 2 diabetes linked to increased risk of cancer and dementia?

Risk factors for developing type two diabetes include being overweight, being physically inactive, having a poor diet, high blood ...

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Nigeria was once an indisputable leader in Africa: What happened?

The intractable problems of Boko Haram and Islamic State, coupled with kidnappings, have created a security crisis in the ...

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Tonight we riot? What Nintendo’s ‘revolutionary’ video game misses about worker liberation

Some might think this fantasy epitomises the modern movement for worker liberation. It doesn’t.

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COVID-19 lockdown: Isn’t it time for the State to do business again?

The government has to step away from its role of a regulator succumbing to the pressure of businesses; it ...

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New Zealand’s COVID-19 budget delivers on one crisis, but largely leaves climate change for another day

Under the circumstances, the New Zealand budget’s short-term vision is not surprising

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COVID-19 migrants: Future of work and production

Work needs to be reimagined. This is an opportunity to renew rural economies and make them resilient; but it won’t ...

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Climate change and water: First victims

Research is needed to understand the social dimensions of the affected because it has the potential to shift the ...

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Coronavirus: Where are countries finding the money to mitigate economic catastrophe?

Governments are digging deep into their finances that in some instances were already under strain

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Exploitation changes leopard behaviour with long-term genetic costs

Removing too many individuals, especially of a particular age or sex, can destabilise a population

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Sexual and gender-based violence during COVID-19: lessons from Ebola

Sexual and gender-based violence does not begin with disasters like the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. But the chaos ...

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We wanted to know how coronavirus affects Nairobi’s slum residents. What we found

The pandemic is clearly having a negative impact on people’s health and economic and social status

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Coronavirus: surprisingly big problems caused by small errors in testing

 There is as much controversy as there is excitement about giving antibody teststo those who test positive for having ...

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Every drop counts in these times of COVID-19

The most important lesson learnt during the current pandemic is that we need to ensure everybody has access to ...

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5 tips to help parents navigate the unique needs of children with autism learning from home

Research shows adapting teaching to incorporate students’ special interests can help students on the autism spectrum learn academic and ...

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COVID-19: Land is key to survival of indigenous peoples in Asia

Those who are in their forest abodes, are self-sufficient; But those who have been forcibly evicted, will find it ...

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What dreams may come: Why you’re having more vivid dreams during the pandemic

Studies indicate people may be sleeping more and moving less during the pandemic

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Where does the world stand 4 months into COVID-19?

It has learnt at a deadly cost that inequality in development has the power to make a health emergency ...

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How South Africa can address digital inequalities in e-learning

In the wake of South Africa’s first COVID-19 cases, several educational sites are now zero-rated or free to use

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Even during the coronavirus pandemic, the role of public health workers is unrecognised

Public health nurses and physicians, health inspectors and educators, laboratory technicians, epidemiologists and statisticians process tests that identify who ...

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COVID-19 could complete the conquest of the Americas that started 500 years ago

By destroying Amazonia’s last uncontacted peoples, it will do what smallpox and others did in centuries past