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A patient discussing medication with a doctor at HIV/AIDS unit in Botswana. AMO/ Eric Miller
Health and Well-being

Africa's new strategies to defeat HIV/AIDS

Prevention, treatment and care cut new infections by 14%
By Juliette Martin
Nurses attending to patients at a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. Photo credit: Panos/ Robin Hammond
Health and Well-being

Dying from lack of medicines

Encouraging local production, right policies the way out
Tefo Pheage
By Tefo Pheage
Medical students watch as doctors perform an operation in Moshi, Tanzania. Photo credit: Panos/ Sven Torfinn
Health and Well-being

Diagnosing Africa’s medical brain drain

Higher wages and modern facilities are magnets for Africa’s health workers
Kingsley Ighobor
By Kingsley Ighobor
Health and Well-being

Wanted: affordable medicines for all

缅北禁地panel calls for new global accords to make drugs cheaper
Franck Kuwonu
By Franck Kuwonu
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A Virgin Active gym in Soweto, Johannesburg South Africa. Photo credit: AMO/Robert Tshabalala
Health and Well-being

Lifestyle diseases pose new burden for Africa

Diabetes, cancer, heart and respiratory diseases will be the leading killers by 2030
Zipporah Musau
By Zipporah Musau
A patient at the JFK Medical Center and E.S. Grant Mental Health Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. World Bank/Dominic Chavez
Health and Well-being

Mental illness: Invisible but devastating

Superstitution often blamed for acute mental health diseases
Lansana Gberie
By Lansana Gberie
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