Global Health

Global health issues that are not specifically related to Africa healthcare  but may direct or indirect impact on Africa Healthcare.

Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research Group partners SNIP-AFRICA project to reduce neonatal sepsis deaths in Africa

The Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research Group (GHID) at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR)…

8 months ago

Crohn’s disease: bacteria in the mouth may be a cause – here’s why

Crohn’s disease affects four million people worldwide. The condition causes debilitating symptoms such as chronic fatigue, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, weight loss and…

8 months ago

AI for Health: A program for startups using AI technology for growth in the healthcare

AI for Health is a hybrid program dedicated to supporting high-potential startups using AI technology to grow and innovate responsibly…

11 months ago

Partnerships are vital building blocks of effective universal healthcare systems

By Dr. Serigne Gueye Diop Sub-Saharan Africa has an especially urgent need to strengthen surgical care systems. Surgery has long…

11 months ago

Improve antibiotics access to beat ‘silent pandemic’

By: Ranjit Devraj [NEW DELHI] Better access to antibiotics and antiviral medicines could slow down the spread of drug resistance…

2 years ago

Sleep: here’s how much you really need for optimal cognition and wellbeing – new research

Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, University of Cambridge; Christelle Langley, University of Cambridge; Jianfeng Feng, Fudan University, and Wei Cheng, Fudan University…

2 years ago

Are male and female brains really different?

Gina Rippon, Aston University Along with just about every other aspect of real or imagined differences between the sexes, the…

2 years ago

No PCR, no problem: how COVID can be diagnosed with X-rays

Bal Iryna/Shutterstock Naeem Ramzan, University of the West of Scotland; Gabriel Okolo, University of the West of Scotland, and Stamos…

2 years ago

Affordable analysis of genomes ‘key to tackling diseases’

[NAIROBI] A project equipping researchers with cheap and accessible methods for studying genetic materials of large collections of bacteria that…

2 years ago

Work-life balance: what really makes us happy might surprise you

Lis Ku, De Montfort University Finding the right work-life balance is by no means a new issue in our society.…

2 years ago