by Contributed | Oct 28, 2021 | Blog
Floodwaters in the town of Bushmans River in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Shutterstock Jennifer Fitchett, University of the Witwatersrand Many people still think of climate change as a phenomenon that we will only face in the distant future. Perhaps that’s partly...
by Contributed | Oct 28, 2021 | Blog
Ndahafa is one of approximately 8,000 Namibian children living with HIV. She was diagnosed with the virus at the age of four, and since then, has been taking HIV medicine known as ART (antiretroviral therapy) at Eudafano Clinic, which is located five kilometers away...
by Contributed | Oct 27, 2021 | Blog
Not all unplanned pregnancies are unwanted. Shutterstock Catriona Macleod, Rhodes University and Tracey Feltham-King, Rhodes University Much has been made recently in South Africa about the increase in teenage pregnancies in the past year, fuelled by the COVID-19...
by Contributed | Oct 19, 2021 | Blog
The COVID-10 pandemic followed a different path in Africa than was predicted. Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua via Getty Images Francisca Mutapi, University of Edinburgh Early predictions of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by some public health scientists painted a gloomy...
by Contributed | Oct 18, 2021 | Blog
The Kariba Dam, a hydroelectric dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. GettyImages Ellen Fungisai Chipango, University of Johannesburg Zimbabwe is one of the African countries that hopes renewable energy technologies will help...
