Medical negligence in Nigeria: what’s known, and what needs to be doneFriday Okonofua, University of Benin
Ghana collects half the blood it needs – digital approaches can improve thatMichael Head, University of Southampton; Honghui Shen, University of Southampton, and Markus Brede, University of Southampton
High cholesterol and insulin resistance are rising among young South Africans – what that means for public healthThemba Titus Sigudu, University of the Witwatersrand
Ghanaian celebrities are dealing with mental illness stigma behind closed doors – why speaking up mattersLyzbeth King, Ohio University and Mary Kiura, Purdue University Fort Wayne
HIV funding still falls short of targets after pledges: what’s at stakeMelanie Bisnauth, University of the Witwatersrand
Telling people to use antibiotics responsibly isn’t enough. What will work insteadMarina Joubert, Stellenbosch University
South Africa needs to rethink how it measures intellectual and developmental disabilities – what’s lackingLieketseng Ned, Stellenbosch University and Marguerite Schneider, University of Cape Town
How to stay healthy on HIV treatment, and what side effects to look out for – Malawi researchMelani Ratih Mahanani, University of Heidelberg
Youth workers are spreading health messages on social media: how to support what they do in South AfricaThulani Andrew Chauke, University of South Africa
Men’s drinking harms women and children, and the impact is worst in poorer countriesLeane Ramsoomar, South African Medical Research Council
Long COVID’s hidden toll: the South Africans still battling fatigue, anxiety and memory lossJonny Peter, University of Cape Town
Africa’s hidden stillbirth crisis: new report exposes major policy and data gapsMary Kinney, University of Cape Town
Toilets can make Africa’s roads safer, according to this new studyFestival Godwin Boateng, University of Oxford
Fish farming is booming in Lake Victoria, but pollution and disease are wiping out millions. How to reduce lossesEkta Patel, International Livestock Research Institute ; Christopher Aura, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute; Eric Teplitz, Cornell University, and Kathryn Fiorella, Cornell University
Violence is a normal part of life for many young children: study traces the mental health impactsKirsten A Donald, University of Cape Town and Lucinda Tsunga, University of Cape Town
New report reveals how climate change is spreading infectious diseases to new regionsTulio de Oliveira, Stellenbosch University; Cheryl Baxter, Stellenbosch University, and Maambele Khosa, Stellenbosch University
Strokes are on the rise in Africa: why the continent needs its own care guidelinesNicholas Aderinto, MD, University of Utah
Sex for money: South African study reveals the harm that ‘blessers’ can do to young womenGavin George, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Social media can cause stress in real life – our ‘digital thermometer’ helps track itHerkulaas MvE Combrink, University of the Free State
Child marriage is still common in the DRC: what’s driving it and how to encourage changeSathiya Susuman Appunni, University of the Western Cape
Which cooking oil is best? Asking how they’re made could tell you moreSerge Wich, Liverpool John Moores University and Erik Meijaard, University of Kent
Rift Valley fever: what it is, how it spreads and how to stop itMarc Souris, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
Taking down malaria’s bodyguards: scientists target parasite’s secret defence systemTawanda Zininga, Stellenbosch University
Pregnant teens in Kenya’s low-income areas avoid health care because of fear and stigmaAnthony Idowu Ajayi, African Population and Health Research Center; Caroline W. Kabiru, African Population and Health Research Center, and Anne Achieng
Cancer drug quality in Africa is a worry: what we found in a 4-country studyMarya Lieberman, University of Notre Dame
New discovery reveals chimpanzees in Uganda use flying insects to tend their woundsKayla Kolff, Osnabrück University
Vaccines and motherhood: are AI generated health messages working in Kenya and Nigeria?Yewande O. Addie, University of Florida
Birth control in Africa: study tracks the use of long-acting contraception in 26 countriesObasanjo Bolarinwa, York St John University
First malaria treatment for babies is a major step to ending the disease in Africa – biochemistFortunate Mokoena, North-West University
HIV is on the rise among older Africans, but care and research overlook this group – lessons from Kenya and South AfricaFrancesc Xavier Gomez-Olive Casas, University of the Witwatersrand and Luicer Anne Ingasia Olubayo, University of the Witwatersrand
Drought can make farmers feel worried and hopeless: Ghana study finds social networks helpSeth Asare Okyere, University of Pittsburgh; Matthew Abunyewah, Charles Darwin University; Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie, Charles Darwin University; Mitchell Keith Byrne, Charles Darwin University; Seth Opoku Mensah, University of Technology Sydney, and Stephen Leonard Mensah, University of Memphis
Eating wild meat carries serious health risks – why it still happens along the Kenya-Tanzania borderEkta Patel, International Livestock Research Institute and Julia E. Fa, Manchester Metropolitan University
A quarter of the world’s population are adolescents: major report sets out health and wellbeing trendsAlex Ezeh, Drexel University; Russell Viner, UCL, and Sarah Baird, George Washington University
Preventing the next pandemic: One Health researcher calls for urgent actionHung Nguyen-Viet, International Livestock Research Institute
South Africa’s rooibos tea: can it improve digestion?Mariska Lilly, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
How to protect your eyes in the digital age – expert in eye and vision scienceDaniela Oehring, University of Plymouth
Why you should avoid doing the exact same workout everyday if you want to get fitDan Gordon, Anglia Ruskin University; Jonathan Melville, Anglia Ruskin University, and Ruby Cain, Anglia Ruskin University
The best and worst meat replacements for your health, your wallet and the planet – new researchMarco Springmann, University of Oxford
