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Africa’s history is steeped in rich traditions of innovation, exploration, and deep respect for nature. Long before colonial footprints...

Over the past year, I've channeled considerable resources and energy into transforming a former peanut butter factory into a research...

Mai Tendai approaches Chipo, the young 23-year-old mother sitting on the clinic bench, cradling her baby son Tapiwa in her arms. Tapiwa's...

Upon her arrival at the clinic, Mai Tendai finds a line has already started to form. Among the crowd, she spots familiar faces, people...

Reflections after attending the International AIDS Society 2023 Meeting in Brisbane Australia In the early hours, before dawn, Mai Tendai...

In the last 150 years there have been at least 5 well documented influenza pandemics. The first was the 1889-1890 pandemic caused by H2N2...

Cholera pandemics first emerged in the 19th century from the Ganges delta in India. The bacteria Vibrio Cholerae (V. cholerae) spread,...

Last month was breast cancer awareness month. As we reflected on the remarkable achievements that have been made to tackle this disease,...

Uganda continues to grapple with an outbreak of Ebola. The most clinically relevant strains of Ebola are Ebola Zaire and Ebola Sudan....

In pre-pandemic 2019, cancers were second to cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of global disease burden. Cervical cancer, a...

We recently heard the exciting news that a team from Oxford University had made significant advances in the development of a malaria...

In April the WHO warned that measles cases had increased by 79% in the first two months of 2022. The countries with the highest reported...

Recent cases highlight the need to do more to strengthen early warning and detection systems and advance the development of a Marburg...

What lessons can be learned by Africa and its global partners as the continent expands vaccine manufacturing? As monkeypox vaccination...

In July a case of polio in an unvaccinated adult male was reported in New York; the first case in the US since 2013. Increased detection...

Antimicrobial resistance is recognized by many national governments and the World Health Organization as one of the leading threats to...

Vaccines have been incredibly effective in reducing the burden of infectious diseases globally. Vaccines contribute to our increased life...

I was recently asked to give a talk on public health in Africa. I didn’t know where to start or what to say. I think of myself as an...

The first cases of a mysterious respiratory infection were in late 2019 in Wuhan, China. A novel disease known as COVID-19 caused by the...

It almost felt like an 80’s rerun seeing the headlines on the monkeypox cases that have arisen in Europe and North America. The articles...