First Look at Lutefish Chromosomes Reshapes Ideas of Characin Genome Evolution
The first chromosome analysis of Afrotropical lutefishes reveals exclusively bi-armed karyotypes and challenges the assumed ancestral chromosome number of the ...
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One in five on dolutegravir HIV therapy in East Africa shows hyperglycemia
Dolutegravir has transformed HIV care across the world. The integrase strand transfer inhibitor is potent, has a high genetic barrier ...
From Pilot to Bedside: Africa’s Digital Health Revolution Hits Its Hardest Test
The Digital Health Africa 2025 conference report reveals that while platforms like MomConnect and MomCare prove digital health can transform ...
South African hospitals reveal blueprint for Africa’s nuclear medicine boom
A survey of South African academic hospitals shows heavy patient demand but severe radiopharmacist shortages, offering a data-driven blueprint for ...
Geographically Tailored Vaccine Design Could Reshape the HIV Immunization Paradigm
A new computational framework integrates regional HIV subtype diversity and host HLA allele frequencies to prioritize geographically tailored vaccine epitope ...
Radionuclide Cancer Therapies Remain Out of Reach Across Much of Africa, Review Finds
A systematic review of all 54 African nations finds radionuclide cancer therapies available in only a fraction of countries, while ...
Global Arbovirus Models Miss Africa, Creating a Critical Surveillance Blind Spot
A new perspective argues that the systematic underrepresentation of African surveillance data in global arbovirus modeling distorts risk prediction and ...
Trust Is Not the Problem: Rethinking Biobanking Across Africa
A new Perspective argues that mistrust of biobanking in Africa is a rational response to historical exploitation and weak governance, ...
Governance Is the Hidden Switch That Decides Whether Finance and Clean Energy Deliver Development in Africa
A new panel study of 35 Sub-Saharan African countries finds that financial deepening only pays development dividends once governance quality ...
Mobile phones are quietly reshaping cervical cancer care across Africa
A sweeping scoping review of 32 studies reveals how SMS reminders, smartphone cervicography, and AI-supported diagnostics are transforming cervical cancer ...
Patient Education Emerges as a Lifeline for Cancer Treatment Adherence Across Africa
A scoping review of 11 studies across eight African countries finds that structured, culturally tailored patient education, including SMS and ...
Africa’s genetic diversity could transform global mental health research
A major new review argues that Africa's unmatched genetic diversity, combined with rising mental health needs and growing continental research ...
New Global Guidelines Tackle Bone Infections Where Surgeons Lack Everything
An international expert group has published the first consensus guidelines for managing fracture-related infections in African low-resource settings, adapting diagnosis, ...
Antibody Survey Reveals Widespread Flavi- and Paramyxoviruses Circulating in African Fruit Bats
A large antibody-based survey across seven African countries finds high seroprevalence of flavi- and paramyxoviruses in fruit bats, linking large ...
Climate Change Will Reshape Liver Fluke Risk Unevenly Across Africa and Europe, New Index Shows
A new mechanistic risk index projects that climate change will reduce fascioliasis risk across most of Africa while increasing it ...
Two Decades of Co-Created Research Reveal Where Power Really Shifts in Global Health
A twenty-year self-audit by the African Population and Health Research Center finds that co-creation thrives in knowledge production but collapses ...
Hidden Burden: Strongyloides Parasite Infects Far More African Children Than Tests Reveal
A new meta-analysis of 27 studies covering more than 16,000 African children finds a pooled Strongyloides stercoralis prevalence of 14 ...
Burnout to PTSD: Landmark Review Maps the Mental Health Crisis Facing Africa’s Health Workers
A scoping review of 119 studies across 20 African countries reveals burnout rates as high as 95 percent among medical ...
Launching Cancer Registries in Africa: Hepatopancreatobiliary Focus
Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) cancers, comprising a diverse group of malignancies affecting the liver, pancreas, and bile ducts, are emerging as a ...
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