Public health

A high-angle view of a crowded Namirembe Road in downtown Kampala, featuring a dense flow of pedestrians, commuters, and vehicles amidst commercial buildings and advertising billboards.

Cutting air pollution and emissions together could save African countries billions

Researchers say development banks overlook the combined benefits of cutting air pollution and greenhouse gases, and argue for funding based on costs and benefits

A man wearing a white cassock and zucchetto sits in a high-backed chair while holding a sheet of paper.

Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo’s diagnosis highlights rising lung cancer among people who never smoked

Pope Leo XIV’s lung cancer has renewed attention on risk factors beyond smoking, from radon and air pollution to family history, says a US oncologist

Children attending school in a refugee settlement in northwestern Uganda in 2019. Some children are sitting on a mat at the front of the class, while others are seated at wooden desks. A female teacher is leading the crowded class.

Mental health

Stigma keeps Ugandan pupils from seeking help for mental illness

Researchers say stigma, poverty and gender norms must be tackled before Uganda’s 2025 school mental health guidelines can work in classrooms

New cholera mapping initiative by the Africa CDC to focus on five African countries

Support offered to these countries includes identifying areas prone to cholera and developing their ability to use national and regional platforms to control and eliminate the disease

The economic pain caused by Covid-19 shows we need to reshape African cities

In Africa, lockdowns to control the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak will hurt urban families -- most of who depend on informal sector jobs -- the most. Therefore, reshaping African cities in the pandemic’s aftermath to ensure they can be engines of economic growth in the future, will be key

Health care workers learn how to properly dispose of the remains of a simulated patient who died from Ebola

Uganda vaccine trial puts African scientists at forefront of Ebola research

Researchers from Epicentre, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Mbarara University of Science and Technology and the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene last week started a new Ebola vaccine trial in Uganda