Maverick Citizen

Epidemic preparedness must address gender inequalities if we want improved health outcomes

By Ibrahima Cheikh Diong and Natasha Kofoworola Quist

Africa

Africa Care Economy Index evaluates continent’s 54 nations’ commitment to care – and all fail to pass

By Salimah Valiani

COVID-19

Pandemic Preparedness – how governments must gear up for global disease threats

By Precious Matsoso

South Africa

South Africa needs to establish a Pandemic Preparedness Initiative now

By Tim Tucker, Glenda Gray, Ntobeko Ntusi, Koleka Mlisana and Precious Matsoso

Newsdeck

Uganda says Ebola caseload rises to 16 as outbreak grows

By Reuters

World

The sixth mass extinction is happening now, and it doesn’t look good for us

By Corey Bradshaw

South Africa

Covid-19 pandemic reveals the urgent need for well-funded palliative care in Africa

By Emmanuel Luyirika and Ewa Skowronska

South Africa

Ring the alarm bells: If South Africa fails to end AIDS by 2030, pandemics will defeat us

By Judi Nwokedi and Knut Seifert

South Africa

Friday Activist: Leanne Brady

By Biénne Huisman

South Africa

Culture and Covid-19: Can socially ‘loose’ SA ‘tighten’ up its response before the third wave?

By Leslie Bank

Africa

With Covid vaccine deliveries to Accra and Abidjan, the race for equity begins

By Solomon Zewdu

South Africa

Call to action: A people-centred approach to disease prevention in the era of Covid-19

By Yogan Pillay and Tracey Naledi