Marriage could be good for your health – unless you’re bisexual
BY HUI LIU AND NING HSIEH Is marriage good for you? A large number of studies show that married people enjoy better health than unmarried people, such as lower rates of … Read More
Category: Health
The African magazine is dedicated to providing first-hand information about developments in health in Africa, focusing lately on the Ebola pandemic.
How women can go the full nine months without knowing they’re pregnant
BY HELEN CHEYNE It is a “notorious fact”, one so commonly accepted and obvious it requires no evidence to support it in a court of law, that every woman knows when … Read More
Why it’s hard to stop Ebola spreading – between people and across borders
BY JANUSZ PAWESKA Ebola has claimed around 1400 lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo while there are reports that two people have lost their lives in western Uganda. The Conversation Africa’s … Read More
How anti-black bias in white men hurts black men’s health
BY SHERVIN ASSARI Researchers have documented “large, pervasive and persistent” racial inequalities in the U.S. Inter-group relations are among the factors that contribute to such disparities, many of which manifest themselves in gaps in … Read More
What philosophers have to say about eating meat
BY JOAN McGREGOR WeWork, a co-working and office space company, recently made a company policy not to serve or reimburse meals that include meat. WeWork’s co-founder and chief culture officer, Miguel McKelvey, … Read More
Global summit on family planning gets underway in London
BY LISA FRENCH On Tuesday, July 11, the UK Department for International Development (UK DFID), in close partnership with its American and Canadian sister organizations, the United States Agency for … Read More
Health Check: why mosquitoes seem to bite some people more
BY CAMERON WEBB There’s always one in a crowd, a sort of harbinger of the oncoming mosquito onslaught: a person mosquitoes seem to target more than others. What is it … Read More
Inner Wheel Benin dedicates a medical building
BY JOE LEADERS Cotonou, Benin (West Africa): The Benin section of The International Inner Wheel, one of the world’s largest women’s-service voluntary organizations that are active in more than 102 … Read More
AIDS conference 2016: the gains, the gaps, the next global steps
BY LINDA-GAIL BEKKER As the 21st International AIDS Conference wraps up in Durban, South Africa, Professor Linda-Gail Bekker, incoming International AIDS Society President, talks to The Conversation Africa health and … Read More
The joy of giving: my humbling experience at the Malagasy orphanage La Maison d’Arnaud
BY CHERISH CHIRUME At 29, I didn’t feel fulfilled. I’d been working in advertising trying to move high up the career ladder, but that was proving difficult. It was a … Read More