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African-made auto-disable syringes are bolstering immunisation on the continent 27 Feb 2024 6 min read verified InnovationMade in Africa
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How anthropology can bring the human element to emergency outbreak response 9 Nov 2022 9 min read verified Disease DetectivesEbolaCOVID-19
Hunting for Pi – the next variant after Omicron – in the toilet 30 Sep 2022 3 min read verified Disease DetectivesCOVID-19
Ebola Games: Empowering communities to spot signs of impending outbreaks 27 Sep 2022 8 min read verified Disease DetectivesEbolaOutbreaks
5 ancient diseases and what the ancients said about them 21 Sep 2022 12 min read verified MalariaTuberculosisRabies
Political animals: tracking rats and mapping human health in Brazilian favelas 24 Aug 2022 11 min read verified Disease Detectives
How African scientific sleuths spotted the signs that monkeypox could become a global problem 12 Jul 2022 7 min read verified Disease DetectivesMpoxPandemic preparedness
How mapping snakebite hotspots could help tackle this poisonous problem 24 Jun 2022 6 min read verified Disease DetectivesClimate change
Trendspotting: why pandemic preparedness needs to include big data 31 May 2022 7 min read verified Disease DetectivesPandemic preparednessMpoxCOVID-19
Sharper eyes, and more of them: Dr Fabian Leendertz’s ‘One Health’ institute fixes its gaze on prevention 30 May 2022 11 min read verified Disease Detectives