Local knowledge systems: how can they help to guide ecological transition and a freer world?
Local knowledge systems, which over millennia have been a pillar of people’s livelihoods in many peripheral communities throughout the world,… Read more »
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Liver stage malaria parasites: does it matter where they are located?
Malaria parasites multiply in liver cells prior to invading red blood cells. Recent work has been investigating whether the position of a host cell… Read more »
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“Yathu Yathu”(For us, By us!): an innovative and co-designed intervention to deliver peer-led community-based sexual and reproductive health service to adolescents and young people in Lusaka, Zambia
In a blog for World AIDS Day, Mwelwa Phiri and her colleagues discuss the Yathu Yathu trial of community-based peer-led sexual and… Read more »
#TraeTuChipo: citizen science for the surveillance of Chagas disease
This neglected disease remains a public health issue in many countries, including Venezuela. One project aims to provide real-time… Read more »
Schistosomiasis and praziquantel resistance
A study led by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine reviews the recent significant advances in… Read more »
Meet the SDG3 researchers: Tatenda Mawoyo and Stefani Du Toit
Tatenda Mawoyo joined the Institute of Life Course Health and Research (ILCHR) in the Department of Global Health at Stellenbosch… Read more »
Delivering resource-oriented interventions for patients with mental illnesses in low- and middle-income countries
In a blog for World Mental Health Day, Stefan Priebe discusses his studies registered at the ISRCTN registry, which assess… Read more »
Genomics can help us better understand and address threats to schistosomiasis control
A study led by researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health reviews possible mechanisms for schistosomiasis persistence and… Read more »
Using a gender-transformative program to improve adolescent contraception use in South Africa and Lesotho
In a blog for World Contraception Day, Xanthe Hunt and colleagues discuss the 'If I Were Thabo' intervention to prevent unintended… Read more »
Lactation Consultants could be the best investment of many countries to support healthy populations
Lactation Consultants are certified professionals who can provide lactation care to all breastfeeding mothers. Their role could be… Read more »