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Refusing donated blood

Some people believe blood transfusions would change their personalities

• 9 mins

Barriers to blood donation

Voluntary blood donors are in short supply in Africa

• 9 mins

Africa’s blood shortage

Why don’t people want to give blood?

• 26 mins

Trachoma

Treating one of the oldest recognised diseases on earth

• 9 mins

Bone setting

Can traditional medicine really fix broken limbs?

• 9 mins

Modern medicine versus the spirits

Can traditional treatment, including calling on the ancestors help with serious ailments?

• 26 mins

Busting diabetes myths

You don’t have to be old or rich to get diabetes

• 9 mins

COVAX initiative update

COVAX vaccines have started to arrive in parts of the continent

• 9 mins

Covid-19 vaccination in Africa

How the roll out of vaccines is progressing

• 26 mins

Water and wellbeing

How swimming can help your mental health

• 9 mins

Breastfeeding

Experts say that breastfeeding babies is best, but it is not easy for all new mothers

• 9 mins

Combatting mental illness

Mental health issues for breastfeeding mothers and why swimming can help

• 26 mins

Disability and empowerment

Economic and health independence for people living with disability in Africa

• 9 mins

How healthy are your shoes?

Pain in your feet, knees or back? It could be your shoes

• 9 mins

Working with disability

Measures to empower people living with disability in Senegal

• 26 mins

Defeating Leprosy

A Senegalese initiative aims to eradicate the disease

• 9 mins

Eye transplants

Would you give your eyes to help some else see?

• 9 mins

Can we eradicate leprosy?

Senegal has embarked on a campaign to stop the disease in its tracks

• 26 mins