Background Persistent symptoms of SARS‐CoV‐2 are prevalent weeks to months following
the infection. To date, it is difficult to disentangle the direct from the indirect effects of SARS …

Aims We assessed the outcome of hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19)
patients with heart failure (HF) compared with patients with other cardiovascular disease …

As Africa enters its third decade of structural adjustment pressures, the promised
advantages of economic restructuring—as hailed by the various lending bodies—have not …

Sub-Saharan Africa is a region devastated by HIV/AIDS. The extent of the epidemic is only
now becoming clear, as increasing numbers of people with HIV are becoming ill. In the …

There has been a recent rise in optimism about Africa's prospects: increased economic
growth; renewed regional and national political commitments to good governance; and …

Five years from the end of the 15-year span of the Millennium Development Goals (mdgs) it
is already plain that progress has been patchy and that the larger goals will not be met. The …

The 13th International Conference on AIDS held in Durban, South Africa, highlighted the
social catastrophe unfolding on the African continent. The meeting took place in the country …

World poverty and development are more salient than ever on the global political agenda.
The campaigns of the global justice movement, the growing securitization of development in …

There is no viable substitute for re-energizing, funding and supporting culturally attuned,
locally staffed HIV advocacy and prevention programmes, especially in resource poor …

Introduction Female sex workers bear a disproportionate burden of HIV and other poor
sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes which has led to the tailoring of SRH …