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Study Shows Type 2 Diabetes Doubled in Sub-Saharan Africa in 6 Years | Newswise

David Bale2 weeks ago06 mins

Newswise — In six years, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes has doubled in a group of middle-aged people in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Burkina Faso. In the first-ever longitudinal study of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa, data from 10,702 participants revealed the progression of type 2 diabetes at a much higher rate than…

Cash and counselling slash unsuccessful TB outcomes by half | Newswise

David Bale3 weeks ago04 mins

BYLINE: Wits University Professor Nazir Ismail from Wits University, Johannesburg, and Dr Harry Moultrie from SA’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) led the study, which was published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal on 6 February 2025. The study demonstrated that a combination of conditional cash transfers and TB counselling significantly improves treatment success rates and reduces loss to follow-up…

Carbon revenues fuel misguided policies in African | Newswise

David Bale2 months ago016 mins

BYLINE: Wits University In a paper published this month in Nature Sustainability, titled ‘Viability, impact, and desirability of financing conservation in Africa through fire-abatement’, they challenge the feasibility of implementing early dry season (EDS) fires as a one-size-fits-all fire management strategy for African conservation areas. While proponents claim that this approach could reduce greenhouse gas…