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Coronavirus lessons from when the 1937 polio epidemic delayed school reopenings
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COVID-19, stigma and the scandalous neglect of people living with dementia
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Beyond Florence Nightingale: how African nurses have decolonised the profession
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African countries need cheaper COVID-19 tests: here's how to get them
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A hard journey to a future free of hepatitis in Africa
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Does alcohol have an undisclosed African heritage?
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