Apply to study in Australia. Read more here. 

MHHA asks you to please take 30 minutes to fill in the survey below for The Wellcome Trust. A lot of our recent work in building the Medical and Health Humanities Africa (MHHA) - and particularly in Southern and East Africa (SEAMHH) - has received support from the Wellcome Trust. As emphasised in MHHA's special issue for the BMJ Medical Humanities (Dec 2018), challenges of inclusion and access loom large for many of us. Survey deadline 6 Oct 2019. Survey link here.

Men, masculinity and love in South Africa. Read more here. 

Alcohol harms for unborn babies in South Africa. Read more here.

Bribery survey: health care services across 35 African countries. Read more here. 

Cultural symbolisations of dreadlocks in Nigeria. Read more here. 

Folklore hampers and culture in Ghana. Read more here. 

Health and democracy in Benin. Read more here. 

Land and services in Namibia. Read more here. 

On displaced people and migration in and around Africa. Read more here. 

Understanding how traditional beliefs and crime intersect in Lagos. Read more here. 

Improving gender equality in Botswana. Read more here. 

On the health of the climate in African communities. Read more here.

On gateway drugs and nyaope use. Read more here. 

Mourning our women in South Africa. Read more here. 

Remembering Robert Mugabe. Read more here. 

Celebrating culture amidst xenophobia in South Africa. Read more here. 

Resilience among cancer patients in South Africa. Read more here. 

Reflections on a Failed Attempt to Assess Resilience with cancer patients in South Africa. Read more here. 

Championing indigenous languages through education. Read more here. 

Culture and climate Justice in South Africa. Read more here. 

On studying global health. Read more here.

Language and health in South Africa. Read more here. 

On exercise. Randomised controlled trial providing one-on-one support and peer group sessions to over 6000 young women in South Africa. Read more here.

Learning about Singing for Breathing (SFB) Uganda, a group singing programme for people with chronic lung diseases in Kampala. Read more here.

Cancer, chemotherapy, and HIV research in South Africa. Read more here. 

South African T-learning researchers work across learning networks. Read more here. 

Olakunle Adewale, a Nigerian artist, has been honoured in the US for his contributions to art and medicine. Read more here.

Kenya has become the first country in Africa to collect data on intersex people. Read more here.

New research on traditional plant medicines for bone & tissue repair. Read more here.

Podcast on ebola outbreak in DRC. Read more here.

Division of Social and Behavioural Sciences in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine at the University of Cape Town receives grant. Read more here.

Poet Malehloka Jonas (South Africa) shares "I missed you" with MHHA. From the author: "I write poetry because it is the only thing that can express my feelings. I write poetry to express the challenges that I have gone through." Read poem here.

Poet Stephon Clemons (USA) shares "Shadows" with MHHA. From the author: "I was inspired to write poems and songs from my life experiences – hopes and desires. Teachings in the late ’90’s also inspired me." Read poem here.

Submit to the Hektoen International Journal. Due 15 Jan 2020. Read more here. 

Contribute to the Nordic Journal of Arts, Culture and Health. Submissions due 15 Oct 2019. Read more here.

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