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Having two or more chronic health conditions at the same time is called multimorbidity. This used to be a problem associated mainly with developed countries. But with the rise of non-communicable diseases - like hypertension – across developing regions like Africa, more and more people are being affected. Tolullah Oni and Natacha Berkowitz explain why this is such a challenge for patients, health service providers and health systems.
Land remains a highly sensitive and divisive subject in South Africa, more than two decades into a democracy. The redistribution of land taken from black people during colonialism and then apartheid has been slow. Now a new 10-point plan has been devised to speed up the process. Quinton Johnson explains how it can help accelerate land restitution in the country.
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Scientists estimate that by 2020, non-communicable disease will account for almost 70% of the total disease burden.
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Tolullah Oni, University of Cape Town; Natacha Berkowitz, University of Cape Town
The increase in cases of non-communicable diseases in developing countries has led to an emerging pattern of high levels of multimorbidity.
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Politics + Society
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Prof. Quinton Johnson, Nelson Mandela University
After South Africa's first democratic election in 1994, the previously oppressed and dispossessed black majority hoped for constitutional restitution of their land. This has largely failed.
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Education
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Inmaculada Adarves-Yorno, University of Exeter; Michelle Mahdon, University of Exeter
A new programme in Kenya's largest maximum prison is teaching inmates how to become mindful leaders by harnessing their thoughts and emotions, and living in the power of now.
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Arts + Culture
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Quentin Williams, University of the Western Cape
Ethical engagement in multilingual communication is about mutual respect. More importantly, it's about shaping a shared future through face-to-face communication.
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From our international editions
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Alexander MacKinnon, University of Glasgow
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David Rothery, The Open University
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Javier Garcia-Bernardo, University of Amsterdam; Eelke Heemskerk, University of Amsterdam; Frank Takes, Leiden University; Jan Fichtner, University of Amsterdam
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