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World Antibiotics Awareness Week invites us all to celebrate the contribution these medicines have made to public health. It’s also a reminder of the threat they face from bacterial resistance. Marc Mendelson explains why there’s such urgency around the need to educate people about what’s best practice when it comes to taking antibiotics. And what every individual can do about protecting the future efficacy of the drugs.
To acknowledge the role played by philosophers, Vasti Roodt provides a philosopher’s perspective on South Africa’s quest for unity. And to mark World Philosophy Day we’ve also gathered some essential reading for anyone interested.
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Marc Mendelson, University of Cape Town
We are seeing the end of modern medicine slowly being played out due to antibiotic resistance. But we can act together to alter the situation.
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South Africans celebrate the Springboks winning the 2019 Rugby Woirld Cup.
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Vasti Roodt, Stellenbosch University
Unity for the wrong reasons reduces social cooperation to whatever happens to benefit a particular person or group, making it a zero-sum game.
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Lydia Boyd, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
To address homophobia in Uganda, sexual rights must draw on the need for justice and social obligation.
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Alexander Diani Kofi Preko, University of Professional Studies Accra
Considering the competitive nature of party politics in Ghana, campaign
strategies that evoke emotion and prepare voters remain one of the priorities of political parties.
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Health + Medicine
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Tianarilalaina Tantely, Andriamampianina, Université d’Antananarivo
Unlike a large number of anti-inflammatory drugs on the market, "tsontso" doesn't cause stomach ulcers
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From our international editions
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Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal, Queen Mary University of London
A toxic mix of ugly politics and structural economic problems is threatening to tip debt over the edge.
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Paul Monod, Middlebury
Revolutions are built not on deep misery but on rising expectations. History may not provide much hope of immediate change in Hong Kong – but protesters may have a longer view.
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En français
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Emmanuel Hirsch, Université Paris-Saclay
Que doit faire un soignant qui soupçonne des violences conjugales, voire craint un féminicide ? Peut-il faire fi du secret médical, au risque de rompre la confiance et d’engager sa responsabilité ?
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Claude Grasland, Université Paris Diderot; Clarisse Didelon Loiseau, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Premiers résultats d’une enquête inédite concernant l’attitude des Français face aux territoires dans lesquels s’élaborent les politiques publiques.
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