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Fighting the current mpox outbreak in Africa has largely focused on preventing human-to-human transmission. But, to prevent new outbreaks, scientists also need to go back to the root causes, particularly where mpox is transmitted from animals to humans, says public health expert Steven Lam. He unpacks strategies to improve food safety at wild meat markets.
Taking out loans to adapt to climate change is increasing Africa’s debt burden, which eats into public funds available for social spending. Yet African countries play only a very small part in this climate damage. Economist Carlos Lopes sets out seven problems with the current climate finance model and argues that African countries must seize the moment at COP29 to get the countries that caused the climate crisis to pay up.
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Steven Lam, CGIAR System Organization; Delia Grace, International Livestock Research Institute
Strategies to beat a disease outbreak like mpox must start with the root causes.
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Carlos Lopes, University of Cape Town
African countries need to unite and negotiate strongly at COP29 for more climate change adaptation grants and fewer loans that only leave the continent paying back debt.
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Russell H. Kaschula, University of the Western Cape; Mbali Sunrise Dhlamini, University of the Western Cape
The new policy is an opportunity to promote equity and redress the past politics of language.
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Gibson Ncube, Stellenbosch University
A public figure who appeared often on TV and radio, Pathisa Nyathi celebrated the history and culture of Zimbabwe’s marginalised Ndebele people.
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From our international editions
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Jose Valentino Ruiz, University of Florida
The visionary arranger thought of himself as a storyteller, not just a sound engineer.
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Ed Hutchinson, University of Glasgow
Pigs are ‘mixing vessels’ for different viruses – the perfect creature for swapping genes in.
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Harriet Bulkeley, Durham University
Targets to restore global biodiversity were not accompanied by concrete plans for action or the financial commitments that many at Cop16 were hoping for.
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Mark Sujan, University of York
A survey of 1,000 UK doctors found one in five used ChatGPT or Gemini in clinical practice.
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