In a world armed with unprecedented scientific knowledge, lifesaving medicines, and sophisticated health technologies, millions of African children continue to suffer the twin scourges of malnutrition and obesity. In countries like Kenya and South Africa, this contradiction is especially stark.
We can develop mRNA vaccines in record time, but we can't guarantee a child a balanced meal.
Speaking during the Africa Health Communications Fellowship in Johannesburg, health activist, journalist, and social justice advocate Mark Heywood explains this contradiction: "Twenty-nine per cent of South African children under five are stunted.
That is politics impacting health.
