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Sickle Cell Disorder in South Africa: Mobilising Public Health Communication Strategies to Manage the Implications and Economic Burden on Homes and Healthcare Systems
Udoh James Akpan5

The Deterioration of Sports in Nigerian Universities and its Impact on Students' Academic Performance
Sunday Nathaniel Nwabuwe, Henrietta Ifeanyichukwu Nwabuwe and Ochuko Eric Nabofa27


Behind the Headlines: Assessing Mental Health Information Sources and Knowledge among Journalists in Ekiti State, Nigeria
Success E. U. Ojih, Mohammed Shaibu Onakpa, Ibe Ben Onoja, Daniel Ikechukwu Oseji and Babatunde Adeyeye47


Gendered Barriers in Football Coaching: Women Coaching Men's Varsity Football in South Africa
Thembisile Mbatha and Natasha Janse van Rensburg65


School-based Access to Menstrual Products: Reflections from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Sinazo Nomsenge93


The Media Framing of Health Budget in Africa: African Philanthropy, Gendered Health Issues, and the End of USAID
Bob Wekesa, Job Wefwafwa and Kabaso Kabwe113


Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) Boy-Child Distress Call from Sexual Abuse: A Narrative Review
Cuthbert Musarurwa, Herbert Mapira, Tawanda Nyengerai, George Zimbizi and Felix Makonye135


Re-centring Indigenous Knowledge in Sexual and Reproductive Health Education: Implications for HIV and Teenage Pregnancy Prevention in South Africa
Ruth Nombuso Zuma and Shalini Singh161


The Effect of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on Life Expectancy, Public and Private Health Expenditure in Ghana: A Case Study Using Synthetic Control Method (SCM)
Gideon Oduro189


Domestic Workers and COVID-19: Unveiling the post-pandemic narratives of rural women in the Eastern Cape
Lutho Mbabane and Nelly Vuyokazi Sharpley219


Faith in the Shadows: How Religion and Spirituality Shape the Gendered Mental Health Crisis Facing Women in Africa
Nomatter Sande237


From Policy Rhetoric to Lived Realities: South Africa's Sexual and Reproductive Health Performance Under Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu253

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