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Researchers: P Barron, N Lince-Deroche, L Bamford, H Subedar, T Mbatha and Y Pillay. March 2026 What Is The Study About? In South Africa (SA), adolescent pregnancy, particularly in very young girls, is an issue of keen public and political concern given its social and health implications. This study provides a quantitative baseline that SA can use for targeting its efforts to address adolescent pregnancy and for measuring progress over time. Why Is This Important? Bar

Researcher: Mahtaab Hayat is a lecturer and researcher at Wits University. Her research focuses on breast cancer genetics, specifically in South African populations. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58789-0 18 June 2026 What Is The Study About? What if you could predict how likely someone was to develop breast cancer? Not just someone with a history of breast cancer in the family - anybody. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women, globally. We know br

Authored by: Zuha Ajlan – Lead Data Collection and Research Specialist at Femmflo. Introduction Historically, women have been excluded from scientific research due to the cyclic variation in their hormones. It had been assumed that results obtained from men applied to women as well (Dresser, 1992; Wainer et al., 2020). This has led to a gross underrepresentation of women in research, delayed symptom recognition, diagnostics and even treatment. In fact, it was decades before w