Researchers are calling for more partnerships and funding for malaria programmes, while 2.3-million children in three African countries have already received a jab
The recent announcement of a promising Covid-19 vaccine is good news. But don’t get too excited, cautions Simon Allison: other more affluent countries have already bought up most of the doses, and we do not own the expensive technology necessary to store and transport it
Rhulani Nhlaniki is Pfizer’s cluster lead for sub-Saharan Africa. As Pfizer starts phase III of the clinical trial of their Covid-19 vaccine candidate, he tells Malaikah Bophela that if it is successful, the company will ensure the vaccine will be available to everyone who needs it
Despite the long history of medical racism, any potential Covid-19 vaccines must be tested in Africa — but not only on the continent
It is a beacon of hope, yet the state’s cystic fibrosis unit at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital might be closed.
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/ 25 February 2011
It’s been a long journey of discovery for the family of a Cape Town girl who suffers from cystinosis.
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/ 25 February 2011
But some patient groups denounced the trial in its entirety.
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/ 3 December 2008
A clinical trial which could benefit Aids patients is about to lose its funding because the Medicines Control Council won’t answer its phones.