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The climate crisis is also a health crisis
The interplay between climate change and the spread of pathogens means health systems must be ready for future crises and ensure equitable access to treatment
Africa’s Covid neglect poses global danger
Low vaccination levels and high number of health-compromised populations make the continent a ‘breeding ground for variants’ that pose a global risk
UAE donates much needed ultra-cold freezers to African nations
The Hope Consortium and Unicef partnership will boost countries’ vaccine rollout efforts
Botswana: ‘Masisi is mismanaging Covid-19’
Six months into Botswana’s vaccine roll-out, only 5% of the population has been vaccinated
Africa CDC prioritises full vaccination over Pfizer booster
The continent’s public health agency said the latest figures showed that 6.5-million cases of Covid-19 had been reported in Africa, out of which some 867 000 people had died
Four lessons from 40 years of HIV: Why Covid doesn’t end with equitable vaccine access
Inequity in Covid vaccine access echoes mistakes from the HIV response. In the forty years since Aids was first identified, there have also been several lessons on how to contain…
There is limited data on the Delta variant in SA, but vaccines remain effective
The Covid-19 J&J and Pfizer vaccines remain effective in protecting against severe sickness and hospitalisation
No vaccine superheroes or supervillains: Fix the system
Is Gates a superhero or a supervillain? That’s the wrong question. The right question is: How it is that one person can have so much influence over world health?
Khaya Sithole: Biden’s pledge boosts Covid waiver drive
But Big Pharma and the world trade body haven’t shifted on sharing vaccine intellectual property
Khaya Sithole: Drug firms addicted to profit, not cure
The opioid crisis in the US saw its beginnings in Big Pharma, one of which makes a Covid vaccine
How South Africa’s Covid vaccine injury fund will work
In the rare event that you experience a severe side-effect as a result of Covid-19 vaccines, this fund will pay you out
A new era of vaccine sovereignty in Africa beckons
COMMENT: The AU has laid out a clear path for the continent to produce its own vaccines
Mkhize says SA will sign for 20-million more vaccine doses within two days
The government’s vaccine of choice will be Johnson & Johnson for the moment, the minister tells MPs
Africa’s leaders have left us at the mercy of the West on vaccines
Of course Western countries should share the vaccine. But why do we still have to rely on their largesse?
‘We can’t afford to become the Covid continent’
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention only launched in 2017, but between Ebola, measles and the Covid-19 pandemic, it has had its work cut out for it. The…