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
Low vaccination levels and high number of health-compromised populations make the continent a ‘breeding ground for variants’ that pose a global risk
The Hope Consortium and Unicef partnership will boost countries’ vaccine rollout efforts
Six months into Botswana’s vaccine roll-out, only 5% of the population has been vaccinated
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
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…
The Covid-19 J&J and Pfizer vaccines remain effective in protecting against severe sickness and hospitalisation
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?
But Big Pharma and the world trade body haven’t shifted on sharing vaccine intellectual property
The opioid crisis in the US saw its beginnings in Big Pharma, one of which makes a Covid vaccine
In the rare event that you experience a severe side-effect as a result of Covid-19 vaccines, this fund will pay you out
COMMENT: The AU has laid out a clear path for the continent to produce its own vaccines
The government’s vaccine of choice will be Johnson & Johnson for the moment, the minister tells MPs
Of course Western countries should share the vaccine. But why do we still have to rely on their largesse?
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…
Pfizer is accused of bullying Latin American governments by demanding they grant indemnity against potential civil claims relating to the vaccine
The continental body has thrown its weight behind calls to improve access to Covid-19 vaccines
The West bought billions of vaccines fast and cheap, leaving poorer nations paying through the nose for years to come
Easing lockdown regulations and allowing alcohol, the president said the majority of vaccines will arrive between April and June
Full track and traceability of Covid-19 jabs won’t happen during South Africa’s vaccine roll-out, as the health department has not yet adopted the “overarching” system that would…
