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covax

The climate crisis is also a health crisis
Opinion
/ 5 December 2022

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

By Seth Berkley and Werner Hoyer
Africa’s Covid neglect poses global danger
Africa
/ 25 June 2022

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

By Chris Bateman
UAE donates much needed ultra-cold freezers to African nations
Africa
/ 30 December 2021

UAE donates much needed ultra-cold freezers to African nations

The Hope Consortium and Unicef partnership will boost countries’ vaccine rollout efforts

By Marcia Zali
Botswana: ‘Masisi is mismanaging Covid-19’
Africa
/ 8 August 2021

Botswana: ‘Masisi is mismanaging Covid-19’

Six months into Botswana’s vaccine roll-out, only 5% of the population has been vaccinated

By Joel Konopo
Africa CDC prioritises full vaccination over Pfizer booster
Africa
/ 30 July 2021

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

By Charma du Plessis
Four lessons from 40 years of HIV: Why Covid doesn’t end with equitable vaccine access
Coronavirus
/ 21 July 2021

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 a pandemic. Starting with equity and supporting health systems

By Lynne Mofenson
There is limited data on the Delta variant in SA, but vaccines remain effective
Coronavirus
/ 2 July 2021

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

By Eunice Masson
No vaccine superheroes or supervillains: Fix the system
Opinion
/ 14 May 2021

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?

By Philip Machanick
Khaya Sithole: Biden’s pledge boosts Covid waiver drive
Opinion
/ 13 May 2021

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

By Khaya Sithole
Khaya Sithole: Drug firms addicted to profit, not cure
Opinion
/ 22 April 2021

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

By Khaya Sithole
How South Africa’s Covid vaccine injury fund will work
Coronavirus
/ 21 April 2021

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

By Aisha Abdool Karim and Joan Van Dyk
A new era of vaccine sovereignty in Africa beckons
Africa
/ 14 April 2021

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

By Robert Agyarko
Mkhize says SA will sign for 20-million more vaccine doses within two days
Coronavirus
/ 31 March 2021

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

By Emsie Ferreira
Africa’s leaders have left us at the mercy of the West on vaccines
Africa
/ 29 March 2021

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?

By Aanu Adeoye
‘We can’t afford to become the Covid continent’
Africa
/ 2 March 2021

‘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 agency’s director Dr John Nkengasong speaks to The Continent about the vaccine rollout and the turn of the tide in Tanzania

By Aanu Adeoye and Simon Allison
‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer demands governments gamble with state assets to secure vaccine deal
Health
/ 23 February 2021

‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer demands governments gamble with state assets to secure vaccine deal

Pfizer is accused of bullying Latin American governments by demanding they grant indemnity against potential civil claims relating to the vaccine

By Madlen Davies, Rosa Furneaux, Iván Ruiz and Jill Langlois
African Union wants vaccine patent waiver
Africa
/ 10 February 2021

African Union wants vaccine patent waiver

The continental body has thrown its weight behind calls to improve access to Covid-19 vaccines

By Solomon A Dersso
Another Covid crisis: A vaccine apartheid endangering us all
Health
/ 7 February 2021

Another Covid crisis: A vaccine apartheid endangering us all

The West bought billions of vaccines fast and cheap, leaving poorer nations paying through the nose for years to come

By Madlen Davies and Rosa Furneaux
Herd immunity once 40-million have been vaccinated – Ramaphosa
Coronavirus
/ 1 February 2021

Herd immunity once 40-million have been vaccinated – Ramaphosa

Easing lockdown regulations and allowing alcohol, the president said the majority of vaccines will arrive between April and June

By Paddy Harper and Khaya Koko
The barcoding gap: Can South Africa protect its Covid jabs from crime?
Coronavirus
/ 29 January 2021

The barcoding gap: Can South Africa protect its Covid jabs from crime?

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 make this possible.

By Darren Taylor
Covax will take excess doses of Covid vaccines off the hands of rich countries
Coronavirus
/ 26 January 2021

Covax will take excess doses of Covid vaccines off the hands of rich countries

The global initiative plans to deliver two billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines to developing nations

By Sarah Smit
Egypt, Seychelles get first jabs
Africa
/ 24 January 2021

Egypt, Seychelles get first jabs

The two countries have rolled out China’s Sinopharm vaccine, but data issues are likely to keep some countries from doing the same

By Laura López González
Editorial: Enough. We need the vaccine
Coronavirus
/ 21 January 2021

Editorial: Enough. We need the vaccine

South Africans have been waiting too long and it is time for the government to deliver on its vaccine plan

By Editorial
Khaya Sithole: World needs a shot in the arm, not its own foot
Opinion
/ 14 January 2021

Khaya Sithole: World needs a shot in the arm, not its own foot

Hedging and hoarding behaviour around vaccine access was inevitable, but it will be impossible for the global economy to recover until the majority of the world’s citizens have been inoculated

By Khaya Sithole
The dark side of Israel’s vaccine success story
Health
/ 13 January 2021

The dark side of Israel’s vaccine success story

Israel is refusing to provide the vaccine to the millions of Palestinians it is forcefully ruling over.

By Yara Hawari
Covid-19’s second wave hits Sudan harder and faster
Africa
/ 12 January 2021

Covid-19’s second wave hits Sudan harder and faster

The pandemic has helped to expose the dire state of Sudan’s healthcare system, which lacks both equipment and medical personnel

By Ayin Network
This is how medical aid schemes will help to fund SA’s vaccines
Coronavirus
/ 5 January 2021

This is how medical aid schemes will help to fund SA’s vaccines

Medical aid schemes and businesses will help the government with the cost of acquiring enough vaccines for the South African population to achieve herd immunity

By Tshegofatso Mathe
These are the vaccines South Africa could get
Health
/ 4 January 2021

These are the vaccines South Africa could get

The government plans to vaccinate a minimum of 67% of the population (about 40-million people) to achieve herd immunity — when most of the population is resistant to an infectious disease — by the end of 2021.

By Tshegofatso Mathe
World of vaccines is a ‘fiendishly’ complex one
Coronavirus
/ 24 October 2020

World of vaccines is a ‘fiendishly’ complex one

It is important that Africa, along with other regions of the Global South, builds its own vaccine-manufacturing capacity

By Thabani Maphosa
The fastest way out of the pandemic is a safe vaccine
Coronavirus
/ 18 July 2020

The fastest way out of the pandemic is a safe vaccine

The Covax platform ensures that the benefits and risks of vaccine development are broadly shared

By Seth Berkley, Richard Hatchett and Soumya Swaminathan

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