For South Africa to maintain its current access to red meat, wool and other livestock products, it must continue to strengthen its biosecurity and revive vaccine manufacturing
To move from 59 infant deaths out of every 1000 live births in one of the poorest regions of the island to none in the matter of a few decades is an extraordinary feat
The World Health Organisation dismisses the “five second rule” as part of drive to prevent illness and death from bad food
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The 2020 Child Gauge is calling for a clear commitment from the government to end the “slow violence of malnutrition” faced by children
Guinea is fighting the virus with a vaccine used in the DRC, while their neighbours Sierra Leone and Liberia increase border surveillance
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