Countries on the continent are not waiting to be saved, they are paving the way with community-led, astute, innovative and independent immunisation programmes
Anne von Gottberg and Cheryl Cohen are two of SA’s foremost scientists on Covid-19. The powerful duo also love family time with their three kids
Over the past two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted efforts to combat vaccine-preventable diseases, including polio
The first batch of vaccines is almost here, but a top government adviser says achieving herd immunity by the end of the year is ‘unrealistic’
Immunisation and other preventative programmes for malaria, cholera, measles and malnutrition, which kill children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, must continue
The World Health Organisation said people could die of preventable illnesses if steps to control malaria as well as immunisation for measles, yellow fever and polio are interrupted
The country’s yellow fever outbreak is a timely reminder that African countries can’t get complacent with their vaccination efforts.
Western anti-immunisation movements have taken root in local communities resulting in some parents refusing to vaccinate their children.
African ministers are taking new steps to provide vaccines for children who don’t have access.
Donations led by the UK and Bill Gates have far exceeded the $3.7-billion targeted in a drive to fund vaccinations for children in poor countries.
Watch as Bill Gates and others gather today to pledge billions to save children across the world
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/ 11 November 2010
Unicef gets ready to launch a mass immunisation campaign in the Republic of Congo, after an outbreak of polio claimed 97 lives in under a week.
Children are the losers as funding for immunisation dries up.
Are dissenting parents putting other children — and communities — at risk? Nechama Brodie reports