A new survey reveals that most people know little about science and this negatively affects preventative medicine
Here’s how northwest Kenya gets nomadic families to health services.
In many ways, violence is like cholera, passing from person to person and treating it in similar ways is working to reduce it.
Most biobanks, whether small or large, have high quality assurance and control measures in place
Why the world is just waking up to the power of immunisations to tackle this infectious disease and how we’re learning more with every rainy season.
Even if your child has been vaccinated, booster shots provide an extra layer of protection.
Every dollar spent on vaccines brings a 16-fold return on investment — and up to $44 for every dollar if broader benefits are taken into account.
The disease kills more than a million people a year but the world’s response to it is totally inadequate.
The residents of a Nigerian village had no health services, save for traditional methods, to treat those with a fever and a rash.
Western anti-immunisation movements have taken root in local communities resulting in some parents refusing to vaccinate their children.
With just nine cases of the virus so far this year – in Pakistan and Afghanistan – the WHO is confident the battle against polio is nearly won.
The World Health Organisation says more than 200 people have died there since January and that there is a need to ramp up production of vaccines.
Now the fight is on to eliminate the illness entirely – and save those still at the mercy of the mosquito.
With the help of new technologies, global health organisations aim to eliminate malaria in Africa in the next 15 years.
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/ 18 February 2016
Vaccines take centre stage in times of crisis but outside of public health emergencies they do not always get the attention they deserve.
A Western Cape project is looking to make free vaccines available in private clinics, but the Eastern Cape has stopped the practice.
A survey of stock levels of HIV drugs is in stark contrast to health department claims that "there is no shortage".
Most adults are at risk of contracting the painful viral infection – but until now only a few specialised medicines have been available to treat it.
The disease is outfoxing prevention efforts, thanks in part to vaccination myths.
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/ 12 November 2014
South Africa was the first African country to introduce the expensive but effective pneumococcal vaccine, Prevenar, into its immunisation programme.
Health experts have met to discuss an end to killer virus Ebola, with two vaccines and eight experimental treatments on the table.
UN aid agencies say heavy fighting has prevented health workers from getting polio vaccine to 100 000 Syrian children.
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/ 9 December 2013
Researchers at a Spanish hospital say they will start trials next year of a therapeutic vaccine for patients who already have HIV.
An effective healthcare system will free up donor money for more desperate countries.
How SA women will benefit from an HPV vaccine, which the government will introduce next year, will strongly depend on the virus’s link with HIV.
A vaccine scare more than a decade ago is causing a growing epidemic of measles, a contagious disease.
Hopes are high that the new partnership will ensure easy, cheaper access to vaccines and medicine.
With World Immunisation Week (April 20 – 26) drawing attention to vaccinations, Nicky Willemse turned the spotlight on Dr Seth Berkley.
As the fallout regarding misinformation about vaccines and antiretrovirals shows, words can kill.
Pakistan is set to become the first country in South Asia to introduce the pneumococcal vaccine to protect children against pneumonia.
Despite the advances in the management of HIV, an effective prophylactic would save billions writes Michel Sidibe, Chidi Nweneka and Margaret McGlynn
China’s success in becoming an accredited vaccine-maker will benefit the developing world.