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Stronger tobacco control regulation will reduce harm

Article Sharon Nyatsanza & Savera Kalideen - 5 Sep 2020

South Africa’s tobacco industry interference statistics are improving year on year, but more needs to be done

Good news: Africa is declared free of wild polio

Africa Simon Allison - 25 Aug 2020

The global polio eradication initiative, involving governments, the World Health Organisation and other institutions, was launched in 1988. It took three decades of immunising children to eradicate the poliovirus on the continent

Sars plan for illicit tobacco still being refined

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 22 Aug 2020

Meanwhile, billions of illegal cigarettes are flooding the informal markets as lockdown regulations are lifted at last

Covid-19 puts Sierra Leone’s expectant mothers at further risk

Africa Abdul S Brima - 20 Aug 2020

Almost 70% of the world’s maternal deaths happen in Africa. Now there’s coronavirus — and with poor prenatal and postnatal care on the continent, expectant mothers and children under five are even more vulnerable.

Say hello to lockdown lite

Coronavirus M&G Reporters - 13 Aug 2020

After months of the strictest Covid-19 restrictions in the world, it seems we are in line for a further easing of the regulations

WHO wants to review Russian vaccine safety data

Coronavirus Agence France Presse - 11 Aug 2020

President Vladimir Putin said Russia had become the first country to approve a vaccine offering "sustainable immunity" against the new coronavirus

Effective and professional government communication is essential to democracy

Opinion Fidel Hadebe - 11 Aug 2020

Spelling and factual mistakes cause irreparable damage to department credibility

Health workers afraid of passing Covid to family

Coronavirus Pontsho Pilane - 6 Aug 2020

While nurses bear the brunt of the most psychologically affected of health workers, most are concerned about access to protective supplies

Job losses induce midwife crisis

Coronavirus Sarah Smit - 23 Jul 2020

The pandemic has an especially dire effect on sectors dominated by women, such as birth companions. Doulas are already feeling the pinch

The fastest way out of the pandemic is a safe vaccine

Coronavirus Seth Berkley, Richard Hatchett & Soumya Swaminathan - 18 Jul 2020

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

Another teachers union calls for schools to be closed

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 14 Jul 2020

Naptosa says it is irresponsible to keep schools open and that this is affecting the mental and physical health of teachers and learners

Lockdown, day 105: When the chips are really down

Coronavirus Paddy Harper - 9 Jul 2020

Coronavirus statistics are now people we know. The pandemic affects us all and it’s hard to see light at the end of the tunnel

Pandemic-induced human rights violations a double tragedy to humanity

Africa Webster Zambara - 6 Jul 2020

The conflation of human rights violations and a pandemic leave the most vulnerable marginalised. Equitable and democratic societies are needed to fight against this

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Decolonising the coronavirus vaccine

Coronavirus A. Kayum Ahmed - 6 Jul 2020

Africans can lead the charge to decolonise the profit-driven biomedical system by challenging European and American claims to prioritised access to the Covid-19 vaccine

Disaster preparedness can’t wait

Opinion Jagan Chapagain & Andrew Steer - 2 Jul 2020

But solutions can only be truly effective if funding and threat information reaches the local level

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