Israel is refusing to provide the vaccine to the millions of Palestinians it is forcefully ruling over.
The pandemic has helped to expose the dire state of Sudan’s healthcare system, which lacks both equipment and medical personnel
The 10 scientists will investigate the origins of the new virus in a politically fraught mission that comes more than a year after the pandemic began, with accusations Beijing has tried to thwart the project.
Despite the media’s wish for a neat story, the African continent’s response to Covid-19 is all over the map
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A year after the outbreak started, WHO experts are due in China for a highly politicised visit to explore the origins of the coronavirus, in a trip trailed by accusations of cover-ups, conspiracy and fears of a whitewash. Under the global glare, Beijing delayed access for independent experts into China to probe the origins of […]
In a year defined by Covid-19, human rights violations, including massacres of civilians and crackdowns on opposition parties, have plagued these regions
The stringent lockdown measures resulted in many sectors crumpling, but the citrus industry boomed
Hopes over Covid-19 vaccines have given a boost to virus-weary citizens across the globe, but the disease remains rampant and world leaders are urging people to be patient
The government must not cave to Eskom’s demand that it be exempt from air pollution rules. Furthermore, the power utility needs to stay true to the principles of its own just transition strategy
France, Spain, the European Commission and Britain as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have pledged money for equity in the treatment of Covid-19
The recent announcement of a promising Covid-19 vaccine is good news. But don’t get too excited, cautions Simon Allison: other more affluent countries have already bought up most of the doses, and we do not own the expensive technology necessary to store and transport it
A Covid-19 jab could cost hundreds of rands. Or not. It’s anyone’s guess. Could another pandemic almost a century ago hold clues for handling the coronavirus today?
While data is still trickling in on how much the pandemic affects health systems, there are far-reaching consequences for people living with HIV and tuberculosis.
It is imperative that we train healthcare workers and participate in continent-wide collaboration
The focus may have been on urban nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic, but those in rural areas suffer similar fates. However, very little is known about how they have been able to cope
Providing effective, population-scale family support and 21st century transformative education is a nonnegotiable if we are to have any chance of eradicating violence, poverty, and inequality.
Drug companies can be forced to ‘help’ competitors when it’s in the public interest. The WHO seeks a similar strategy for a Covid vaccine
More than 50 women have accused Ebola aid workers from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and leading nongovernmental organisations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an investigation by the nonprofit news agency The New Humanitarian and the Thomson Reuters Foundation has revealed. In interviews, 51 women — many of whose […]
South Africa’s tobacco industry interference statistics are improving year on year, but more needs to be done
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
Meanwhile, billions of illegal cigarettes are flooding the informal markets as lockdown regulations are lifted at last
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.
After months of the strictest Covid-19 restrictions in the world, it seems we are in line for a further easing of the regulations
President Vladimir Putin said Russia had become the first country to approve a vaccine offering “sustainable immunity” against the new coronavirus
Spelling and factual mistakes cause irreparable damage to department credibility
While nurses bear the brunt of the most psychologically affected of health workers, most are concerned about access to protective supplies
The pandemic has an especially dire effect on sectors dominated by women, such as birth companions. Doulas are already feeling the pinch
The Covax platform ensures that the benefits and risks of vaccine development are broadly shared
Naptosa says it is irresponsible to keep schools open and that this is affecting the mental and physical health of teachers and learners
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
The conflation of human rights violations and a pandemic leave the most vulnerable marginalised. Equitable and democratic societies are needed to fight against this