Helen Rees
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How SA wants to sell the AstraZeneca vaccine for half the price and what the loss could be
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says selling on the vaccines will stem wasteful expenditure, but people close to the discussions with AU say they will be sold on the cheap
Jury still out on pregnant women getting a Covid jab
Few trials have been carried out on women expecting babies
Trials don’t gel with all women
Researchers recognise the need to change HIV prevention technologies to suit different lifestyles.
Motsoaledi launches free HPV vaccine for schoolgirls
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has launched an HPV vaccine programme for grade four girls in all government schools.
Life saving cancer vaccine will be difficult to implement
While HPV vaccines will save lives, target schoolgirls will be hard to reach.
Civil society: Health
Naeemah Abrahams, Miriam Adhikari, Carol-Ann Benn, Francesca Conradie, Lynette Denny, Sharon Ekambaram, Sharon Fonn and more …