The US government has appointed the first African head of its Aids fund, Pepfar. John Nkengasong, a Cameroonian virologist

Thanks to the Omicron variant, it is harder than ever for Africans to travel – even though public health experts say the restrictions make no sense

Setting up a continent-wide medicine regulator could be crucial to getting Africa’s people the treatments and Covid vaccines they need. Here’s why more countries need to put…

In mere months, Moderna transformed an old Polaroid factory in America into a state-of-the-art vaccine-production centre. Why can’t we do the same?

COMMENT: The AU has laid out a clear path for the continent to produce its own vaccines

Of course Western countries should share the vaccine. But why do we still have to rely on their largesse?

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention only launched in 2017, but between Ebola, measles and the Covid-19 pandemic, it has had its work cut out for it. The…

The global initiative plans to deliver two billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines to developing nations

Despite Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina’s claims of a cure for Covid-19, experts say ‘there is absolutely no evidence’ that is true