Vaccine
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‘Turn crisis into opportunity,’ say African health leaders
Calls mount for African solutions to respond to the vaccine cuts and the need for a broad system-wide approach to vaccine production in Africa, and for innovative financing for…
Vaccines: The US is endangering children while Africa leads the way
Countries on the continent are not waiting to be saved, they are paving the way with community-led, astute, innovative and independent immunisation programmes
SA Vaccine Producers face delays in snakebite antivenom production
About 4 000 people are bitten by snakes annually but only a quarter of those being admitted to hospital and only 10% require antivenom
New strain of mpox cases surge in DRC and neighbouring countries
The Clade Ib strain has already jumped borders, with cases being reported in Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and Kenya in the last two weeks
For Africa’s health to improve, collaboration, innovation and self-reliance is required
The international community can support the continent through, for example, the transfer of technology to enable drugs and vaccines to be produced on African soil
Rural KwaZulu-Natal is helping the world find a TB vaccine
Despite being a preventable and curable disease, about 150 people died from TB every day in South Africa in 2022
SA leads HIV/Aids vaccine discovery research team
USAID has pumped $45 million in grant funding to support the work of a consortium of top African scientists from eight countries
From start to finish: Five lessons for making mRNA jabs for TB
The need for a new tuberculosis vaccine is as urgent as ever, and now a local pharmaceutical company is joining the race to find one
A mezuzah, a Christmas wreath and rooibos with milk: getting to know this NICD couple at home
Anne von Gottberg and Cheryl Cohen are two of SA’s foremost scientists on Covid-19. The powerful duo also love family time with their three kids
The climate crisis is also a health crisis
The interplay between climate change and the spread of pathogens means health systems must be ready for future crises and ensure equitable access to treatment
Africa’s Covid neglect poses global danger
Low vaccination levels and high number of health-compromised populations make the continent a ‘breeding ground for variants’ that pose a global risk
Africa needs a billion Covid vaccines, but supply is slowing down
Data collected by Unicef shows an alarming drop-off in shipments arriving in the continent since the start of 2022
Eradicating wild polio would eradicate so much tragedy
Over the past two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted efforts to combat vaccine-preventable diseases, including polio
It’s your last shot at the Pfizer vaccine before the roll-out changes
Just under a third of South Africa’s Pfizer vaccines are set to expire by July, so the health department is trying to increase uptake of the doses and donate spare shots
Wait, donate, demolish: Why millions of South Africa’s vaccines will never be used
Children aged five to 11 get smaller doses of the Pfizer vaccine than adults. That means the government will have to buy new vials to vaccinate this age group but the health…