In 2016, the WHO set an ambitious target to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030...
Pauline Bakibinga 3 days ago
Vaccines are very much top of mind at the moment as the world races to beat the Covid-19 pandemic, but there are many other preventable diseases and deaths that can be avoided if adults are vaccinated...
Since the Covid-19 pandemic struck South Africa, we have set about sanitising our hands at regular intervals, and spraying down potentially contagious items and surfaces. But all anti-viral disinfectants are not made equal...
Sani-Med 6 Jul 2021
South Africa's massive effort over the years to test and treat people for HIV has drastically improved public health. But in that process, other diseases that are highly prevalent may have been neglected...
Emily B Wong 28 Jun 2021
The government of The Gambia recently announced that the country had eliminated trachoma...
Musa Mutali 7 Jun 2021
As more and more people around the world are getting vaccinated, one can almost hear the collective sigh of relief. But the next pandemic threat is likely already making its way through the population right now...
Maureen Miller 3 Jun 2021
West Africa's Ebola outbreak between 2013 and 2016 was the most widespread in the history of the disease. By the end of the outbreak, more than 28,000 people were infected and 11,000 succumbed to the disease...
Peter B James, Abdulai Jawo Ba, Amie Steel, Jon Adams & Jon Wardle 28 May 2021
Around the world, 71-million people have been infected with the hepatitis C virus.
John McLauchlan 27 May 2021
In a time when the world is focusing on Covid-19 vaccines, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has highlighted the importance of routine immunisations for diseases such as measles, tetanus and polio...
Jean-Francois Maystadt, Kalle Hirvonen & Nik Stoop 21 May 2021
Thembi Ngubane was a young woman who became famous through the American National Public Radio show Thembi's Aids Diary: A Year in the Life of a South African Teenager....
Gilles van Cutsem 17 May 2021
South Africa's proposal to waiver specific Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (Trips) obligations related to the manufacturing of Covid-19 vaccines is now supported by over 100 countries...
The country's vaccination programme on Sunday reached a welcomed milestone with Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, announcing the arrival of the first batch of the Pfizer vaccination doses...
Some diseases are more likely to enter public conversation than others. Covid-19 has dominated the public discourse in 2020...
Michael Head 22 Apr 2021
South African healthcare workers were found to be at high risk of contracting hepatitis B, even though a vaccine can provide life-long immunity...
