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Congo launches its first mpox vaccination campaign

Djaffar Al Katanty 8 Oct 2024

Vials of the Jynneos smallpox and monkeypox vaccine are placed on a table during a clinic offered by the Pima County Department of Public Health at Abrams Public Health Center in Tucson, Arizona, US, 20 August 2022. Reuters/Rebecca Noble/File Photo

African CDC: More than $800m pledged for mpox response

Anait Miridzhanian 27 Sep 2024

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Gavi to buy 500,000 mpox vaccine doses from Bavarian Nordic

Jennifer Rigby 19 Sep 2024

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WHO: Governments urged to prioritise hepatitis testing, treatment

30 Jul 2024

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South Africa reports new mpox cases; deaths rise to three

26 Jun 2024

Source: © 123rf As Covax closes on 31 December 2023, reflects on its successes and challenges in the bid to overcome inequity have underscored the clear need for the world to be better prepared the next time a viral threat with pandemic potential emerges

3 lessons from Covax as the organisation draws to a close

20 Dec 2023

UCT professor wins prestigious global award

UCT professor wins prestigious global award

7 Dec 2023

A view shows a part of Sidi El Barrak dam at low water levels, in Nafza, west of the capital Tunis, Tunisia, 7 January 2023. Reuters/Jihed Abidellaoui

Climate change is the biggest human health risk, says Africa's disease boss

30 Nov 2023

Vital role of nutrition in the TB recovery journey

Vital role of nutrition in the TB recovery journey

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 14 Nov 2023

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus is pictured in Seattle, Washington, US 5 May 2021. Reuters/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo

Gates gives $40m to boost access to mRNA vaccines in Africa

Jennifer Rigby and Wendell Roelf 9 Oct 2023

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Board of Health Funders exposes transparency concerns in healthcare regulation

Katja Hamilton 8 Aug 2023

Zarcare: The future of healthcare in South Africa

Zarcare: The future of healthcare in South Africa

Zarcare 26 May 2023

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WHO says risk 'moderate' after laboratory in Sudan seized by fighters

2 May 2023

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Diagnosis of TB lagging post-pandemic

24 Mar 2023

Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases - WHO

Sofia Christensen and Nellie Peyton 24 Mar 2023

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RSV on the rise, hospitals urged to prepare for paediatric admissions

23 Mar 2023

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Ebola vaccinations to roll out in east Congo this week

24 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters. A health worker in protective clothing carries waste for disposal outside the isolation ward where victims of the deadly Marburg virus are treated in the northern Angolan town of Uige, File.

Ghana confirms its first outbreak of highly infectious Marburg virus

Alessandra Prentice and Nellie Peyton 18 Jul 2022

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South Africa confirms third monkeypox case in tourist from Switzerland

Alexander Winning, Bhargav Acharya and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 12 Jul 2022

An Ebola survivor who works as a nurse, waits to receive tubes for taking blood samples at the Ebola treatment centre in Katwa, near Butembo, in the DRC, 3 October 2019. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

DRC declares end to Ebola outbreak

Nellie Peyton 4 Jul 2022

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Extension on Covid-19 regulation public comments

5 May 2022

Abbott seeks new treatment standards for Africa's silent killer disease

Abbott seeks new treatment standards for Africa's silent killer disease

29 Apr 2022

Clean drinking water: Discharging raw sewage into rivers and dams is a national security issue

Clean drinking water: Discharging raw sewage into rivers and dams is a national security issue

Professor Anthony Turton 28 Mar 2022

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Women empowerment key in fight against HIV and Aids

Women empowerment key in fight against HIV and Aids

2 Dec 2021

Heineken employees vaccinated in Sedibeng

Heineken employees vaccinated in Sedibeng

Heineken South Africa 26 Oct 2021

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TB: an orphan disease?

Danette Breitenbach 1 Oct 2021