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Covid-19 vaccine plant in Africa? This is what it would take to build one

23 Jun 2021

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Blunting the impact of poor social conditions in South Africa will have big health benefits

Ebrahim Samodien 23 Jun 2021

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Gauteng "on fire" as Covid-19 infections skyrocket

22 Jun 2021

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Alarming levels of psychological distress among NPO workers

22 Jun 2021

World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks as he attends the World Health Assembly (WHA) amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Geneva, Switzerland, 24 May 2021. Christopher Black/World Health Organisation/Handout via Reuters

WHO setting up hub to make Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa - Tedros

22 Jun 2021

Recovering from Covid-19? Here's what you need to know about nutrition

Recovering from Covid-19? Here's what you need to know about nutrition

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 22 Jun 2021

Samuel Dhol Ayeun, a trainee doctor who fled from South Sudan to Uganda. ReuterAbubaker Lubowa

"I made it," says South Sudanese who fled to Uganda

Francis Mukasa, 21 Jun 2021

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Studies show good response to J&J jab

18 Jun 2021

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Why countries best placed to handle the pandemic appear to have fared the worst

Rachel M Gisselquist & Andrea Vaccaro 18 Jun 2021

Doktor.se to launch in Africa

Doktor.se to launch in Africa

18 Jun 2021

Deputy President David Mabuza

Negotiations for Sputnik, Sinovac vaccines at advanced stage

17 Jun 2021

African Union president and president of Congo Democratic Republic Felix Tshisekedi speaks during a joint news conference at the end of the Summit on the Financing of African Economies in Paris, France May 18, 2021. Ludovic Marin/Pool via Reurters//File Photo

Congo caps public gatherings as third Covid-19 wave builds

15 Jun 2021

How virus detectives trace the origins of an outbreak - and why it's so tricky

How virus detectives trace the origins of an outbreak - and why it's so tricky

Marilyn J Roossinck 15 Jun 2021

Ending HIV in children is way off target: where to focus action now

Ending HIV in children is way off target: where to focus action now

Kaymarlin Govender & Linda-Gail Bekker 14 Jun 2021

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Samuel Dhol Ayeun, a trainee doctor who fled from South Sudan to Uganda. ReuterAbubaker Lubowa

"I made it," says South Sudanese who fled to Uganda

Francis Mukasa, 21 Jun 2021

Doktor.se to launch in Africa

Doktor.se to launch in Africa

18 Jun 2021

African Union president and president of Congo Democratic Republic Felix Tshisekedi speaks during a joint news conference at the end of the Summit on the Financing of African Economies in Paris, France May 18, 2021. Ludovic Marin/Pool via Reurters//File Photo

Congo caps public gatherings as third Covid-19 wave builds

15 Jun 2021

Covax is failing to halt the Covid-19 pandemic: here's why, and how to fix it

Covax is failing to halt the Covid-19 pandemic: here's why, and how to fix it

Monica de Bolle 9 Jun 2021

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