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Infectious Diseases

Diphtheria outbreak in Somalia worsens with vaccine shortages

8 hours

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Infectious Diseases

Unicef, World Bank join forces with SA for pandemic readiness

22 Jul 2025

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Infectious Diseases

Govt launches Mpox vaccination drive following more cases

17 Jul 2025

One dose of HPV vaccine, one less worry for cervical cancer

Public Health

One dose of HPV vaccine, one less worry for cervical cancer

Issued by CANSA 4 Mar 2025

Source: National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

Public Health

Fatal diphtheria outbreak claims inmate's life in Western Cape prison

10 Nov 2023

Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Public Health

Vaccination drive hits Western Cape amidst growing measles outbreak in SA

27 Feb 2023

Source: Wikipedia.

Covid-19

Covid vaccine drive running out of steam in South Africa while people continue to die

Daniel Steyn 15 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Africa officials urge readiness for monkeypox vaccinations, fair access

30 Jun 2022

Supplied. Steph Van Niekerk, creative director at Grey shares her thoughts and learnings relating to this week’s Cannes Lions

Cannes Lions

Steph Van Niekerk: Balancing logic and reason with magic and intuition

Danette Breitenbach 20 Jun 2022

Emergency Medicine

Southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives

18 Mar 2022

Covid vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains

Distribution

Covid vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains

Jonathan Munemo 9 Feb 2022

Covid-19

Africa: the face of vaccine inequity

Katja Hamilton 19 Jan 2022

Namibia's pandemic-hit tourist sector launches vaccination drive

Tourism

Namibia's pandemic-hit tourist sector launches vaccination drive

Nyasha Nyaungwa 19 Jan 2022

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Banking

The Islamic Development Bank injects $252.5m into Pakistan's vital projects

3 Jan 2022

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Food & bev. services

Starbucks vaccination drive: leading by example

20 Dec 2021

Ghana airport to fine airlines that bring unvaccinated passengers

Travel

Ghana airport to fine airlines that bring unvaccinated passengers

14 Dec 2021

Source: ©Ion Chiosea

Banking

FNB pays vaccinated customer R5m

18 Nov 2021

Evergreen Val de Vie. Source: Supplied

Residential Property

Property developer extends vaccination drive to suppliers' workers

5 Nov 2021

Source: Supplied

Travel

What to expect when travelling to these top business destinations in Africa, Middle East

4 Oct 2021

Source: Danette Breitenbach

Covid-19

SA on Adjusted Alert Level 1

Danette Breitenbach 1 Oct 2021

Tourism

Cape Town Tourism throws weight behind vaccination drive

27 Sep 2021

Source: Daily Maverick ©Gallo Images / Papi Morake. Director-General of the National Department of Health Dr Sandile Buthelezi

NHI

Dr Buthelezi suspended over Digital Vibes scandal

27 Sep 2021

Heineken SA provides shot in the arm to vaccination efforts

Covid-19

Heineken SA provides shot in the arm to vaccination efforts

Issued by Heineken South Africa 21 Sep 2021

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Covid-19

Vaccinate for a normal way of life

20 Sep 2021

5 reasons why now is the best time to travel

Travel

5 reasons why now is the best time to travel

Amber April 26 Aug 2021

Class back in session, but digital learning remains key to future of education

E-learning

Class back in session, but digital learning remains key to future of education

5 Aug 2021

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Hospitality

Sun City becomes first hospitality, tourism industry vaccination site in SA

22 Jul 2021

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Covid-19

South Africa's vaccine quagmire, and what needs to be done now

Alex van den Heever, Imraan Valodia, Shabir A Madhi & Willem Venter 5 Jul 2021

SAB to challenge latest alcohol ban in court

Regulatory

SAB to challenge latest alcohol ban in court

1 Jul 2021

Covid-19

India's staggering Covid crisis could have been avoided. But the government dropped its guard too soon

Pradeep Taneja & Azad Singh Bali 28 Apr 2021

Global Citizen urges wealthy nations to pledge 'dollars for doses' to vaccinate 6.5m African health workers

Health & Social Welfare

Global Citizen urges wealthy nations to pledge 'dollars for doses' to vaccinate 6.5m African health workers

Issued by OnPoint PR 14 Apr 2021

A healthcare worker administers an Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to her colleague at Mutuini Hospital in Nairobi. Kenya on March 3, 2021. Photo by Dennis Sigwe/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Covid-19

Kenya's Covid-19 vaccine rollout has got off to a slow start: the gaps, and how to fix them

Catherine Kyobutungi 9 Apr 2021

South Africa’s Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize (centre). The government has been criticised for not having an actionable plan on vaccines. Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

South Africa failed to get its act together on vaccines: here's how

Shabir A Madhi 18 Jan 2021

Muizenberg beach is eerily quiet on a hot summer’s day, 29 December 2020. If we want to save lives and life to go back to normal we need to embrace vaccines.

Covid-19

Here's how to fight anti-vaccine propaganda

GroundUp Editors 13 Jan 2021

Health workers burying a child who died of Ebola in the DRC’s North Kivu province. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA

Infectious Diseases

Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC's Ebola outbreak. Here are some

Mosoka Fallah 23 May 2019

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Infectious Diseases

Sierra Leone starts cholera vaccination drive in disaster areas

7 Sep 2017

Task team to address KZN rabies outbreak

Public Health

Task team to address KZN rabies outbreak

14 Jun 2012

Pharmaceuticals

New meningitis vaccine a "revolution"

8 Nov 2010

Health & Safety

Soccer fans not in danger of contracting RVF

Boitumelo Tshehle 19 May 2010

Infectious Diseases

Uganda: Scores dead as meningitis outbreak strikes

23 Jan 2009

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

GSK reduces the cost of cervical cancer vaccine

Issued by Martina Nicholson Associates 7 Dec 2008