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Covid-19

New vaccine plant in Senegal gets €75m from EIB

6 Jun 2022

Covid-19

The HJI launches litigation for disclosure of SA's Covid-19 vaccine contracts

10 Mar 2022

Covid-19

Significant rise in vaccination rates in sub-Saharan Africa

21 Feb 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

Who's liable if the Covid vaccine goes wrong?

Katherine Graham 2 Feb 2022

Source: Supplied. Donald McMillan, managing director at Allmed Healthcare Professionals.

Covid-19

Boosting vaccine rollout and debunking Covid-19 myths

24 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

Covid-19

Africa clocks fastest surge in Covid-19 cases this year

14 Dec 2021

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HR & Management

Over half of adults support compulsory workplace vaccination, survey finds

10 Dec 2021

If you had five minutes to talk directly to your clients - what would you say?

Digital

If you had five minutes to talk directly to your clients - what would you say?

Musa Ncula, Issued by Irvine Partners 9 Dec 2021

Databuild survey: Builders taking a break this festive season

Construction & Engineering

Databuild survey: Builders taking a break this festive season

3 Dec 2021

Picture: Danette Breitenbach

Covid-19

SA stays on Alert Level One with mandatory vaccinations to be investigated

Danette Breitenbach 28 Nov 2021

Source: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

Covid-19

SA puts brakes on Covid-19 vaccine delivery

Promit Mukherjee 24 Nov 2021

Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Insurance & Actuarial

Old Mutual depletes Covid-19 reserve as deaths outpace expectations

Emma Rumney 23 Nov 2021

Source: ©bennymarty With hardly a month to go until the festive season begins, AfroCentric Group warns that the fourth wave is approaching

Covid-19

4th wave likely to be a wave of the unvaccinated

22 Nov 2021

Source: Supplied. Bada Pharasi, CEO of the IPASA

Pharmaceuticals

Pharma companies need to build trust with consumers

Bada Pharasi 18 Nov 2021

Source: ©Danette Bretienbach

Economy

MTBPS focus: finance minister takes tough stance

Danette Breitenbach 11 Nov 2021

Source: ©Discovery Discovery vaccination site

Covid-19

Overcoming vaccine barriers key to herd immunity

3 Nov 2021

Source: ©Leigh Prather

Covid-19

Vaccinations for ages 12-17 years old has opened

20 Oct 2021

Source: ©supplied by agency 3,400 EVDS users, 380 contact centre staff and over 3,100 vaccinators have been trained to use the EDVS

Covid-19

Over 18-million vaccines administered save over 47,700 lives

12 Oct 2021

The case for compulsory vaccination in the construction industry

Construction & Engineering

The case for compulsory vaccination in the construction industry

Morag Evans 29 Sep 2021

Source: ©Jasmin Merdan

Covid-19

Vaccinate for a normal way of life

20 Sep 2021

Soure: supplied by agency

Covid-19

Pandemic-proofing Africa

16 Sep 2021

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Labour Law & Unions

Mandatory vaccine policy: How to introduce one to the workplace

10 Sep 2021

#OrchidsandOnions: Case of 11 missing babies

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Case of 11 missing babies

Brendan Seery 31 Aug 2021

A child gets a dose of the oral polio vaccine. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

It's been a year since Africa was declared polio free. But a threat remains

Wayne Howard & Melinda Suchard 27 Aug 2021

How games can be used to combat vaccine misinformation

Software

How games can be used to combat vaccine misinformation

Soraiya Verjee 24 Aug 2021

Sister Zoliswa Gidi-Dyosi, a registered nurse and midwife, receives her Covid-19 vaccine at the Khayelitsha Hospital, Cape Town, in February 2021. Archive photo: Jeffrey Abrahams

Covid-19

How hesitant are South Africans about getting vaccinated?

James Stent 24 Aug 2021

Dr Susan Vosloo. Source: Facebook

Covid-19

Medical community slams top heart surgeon's anti-vaxx comments

16 Aug 2021

Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Media

Vaccine denialism kills: Mail & Guardian has let down its readers

Nathan Geffen and Mia Malan 10 Aug 2021

African countries must include all migrant populations in their vaccination plans. Thierry/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Covid-19

Excluding migrants undermines the success of Covid-19 vaccine rollouts

Rebecca Walker, Jo Vearey & Nicholas Maple 2 Aug 2021

Social Media

White House blames Facebook and YouTube for spreading vaccine misinformation

Nandita Bose 28 Jul 2021

Source: ©tashatuvango

Public Health

Exploring the important lessons about global cooperation in public health

Wafaie Fawzi, Tang Kun & Alex Taylor 22 Jul 2021

Increasing vaccination calls for a targeted approach. Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

South Africans are keener to get vaccinated. But many still need to be convinced

15 Jul 2021

#OrchidsandOnions: Tapping into SA's pride

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Tapping into SA's pride

Brendan Seery 6 Jul 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

Covid-19

South Africa's latest Covid-19 lockdown puts spotlight back on vaccination failures

Shabir A Madhi 30 Jun 2021

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

Covid-19

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

Monica de Bolle 9 Jun 2021

Covid-19 Barometer: 500 days later, how are people in South Africa feeling?

Research

Covid-19 Barometer: 500 days later, how are people in South Africa feeling?

Stacy Saggers, Issued by Kantar 26 May 2021

Low trust in authorities affects vaccine uptake: evidence from 22 African countries

Public Health

Low trust in authorities affects vaccine uptake: evidence from 22 African countries

Jean-Francois Maystadt, Kalle Hirvonen & Nik Stoop 21 May 2021

Covid-19 vaccination strategies have been affected by supply woes. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC

Covid-19

Ghana's Covid-19 vaccine rollout is struggling to keep up with its great start

Godfred Boafo 29 Apr 2021

Why are South Africans afraid to vaccinate?

Covid-19

Why are South Africans afraid to vaccinate?

22 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

Vaccine passports may be on the way - but are they a reason for hope or a cause for concern?

Tourism & Travel

Vaccine passports may be on the way - but are they a reason for hope or a cause for concern?

Yara M. Asi 15 Mar 2021

Inequitable distribution and vaccine hesitancy are key challenges for Africa

Covid-19

Inequitable distribution and vaccine hesitancy are key challenges for Africa

26 Feb 2021

Survey: 67% of South Africans favour vaccine

Covid-19

Survey: 67% of South Africans favour vaccine

27 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

Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link

Social Media

Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link

28 Dec 2020

A substantial proportion of people may refuse or delay taking a Covid-19 vaccine. Shutterstock

Public Health

Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link

Steven Lloyd Wilson & Charles Shey Wiysonge 4 Dec 2020

The polio eradication programme in Africa directly combated a severe debilitating disease. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

How ending polio in Africa has had positive spinoffs for public health

Charles Shey Wiysonge 4 Nov 2020

The increasingly well-coordinated global anti-vaccine movement has repurposed itself to challenge the very reality of COVID-19. Hasan Esen/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Covid-19

Covid-19: A global survey shows worrying signs of vaccine hesitancy

Scott C Ratzan, Agnes Binagwaho, Heidi Larson, Jeffrey V Lazarus, Kenneth Rabin & Lawrence O Gostin 29 Oct 2020