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Covid-19

Covid-19 vaccine scheme for poorest has $2.6bn left to spend as pandemic recedes

Jennifer Rigby 26 Jun 2023

Public Health

African leaders pledge to drive routine immunisation and polio eradication

20 Mar 2023

Source: REUTERS.

Covid-19

New vaccine plant in Senegal gets €75m from EIB

6 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied

Ethics & Medicolegal

WHO facilitates 194 member states to introduce digital vaccination certificates

8 Mar 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Managing mandatory vaccine exemptions in the workplace

Talita Laubscher and Alexia Kaplan 8 Dec 2021

Source: ©Elvira Koneva

Covid-19

Compulsory Covid-19 vaccines?

28 Sep 2021

The Nigerian government struggles to contain Covid-19 while other diseases suffer some measure of neglect Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Where Covid-19 has left Nigeria's health system

Adejuwon Soyinka 14 Dec 2020

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, regional head, Africa, World Health Organisation

Covid-19

Africa's fragile health system hit hard by Covid-19

9 Nov 2020

Nigerian scientists are working to better understand coronavirus. African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Disease

Covid-19

Nigerian scientists have identified seven lineages of SARS-CoV-2: why it matters

Christian Happi 7 Sep 2020

Healthcare workers testing people in Nairobi, Kenya during a mass testing exercise for Covid-19. Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Sub-Saharan Africa needs to plug local knowledge gap to up its anti-Covid-19 game

Alex Ezeh & Sharon Fonn 28 May 2020

Vaccines are some of the most equitable and cost-effective health interventions available. ranplett/GettyImages

Public Health

Why a campaign to champion all vaccines matters now more than ever

Katherine E Gallagher, Anthony Scott, Ifedayo Adetifa, John Ojal, Shirine Voller & Wangeci Kagucia 5 May 2020

Image credit: Markus Winkler on .

Research

Is the world ready for global natural disasters?

Victor Moreriane, APR 3 Apr 2020

Air travel restrictions won't protect us from the coronavirus

Aviation

Air travel restrictions won't protect us from the coronavirus

Lucy Budd and Stephen Ison 10 Feb 2020

Camp beds set up for travelers returning to Germany from China, who will be isolated for two weeks to make sure they don’t have coronavirus.
YANN SCHREIBER/AFP via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

Quarantines have tried to keep out disease for thousands of years

Leslie S. Leighton 5 Feb 2020

Lessons from keeping the country free of Ebola have informed steps taken since the coronavirus scare first broke. Shutterstock

Public Health

Nigeria and disease outbreaks. Better prepared, but still weak spots

Folasade Ogunsola 4 Feb 2020

HIV-infected and exposed children are vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

Children and HIV: what we found about vaccine-preventable diseases

Olatunji Adetokunboh 9 Dec 2019

Ministers pledge to fight the rise in vector-borne diseases

Malaria

Ministers pledge to fight the rise in vector-borne diseases

23 Aug 2019

Dr Joseph Sempa of Sacema presenting at the 2019 Clinic on Meaningful Modelling of Epidemiological Data. AIMS-South Africa

Infectious Diseases

Africa needs specialist capacity to tackle the spread of infectious diseases

Juliet Pulliam & Jonathan Dushoff 29 Jul 2019

Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock

Medical Research

Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa

Moses John Bockarie 8 Jul 2019

Fruit bats can pass Ebola on to humans. Jeffrey Paul Wade/Shutterstock

Infectious Diseases

Ebola outbreaks may be more common than we think

14 Jun 2019

Measles virus. Design_Cells/Shutterstock

Infectious Diseases

Measles: should vaccinations be compulsory?

Tom Solomon 3 May 2019

Nigeria was quick to respond and control the 2014 Ebola outbreak. EPA

Infectious Diseases

Why Nigeria is battling to control disease outbreaks like Lassa fever

Oyewale Tomori 22 Feb 2019

Immunisation coverage stagnating in Africa

Public Health

Immunisation coverage stagnating in Africa

25 Jan 2019

How water treatment in South Africa can eradicate water-related diseases

Infrastructure & Utilities

How water treatment in South Africa can eradicate water-related diseases

Issued by WEC Projects 18 Jan 2019

Child ready to receive measles vaccine, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Christine Stabell Benn, Author provided

Infectious Diseases

Vaccines have health effects beyond protecting against target diseases

Christine Stabell Benn 15 Jan 2019

Professor Musa Mhlanga

Medical Research

Unravelling how immune genes work

13 Dec 2018

A close-up of a female Anopheles arabiensis feeding. Author supplied

Malaria

South Africa investigates sterilising mosquitoes in anti-malaria drive

Givemore Munhenga 9 Nov 2018

FakesApp: Using WhatsApp to spread scams and fake news

Mobile & Apps

FakesApp: Using WhatsApp to spread scams and fake news

10 Aug 2018

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general at the WHO

Infectious Diseases

One billion yellow fever vaccinations in Africa by 2026

11 Apr 2018

Dr Folake Olayinka

Public Health

Nigeria: Political will and investment in immunisation are critical elements for a healthy future

Dr Folake Olayinka 10 Apr 2018

Photo: Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Medical Research

Study: Vaccines prevent death and alleviate poverty

19 Feb 2018

Immunisation and saving lives

Infectious Diseases

Immunisation and saving lives

26 Oct 2017

It's not you against “the blacks,” it's just us!

Social Media

It's not you against “the blacks,” it's just us!

Tess Sulaman 5 Oct 2017

Agriculture

Legacy of trailblazing

Kristy Jooste 29 Jun 2017

10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2017

Marketing & Media

10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2017

19 Jun 2017

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Malaria

New UN-backed citizen-led alliance formed against mosquito-borne diseases

10 May 2017

Healthcare

Viruses, vaccines and superbugs: The biggest stories of 2016

LAURA LOPEZ GONZALEZ 30 Dec 2016

'SMS for Life' launches in Nigeria to improve access to essential medicines

Mobile

'SMS for Life' launches in Nigeria to improve access to essential medicines

13 Dec 2016

SMS for Life 2.0 launched to monitor medicine levels in Nigeria

Public Health

SMS for Life 2.0 launched to monitor medicine levels in Nigeria

12 Dec 2016

WHO revises yellow fever dosages

Infectious Diseases

WHO revises yellow fever dosages

Lyndal Rowlands 25 Aug 2016

Marketing

Angola hits troubled times after heady post-war boom

21 Jul 2016

Bacteria could spell the end for mosquito-borne diseases

Malaria

Bacteria could spell the end for mosquito-borne diseases

7 Jun 2016

This launch saw a gathering of the different project development partners, including the WHO, the World Bank, the UNFPA, the AFD and UNICEF
(Source: Ministère de la Santé de la République Gabonaise)

Public Health

Gabon revamps its healthcare system

11 Apr 2016

[Design Indaba 2015] On fashion and identity at Design Indaba 2015

Design Indaba

[Design Indaba 2015] On fashion and identity at Design Indaba 2015

Terry Levin 2 Mar 2015

[Design Indaba 2015] Conference highlights - Day three

Design Indaba

[Design Indaba 2015] Conference highlights - Day three

Leigh Andrews 2 Mar 2015

More HorrorFest films announced

Film

More HorrorFest films announced

10 Oct 2014

Top tips for business travel in Tanzania

Tourism & Travel

Top tips for business travel in Tanzania

19 Sep 2014

Top-10 risks worth considering when expanding into Africa

Management & Leadership

Top-10 risks worth considering when expanding into Africa

1 Sep 2014

Visiting Brazil - stay healthy

Public Health

Visiting Brazil - stay healthy

27 May 2014