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Measles - it’s a serious illness

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Measles - it’s a serious illness

Issued by Bonitas 30 Apr 2024

Source: WikiCommons. The common yellow commelina, one of the popular plants used to treat children.

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Medicinal plants help keep children healthy in South Africa: 61 species were recorded

T Ndhlovu, A O Omotayo, A O Aremu and W Otang-Mbeng 26 Mar 2024

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Health Department unveils plan to introduce new vaccines

16 Oct 2023

What you need to know about child vaccinations - Medshield

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What you need to know about child vaccinations - Medshield

Issued by Stone 22 May 2023

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African leaders pledge to drive routine immunisation and polio eradication

20 Mar 2023

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Vaccination drive hits Western Cape amidst growing measles outbreak in SA

27 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Chief executive officer of Cipla, Paul Miller.

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Measles vaccine rollout ramped up amid outbreak

21 Feb 2023

Source: DynaMedex.

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SA measles outbreak of concern, NICD warns as case surge hits 80% worldwide

Katja Hamilton 13 Jan 2023

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Childhood vaccinations on the decline since Covid-19 pandemic outbreak

7 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

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Zimbabwe measles outbreak blamed on sect gatherings kills 157 children

Nyasha Chingono 17 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters/Denis Balibouse. WHO regional director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti.

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Kenya, World Health Organization launch emergency hub

Ayenat Mersie, Elias Biryabarema and Jason Neely 11 Jul 2022

Vaccination is simply the best defence against Covid-19

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Vaccination is simply the best defence against Covid-19

Dr Elton Dorkin 6 Dec 2021

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Compulsory Covid-19 vaccines?

28 Sep 2021

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Amended 2021 school calendar will be retained

30 Aug 2021

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Africa has few vaccines: Here's what can still be done to minimise the impact of Covid-19

Deoraj Caussy 30 Jun 2021

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Vaccinations will open up the country and our economy

4 Jun 2021

Coronavirus variants have new names: we can finally stop stigmatising countries

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Coronavirus variants have new names: we can finally stop stigmatising countries

Ed Feil 3 Jun 2021

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

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

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

In It Together: Cotton On partners with Unicef to help deliver 1 million Covid-19 vaccines to the world's most vulnerable

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In It Together: Cotton On partners with Unicef to help deliver 1 million Covid-19 vaccines to the world's most vulnerable

Issued by Cotton On Group 20 May 2021

Ebola virus virion. CDC/Cynthia Goldsmith

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Ebola might be a chronic infection - but here's why we shouldn't panic

Connor Bamford 1 Apr 2021

Solar energy is an invaluable resource in rural areas like this facility in Gambia. Gavi/2018/Guido Dingemans

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Solar technologies can speed up vaccine rollout in Africa. Here's how

Cyrus Sinai & Rob Fetter 23 Mar 2021

Train passengers carried out a Covid-19 detection test with the GeNose C19 screening at Pasar Turi Station, Surabaya, February 15, 2021.
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Indonesian-made Covid-19 breathalyser sensitivity comparable to RT-PCR

17 Mar 2021

Dr Cyprian Ngong, a staff member of National Hospital, Abuja, receives Covid-19 vaccine. Adam Abu-basha/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

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Nigeria at sixes and sevens on Covid-19 vaccine rollout

Solomon Bakarey 15 Mar 2021

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Viruses can hijack cellular process in order to block immune response

22 Feb 2021

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

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

28 Dec 2020

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SARS, MERS research paved way for rapid development of Covid-19 vaccines

8 Dec 2020

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

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

Steven Lloyd Wilson & Charles Shey Wiysonge 4 Dec 2020

To suppress the Covid-19 pandemic, tens of millions of South Africans would have to be vaccinated. Nothing at that scale has been done here before. Photo: Armin Kübelbeck (CC-BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

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Vaccinating tens of millions of people will be very difficult

James Stent & Nathan Geffen 27 Nov 2020

Is Covid-19 a bacteria or a virus? Affinity Health explains the differences

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Is Covid-19 a bacteria or a virus? Affinity Health explains the differences

Issued by Affinity Health 26 Nov 2020

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

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

9 Nov 2020

The Grand Hotel Taipei in Taiwan lights up rooms to mark five days with no new COVID-19 cases.

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Is reaching zero Covid-19 possible?

Kingston Mills 22 Oct 2020

Congolese artist Chris Shongo paints on the outside wall of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Kinshasa on June 18, 2020.

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Covid-19 shows that the DRC must invest in a health research industry

Dacquin M. Kasumba 14 Aug 2020

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Antibiotic resistance: cheap diagnostic test could be a saviour

Lara Marks & Ankur Mutreja 11 Aug 2020

A child receives a vaccine against Ebola from a nurse in Goma on August 7, 2019. AUGUSTIN WAMENYA/AFP via Getty Images

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The coping mechanisms the DRC is putting in place as it faces Ebola, measles and Covid-19

Yap Boum 23 Jun 2020

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The new architectural frontier: buildings and their microbiomes

Jako Nice 15 Jun 2020

A deserted street in Cairo after coronavirus-related restrictions were tightened. Egypt has been one of the hardest hit in Africa. Photo by Mohamed Elraai/picture alliance via Getty Images

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Controlling Covid-19 will carry devastating economic cost for developing countries

Borja Santos Porras 4 Jun 2020

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

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

Alex Ezeh & Sharon Fonn 28 May 2020

Welcome to the latest Monty Python fiasco

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Welcome to the latest Monty Python fiasco

Chris Brewer 21 May 2020

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

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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

Children at window of a building in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Children will be vulnerable if vaccinations are postponed. Photo by Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

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Coronavirus risks forcing South Africa to make health trade-offs it can ill afford

Karen Hofman & Susan Goldstein 17 Apr 2020

Not your grandmother’s vaccine.
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Vaccines without needles - new shelf-stable film could revolutionise how medicines are distributed worldwide

Maria Croyle 6 Mar 2020

Bill Chen at San Francisco International Airport after arriving on a flight from Shanghai. Chen said his temperature was screened at the Shanghai airport before he departed.
AP Photo/Terry Chea

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Airplanes spread diseases quickly - so maybe unvaccinated people shouldn't be allowed to fly

Christopher Robertson & Keith Joiner 4 Mar 2020

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

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

Folasade Ogunsola 4 Feb 2020

Successful vaccination against measles in childhood should provide lifetime protection. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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Explainer: a history of the measles virus and why it's so tenacious

Matthew Ferrari 28 Jan 2020

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

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

Olatunji Adetokunboh 9 Dec 2019

A Nigerian child receives a dose of the polio vaccine. EPA

Healthcare

Complacency could delay the final push to eradicate polio

Villyen Motaze & Melinda Suchard 5 Dec 2019

Global study reveals CEO confidence is sinking

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Global study reveals CEO confidence is sinking

7 Nov 2019

Unicef carers at a creche for children whose parents are being treated for Ebola. Building health infrastructure is crucial to stopping the next outbreak. Epa/ Hugh Kinsella Cunningham

Healthcare

Investing in health systems is the only way to stop the next Ebola outbreak

Emma Glennon & Freya Jephcott 22 Oct 2019

World Health Organisation

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More than 18-million Ugandan children to be immunised against measles, rubella and polio

15 Oct 2019

Many families in the DRC can’t routinely access preventive services. Shutterstock

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Outbreaks of measles: compounding challenges in the DRC

Matthew Ferrari 8 Oct 2019