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Botswana has lost ground in the campaign to inoculate children against vaccine‐preventable diseases (VPD), following the Covid-19 pandemic - the World Health

With new COVID-19 cases significantly dropping, many countries are increasingly curtailing COVID-19 surveillance and quarantine measures. While the need

While SA authorities have long said there is sufficient vaccines in stock to give those in need of the jab, experts say the impact of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on supply of Covid-19 vaccines and PPE to Africa is still unknown.

Download logoDisruptions to essential health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic are being felt broadly. As the world marks International Women’s Day, a

Download logoAlthough COVID-19 vaccine supplies to Africa have risen significantly, the continent is struggling to expand rollout, with only 11% of the

The 21-month-long corona virus pandemic has triggered three new phrases in the UN lexicon: “vaccine famine, vaccine apartheid and vaccine nationalism”.And the largest number of victims facing

The 21-month-long corona virus pandemic has triggered three new phrases in the UN lexicon: “vaccine famine, vaccine apartheid and vaccine nationalism”.And the largest number of victims facing

The 21-month-long corona virus pandemic has triggered three new phrases in the UN lexicon: “vaccine famine, vaccine apartheid and vaccine nationalism”.And the largest number of victims facing

Download logo An 83% surge in new COVID-19 cases during the past week in Africa, driven by the Delta and the Omicron variants, is causing fewer deaths

Download logo Only 27% of health workers in Africa have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, leaving the bulk of the workforce on the frontlines against the pandemic unprotected, a preliminary analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) shows. Analysis of data reported from 25 countries finds that since March 2021, 1.3 million health workers were fully […]