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Unicef concerned about impact of COVID-19 on routine vaccination for SA kids Unicef is concerned about the drop in immunisation coverage among children under the age of five over the past year could leave to a resurgence of vaccine preventable childhood diseases. FILE: Picture: 123rf.com 2 hours ago JOHANNESBURG - The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) on Monday said the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on routine vaccination rates for South Africa's youngest children. This week marks World Immunisat...

2021-04-28 14:00:00 Enhancing mother’s gifts: Up and coming vaccines for pregnant women to protect their newborns from infections World Immunisation Week 2021 To mark World Immunisation Week 2021 from 24 to 30 April, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Vaccine Centre is hosting a series of webinars. The theme this year is ‘Vaccines Bring Us Closer’. Each day of the week we focus on an important area of vaccine research, science and debate bringing together experts in the field. We end the week with the Vaccine Centre Annual Lecture on 30 Apri...

All you want to know about recent advances in vaccine development for diarrhoea World Immunisation Week 2021 To mark World Immunisation Week 2021 from 24 to 30 April, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Vaccine Centre is hosting a series of webinars. The theme this year is ‘Vaccines Bring Us Closer’. Each day of the week we focus on an important area of vaccine research, science and debate bringing together experts in the field. We end the week with the Vaccine Centre Annual Lecture on 30 April.  In this first event, we focus on new developm...

Mideast refugees left behind in COVID-19 vaccine race Syrian and Jordanian women working in a garment factory in one of Jordan's industrial zones. COVAX has allocated funds for humanitarian needs, and vaccination has begun in Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. Copyright: Abdel Hameed Al Nasier​/ILO, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Speed read But challenges remain to reach those in remote conflict areas More must be done to close gaps in vaccine distribution, say experts Share this article: Republish We encourage you to republish this article online and in print, it’s free under our creative commons attr...

SHARE Towards the end of 2019, many of us were planning for places to visit, people to meet and work with, and professional and personal growth to be achieved. All of this has changed due to one of the smallest organisms on earth jumping from one species to another. Since the beginning of 2020 and until this day, the Covid-19 global pandemic continues to be one of the largest and most complex global challenges in our times. It has affected many people, countries and entities. In the same breath, it’s incredible to note how the world has come together to tackle this issue that transcends nat...