Category: Health
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Malaria vaccine finally to be deployed in Africa after 35 years
An initial 18-million doses of the first malaria vaccine have been assigned to 12 of the countries where malaria exacts a high toll.
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Mostly children affected by measles as outbreak grows
Why has the NICD issued an outbreak warning over measles?
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Only 1% of monkeypox cases are in Africa
The disease has been around in Africa since the 1970s, but so far only 12 countries have reported cases during this year’s outbreak
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SA medical negligence claims top R536bn in seven years
53% of all legal claims paid out in 2020/21 were in the Eastern Cape.
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Two years of Coronavirus in South Africa visualised
Over two years Media Hack collected detailed data on coronavirus in South Africa, and we decided to do something special with all the numbers we’ve collected daily over the past 110 weeks.
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Did Africa pay more for Covid-19 vaccines?
Countries that made deals with pharmaceutical companies outside of Covax – barring Pfizer – paid more for their vaccines than other nations.
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In the race against new variants, Africa ups genome sequencing
Genome research enables scientists to identify coronavirus mutations and is vital for vaccine development
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How can Africa transform from a vaccine desert to a vaccine hub?
Long dependent on wealthy nations for its vaccine supplies, Africa is starting to build up its own vaccine manufacturing capacity.
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Teen pregnancy in South Africa – a growing problem
What effect has the pandemic had on teen pregnancies? It’s too soon to tell. But here’s what the available data shows us.
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Quick take: Africa doubles Covid-19 vaccines with donations from US
36 African countries have received donations from the US since July.