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An Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtains a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters, 23 November 2015. Reuters/Jim Gathany/CDC/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

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Botswana's Covid-19 budget balloons as it battles for vaccines

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International efforts should prioritise equitable access to vaccines. Immanuel A.Afolabi/Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The impact of Covid-19 has been lower in Africa. We explore the reasons

Alex Ezeh, Michael Silverman & Saverio Stranges 18 Aug 2021

A health worker receives a vaccine against Ebola at a hospital after a case of Ebola was confirmed in Abidjan, Ivory Coast 16 August 2021. Reuters/Luc Gnago

Ivory Coast begins Ebola vaccinations after case confirmed in Abidjan

Loucoumane Coulibaly 17 Aug 2021

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Vaccine denialism kills: Mail & Guardian has let down its readers

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Guinea records West Africa's first Marburg virus death

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Barbie debuts dolls in likeness of Covid-19 frontline workers

Barbie debuts dolls in likeness of Covid-19 frontline workers

5 Aug 2021

African countries must include all migrant populations in their vaccination plans. Thierry/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Excluding migrants undermines the success of Covid-19 vaccine rollouts

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#StartupStory: Cape-based startup set to disrupt SA healthtech space

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This is no time to neglect hepatitis - 70-million Africans are infected

Pauline Bakibinga 27 Jul 2021

Many doctors and healthcare staff feel the need to practice in richer countries that offer a more stable politics, better education and opportunities for their families. Julien Harneis, CC BY-SA

Brain drain is a hidden tax on the countries left behind

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Source: ©supplied

Covid-19: shaping Africa's future healthcare systems

29 Oct 2021

Source: ©Dmitry Kalinovsky

First Covid-19 oral antiviral medicine in submission stage

29 Oct 2021

Source: ©supplied by agency

Africa's healthcare systems under pressure

27 Oct 2021

G20 leaders called on to correct Covid-19 vaccine discrepencies

26 Oct 2021

Source: ©franco volpato

Bringing quality and safety to Africa's healthcare

26 Oct 2021

Source: ©UNICEF/UN0493554/Msirikale Flight docked at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam ready to offload the initial delivery of 1,058,450 doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine donated by the United States government through the COVAX Facility

Covid-19 diagnostics: the key to Africa's recovery

21 Oct 2021

Source: ©supplied. The Moscow Centre for Diagnostics and Telemedicine

Moscow's AI medical services rated

19 Oct 2021

Source: ©sam74100

Innovative programmes needed to address women's healthcare in Africa

19 Oct 2021

Source: ©HONGQI ZHANG

SA to re-emerge in strong position post-Covid

14 Oct 2021

Source: ©Igor Daniel

Breakthrough malaria vaccine offers to reinvigorate the fight against the disease

Eunice Anyango Owino 11 Oct 2021

Source: ©sergey Nivens

AstraZeneca and the Royal Academy partnership focuses on health tech

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Source: ©Michal Bednarek

Fast-tracking healthcare digitalisation

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Hope Consortium, Astral Aviation partner to enhance vaccine distribution in Africa

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28 Sep 2021

Source: ©3dgenerator

Record R8.45bn sustainability loan for Africa

21 Sep 2021

Align your brand with cutting edge trends

Bizcommunity.com 20 Sep 2021

Soure: supplied by agency

Pandemic-proofing Africa

16 Sep 2021

Bridging the Covid-19 vaccine gap

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15 Sep 2021

Source: ©mirco1

Genomic surveillance key in Africa's Covid-19 fight

14 Sep 2021

Source:©GettyImages

Quality of care poor in Africa

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A child gets a dose of the oral polio vaccine. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

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Wayne Howard & Melinda Suchard 27 Aug 2021

Botswana's Covid-19 budget balloons as it battles for vaccines

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International efforts should prioritise equitable access to vaccines. Immanuel A.Afolabi/Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The impact of Covid-19 has been lower in Africa. We explore the reasons

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A health worker receives a vaccine against Ebola at a hospital after a case of Ebola was confirmed in Abidjan, Ivory Coast 16 August 2021. Reuters/Luc Gnago

Ivory Coast begins Ebola vaccinations after case confirmed in Abidjan

Loucoumane Coulibaly 17 Aug 2021

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Vaccine denialism kills: Mail & Guardian has let down its readers

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Guinea records West Africa's first Marburg virus death

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Barbie debuts dolls in likeness of Covid-19 frontline workers

Barbie debuts dolls in likeness of Covid-19 frontline workers

5 Aug 2021

African countries must include all migrant populations in their vaccination plans. Thierry/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Excluding migrants undermines the success of Covid-19 vaccine rollouts

Rebecca Walker, Jo Vearey & Nicholas Maple 2 Aug 2021

L to R: InnoHealth co-founders Dr Chad Marthinussen, Abdul-Malick Salie and Dr Wade Palmer. | Image supplied

#StartupStory: Cape-based startup set to disrupt SA healthtech space

Johannes Masiteng 29 Jul 2021

A childhood vaccine given at birth is effective. BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

This is no time to neglect hepatitis - 70-million Africans are infected

Pauline Bakibinga 27 Jul 2021

Many doctors and healthcare staff feel the need to practice in richer countries that offer a more stable politics, better education and opportunities for their families. Julien Harneis, CC BY-SA

Brain drain is a hidden tax on the countries left behind

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What machine learning can offer Nigeria's healthcare system

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Vaccine-starved Namibia receives Sinopharm boost

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Covid-19 deaths in Africa surge 43% week-on-week, WHO says

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Africa to start receiving US Covid-19 vaccine doses next week

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