Emergency vaccination to curb measles outbreak in Gauteng
The City of Johannesburg is launching an emergency measles vaccination campaign following after 11 cases of the the illness...
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Polio-free world possible – Gates CEO
Nigeria has been free of polio for an entire year, thanks to an aggressive vaccination policy supported by the...
BCG vaccine shortage ‘not as grave’
The shortage of the BCG vaccine to protect newborns against TB is “not as grave as has been portrayed...
Drug stock outs hit more than one in...
HIV and tuberculosis (TB) drug stock outs have hit about 14 percent of health facilities nationwide in the last...
Vaccinations could save 20 million children in five...
The world could save 20 million children in the next five years with better access to vaccines, according to...
Pneumococcal vaccine cuts hospitalisations by 70 percent
New data shows that South Africa’s expensive pneumococcal vaccine roll out has cut childhood hospitalisations due to meningitis, pneumonia...
Report: The Right Shot – Bringing down barriers...
The second edition of this report by international medical humanitarian organisation Medicines Sans Frontieres (MSF) reviews the prices of...