Malaria in Africa: why most countries haven’t beaten it yet
WHO acknowledged these factors when it excluded Africa from its first Global Malaria Eradication Campaign, which ran from 1955 until 1969.
I’m an infectious disease doctor. Yes, I’m vaccinating our 5-year-old against Covid-19. Here is why you should too
The risk of children getting very sick or dying with Covid-19 is low, but the relative risk of severe outcomes and death that kids face when they acquire Covid-19 is extremely high.
Forceful vaccine messages backfire with holdouts – How can it be done better?
Research has shown that some health communication techniques work more effectively than others depending on the audience.
Yes, you can still get Covid after being vaccinated, but you’re unlikely to get as sick
How a person responds to a vaccine is impacted by a number of host factors, including our age, gender, health and stress levels.
A Covid-19 vaccine plant in Africa? This is what it would take to build one
It takes time to design and build a manufacturing plant, to obtain all the regulatory approvals, and to establish quality control processes.
Why Africa’s push to make vaccines should look further than Covid-19
Africa has 54 countries and 1.2 billion people, but produces only 1% of all the vaccines it administers.
Kenyan universities face big challenges going digital. But it can be done
E-learning has its own challenges too. Courses that require student practicals—such as the natural, health and physical sciences—have been heavily disrupted.
Delta variant makes it even more important to get a Covid-19 vaccine, even if you’ve already had the coronavirus
Covid-19 vaccines offer a safe and reliable path to immunity against both the older strains of coronavirus.
Will coronavirus really evolve to become less deadly?
There is little or no direct evidence that virulence decreases over time. While newly emerged pathogens, such as HIV and Mers, are often highly virulent, the converse is not true.
Covid vaccines: why waiving patents won’t fix global shortage – scientist explains
South Africa and India have petitioned the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive certain IP protections, for a limited time, that relate to products for preventing, containing or treating Covid-19.