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Source: Supplied. Nqobile Ndlovu, chief executive officer of ASLM and Tom Berkovits, senior director of Illumina Africa Middle East and Asia-Pacific during the MoU signing between The African Society for Laboratory Medicine and Illumina at the 6th Biennial ASLM2023 conference in Cape Town.
Healthcare
ASLM and Illumina: Genomics empowers Africa's pandemic readiness

29 Dec 2023

Vaccinating livestock against common diseases is a form of direct climate action
Agriculture
Vaccinating livestock against common diseases is a form of direct climate action

Jude Capper and David Barrett 27 Dec 2023

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Healthcare
AUC, Africa CDC, and Gavi forge strategic vaccine partnership

16 Oct 2023

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Healthcare
Southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives

18 Mar 2022

Source: Worldbank.org. World Bank Headquarters, Washington D.C.
Finance
World Bank's $157bn takes edge off global pandemic fallout

2 Mar 2022

Travel bans aren't the answer to stopping new Covid variant Omicron
Tourism & Travel
Travel bans aren't the answer to stopping new Covid variant Omicron

Anthony Zwi 30 Nov 2021

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Healthcare
Equity call for rare diseases healthcare

8 Sep 2021

International efforts should prioritise equitable access to vaccines. Immanuel A.Afolabi/Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Healthcare
The impact of Covid-19 has been lower in Africa. We explore the reasons

Alex Ezeh, Michael Silverman & Saverio Stranges 18 Aug 2021

Source: ©Romolo Tavani
Healthcare
We created a tool to help predict Covid-19 increases in African countries

Steven J Schiff, Andrew Geronimo, Claudio Fronterre & Paddy Ssentongo 23 Jul 2021

The research was conducted at the Zambia University Teaching Hospital morgue. Salim Dawood/AFP via Getty Images
Healthcare
Latest data from Lusaka morgue analysis shows spike in Covid-19 deaths

Christopher J Gill 12 Jul 2021

The next pandemic is already happening - targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it
Healthcare
The next pandemic is already happening - targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it

Maureen Miller 3 Jun 2021

How South Africa is tracking adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines
Healthcare
How South Africa is tracking adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines

24 May 2021

The Nigerian government struggles to contain Covid-19 while other diseases suffer some measure of neglect Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images
Healthcare
Where Covid-19 has left Nigeria's health system

Adejuwon Soyinka 14 Dec 2020

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Healthcare
South Africa is testing digital technology to detect outbreaks of respiratory diseases

Cheryl Cohen & Sibongile Walaza 5 Nov 2020

The polio eradication programme in Africa directly combated a severe debilitating disease. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP via Getty Images
Healthcare
How ending polio in Africa has had positive spinoffs for public health

Charles Shey Wiysonge 4 Nov 2020

Environmental surveillance could provide an earlier and clearer picture for public health interventions
ESG & Sustainability
Environmental surveillance could provide an earlier and clearer picture for public health interventions

Dr Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa and Dr Nonhlanhla Kalebaila 23 Sep 2020

New app addresses Covid-19 reinfection fears
ICT
New app addresses Covid-19 reinfection fears

8 May 2020

Photo: @PresidencyZA
Healthcare
Cuban medics arrive in SA to fight Covid-19

28 Apr 2020

What Level 4 lockdown means to businesses
Finance
What Level 4 lockdown means to businesses

24 Apr 2020

Genomic sequencing can help in understanding viruses. Gio.tto/Shutterstock
Healthcare
Africa joins the race to trace Covid-19 with genomics

Peter van Heusden 20 Apr 2020

Alarmed by a rapid spread of Lassa fever, the Nigerian Academy of Science is calling on government to declare a health emergency. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images
Healthcare
Lassa fever: why there's a call to declare a health emergency in Nigeria

13 Feb 2020

Kenyan health workers from port health services screen inbound travellers for temperatures at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. EPA/Daniel Irungu
Healthcare
Perspectives from Kenya and Ghana on coronavirus preparations

29 Jan 2020

A Nigerian child receives a dose of the polio vaccine. EPA
Healthcare
Complacency could delay the final push to eradicate polio

Villyen Motaze & Melinda Suchard 5 Dec 2019

Image: Medicines for Malaria
Healthcare
Climate change could increase the threat of malaria in Central Africa

23 Oct 2019

World Health Organisation
Healthcare
More than 18-million Ugandan children to be immunised against measles, rubella and polio

15 Oct 2019

Ministers pledge to fight the rise in vector-borne diseases
Healthcare
Ministers pledge to fight the rise in vector-borne diseases

23 Aug 2019

Dr Anuschka Coovadia is the head of healthcare for Africa at KPMG
Healthcare
Change across healthcare ecosystems in Africa

Anuschka Coovadia 5 Jul 2019

Two women sell roadside refreshments in rural Kano in 2011. Shobana Shankar, CC BY-SA
Healthcare
What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria

Shobana Shankar 7 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo
Healthcare
WHO puts influenza plan in place

12 Mar 2019

An aid worker collects health and nutrition data in northeastern Kenya. Shutterstock
Healthcare
Why fixing Africa's data gaps will lead to better health policies

27 Feb 2019

Nigeria was quick to respond and control the 2014 Ebola outbreak. EPA
Healthcare
Why Nigeria is battling to control disease outbreaks like Lassa fever

Oyewale Tomori 22 Feb 2019

International push to improve food safety
Retail
International push to improve food safety

18 Feb 2019

Immunisation coverage stagnating in Africa
Healthcare
Immunisation coverage stagnating in Africa

25 Jan 2019

A portable DNA sequencer in action. UGA CAES/Extension/Flickr
Healthcare
DNA sequencing can help fight epidemics - but there are privacy risks

Liam Shaw & Nicola C Sugden 14 Jan 2019

Measles cases spike globally due to gaps in vaccination coverage
Healthcare
Measles cases spike globally due to gaps in vaccination coverage

24 Dec 2018

12 African social enterprises awarded funding from Google
Marketing & Media
12 African social enterprises awarded funding from Google

4 Dec 2018

Professor Souleymane Mboup
Healthcare
Health is essential for Africa to cash in on its human capital

Souleymane Mboup 26 Oct 2018

WHO offers regional support in listeriosis crisis
Healthcare
WHO offers regional support in listeriosis crisis

10 Apr 2018

Partnership beefs up veterinary services across Africa, Asia and Middle East to tackle animal disease
Agriculture
Partnership beefs up veterinary services across Africa, Asia and Middle East to tackle animal disease

12 Mar 2018

Samples of the motorcycles donated by WHO. Image: Ayodamola Owoseye. Source:
Healthcare
WHO donates 853 motorcycles to Nigeria

Ayodamola Owoseye 23 Jan 2018

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Agriculture
Organisations join forces, launches roadmap to combat zoonotic TB

13 Oct 2017

WHO report: Kenyan cholera outbreak
Healthcare
WHO report: Kenyan cholera outbreak

2 Aug 2017

UJ research: Increasing autopsies for compensation of occupational lung diseases
Healthcare
UJ research: Increasing autopsies for compensation of occupational lung diseases

11 May 2017

'SMS for Life' launches in Nigeria to improve access to essential medicines
Marketing & Media
'SMS for Life' launches in Nigeria to improve access to essential medicines

13 Dec 2016

SMS for Life 2.0 launched to monitor medicine levels in Nigeria
Healthcare
SMS for Life 2.0 launched to monitor medicine levels in Nigeria

12 Dec 2016

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Healthcare
Rotary adds $35m to polio-fighting coffers

21 Sep 2016

WHO fights battle against disease in war-torn South Sudan
Healthcare
WHO fights battle against disease in war-torn South Sudan

14 Sep 2016

African countries set to end AIDS, TB, Malaria by 2030
Marketing & Media
African countries set to end AIDS, TB, Malaria by 2030

13 Jul 2016

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Marketing & Media
UN seeks to boost response to El Niño's dire impact in Africa

8 Jul 2016

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