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The quest to find treatment for COVID-19, and the uncertainty surrounding the clinical outcome, necessitates the use of antibiotics in the treatment package.
The need of the moment is for low- and middle-income countries to improve their own manufacturing capabilities.
Insulin and oral medicines for diabetes are mostly not available at the recommended level in the African region.
It has long been clear that some countries have drug policies that cause harm and violate human rights.
South Africa has a stringent pharmaceutical regulatory framework. But this framework is not backed by a strong implementation strategy.
Vaccination uptake is influenced by many factors and carries a variety of meanings – social, political, economic, ideological, moral as well as biological.
Afrigen will be a technology transfer and training hub: it shares technology and develops skills specifically around how to produce a safe, effective and affordable mRNA vaccine.
The decline of the news industry has been well documented. How did news organizations in the US heartland, facing potential extinction, survive – and even thrive – through the pandemic?
Antimicrobial resistance kills around 700,000 people worldwide annually. It is a top-ten global health threat.
The effectiveness of vaccination as a public health strategy will continue to be compromised while large numbers of the global community remain unvaccinated.
Budgets on their own don’t solve structural issues. But they do provide some insight into government plans for addressing its broader developmental priorities.
Many of the temperatures presently being recorded in Africa, and those projected in the next decade, are already close to the limits of human survival, or “liveability”.
It’s important kids’ masks fit well and are removed and stored properly.
Routine collection of work information from people testing positive for COVID-19 from the start of the pandemic would have enabled better understanding of the role of workplaces in transmission.
“Fat cakes” are incredibly popular in cities and townships across sub-Saharan Africa. But they are also unhealthy because of their high carbohydrate content.
It’s not clear how health claims could be substantiated, enforced or understood, but there are other ways to encourage healthy food choices.
The countries share related populations, economies, ecologies and epidemiologies. This interconnectedness highlights challenges and opportunities for more effective malaria control across the region.
The focus of the government seems to be about how many people can get vaccinated rather than ensuring the greatest protection against severe disease and deaths.
While neoliberalism has allowed U.S. markets to grow, the resultant stunted public health system left Americans to figure out how to protect themselves from COVID-19 and its fallout on their own.
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine and Director, The Centre for Medical Ethics & Law, Stellenbosch University
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