Manufacturers and health systems have shown that vaccines can be quickly and effectively deployed when accompanied by keen political and financial commitments.
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Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made vaccination and post-infection therapy available. But the number of those infected annually and dying from viral Hepatitis continues to be high.
The flood waters caused by Cyclone Idai have receded. But in some ways, the problems for many of the countries affected, are just beginning.
Gene sequences can be manipulated to prevent certain diseases and improve public health.
The reality is that the move to introduce a sugar tax in South Africa is necessary because of the scourge of non-communicable diseases and obesity in the country.
The danger with typhoid is that symptoms are quite insidious and mimic those of other infectious diseases.
It’s been one year since the last polio case was reported in Africa. If the continent keeps this up, it could be declared polio free by 2018.
The Africa Cup of Nations, the continent’s mini-World Cup, is played every two years by the national teams of 16 African countries who have competed in a series of qualifiers to play in the final tournament…
A deadly fungal infection has been spreading across western North America. The number of human and animal cases has grown rapidly in recent years, to the extent that government agencies in US and Canada…
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Deputy Director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and a member of the joint staff, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Economics and Accounting, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of Biology, College of the Holy Cross
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Assistant Professor in Health Economics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Researcher & Post-doc in Human Nutrition, University of Pretoria
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Professor, DSI/NRF/NDP SARChI Chair in Nutrition and Food Security and Director ARUA CoE Food Security, University of Pretoria
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Pathologist, Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, NICD, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Nutrion Scientist, University of Pretoria
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Professor Medical Biochemistry, Namibia University of Science and Technology
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Communications Officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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(Formerly) Senior Research Specialist, Johns Hopkins University
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Assistant Professor, Infectious Disease Epidemiology , London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
