Michelle J. Groome, National Institute for Communicable Diseases; Juliet Pulliam, South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling & Analysis (SACEMA) et Sheetal Silal, University of Cape Town
Repeated resurgences of SARS-CoV-2 transmission are expected in the years to come.
Food inflation is hitting people across the board in multiple countries.
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The direct effects of COVID-19 disease on pregnant women, newborns and children are acknowledged. But the indirect effects of the pandemic have been equally devastating.
A Zimbabwean broom vender pushes his bike on the streets of Chitungwiza outside Harare.
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Regulations that limit fundamental human rights should be accompanied by a transparent risk and benefit analysis.
Most local municipalities in South Africa are unable to maintain basic waste water management infrastructure.
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Juno Thomas, National Institute for Communicable Diseases et Linda Erasmus, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
The displacement of people and overcrowding that often results from flooding provide optimal conditions for outbreaks of respiratory and gastrointestinal illness.
Members of shack-dwellers movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo protest the alleged theft of COVID-19 funds in Durban, South Africa.
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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