Hopes are high as the country undertakes its first vaccine trial for Covid-19 – but if successful, the general public will have to wait until at least until late 2021 to access it. By Helen Grange.
Measles outbreaks are devastating countries across the globe, linked to a massive drop in vaccination rates. The World Health Organisation has raised the alarm and ranked ‘vaccine hesitancy’ as one of the top 10 threats to public health everywhere. Is South Africa immune? HEALTH-E NEWS’ Amy Green reports.
Measles outbreaks are devastating countries across the globe, linked to a massive drop in vaccination rates. The World Health Organisation has raised the alarm and ranked ‘vaccine hesitancy’ as one of the top 10 threats to public health everywhere. Is South Africa immune? HEALTH-E NEWS’ Amy Green reports.
THE HAGUE - It took 100 years but a new vaccine for the world’s top infectious disease killer, tuberculosis (TB), is in sight.
The only HIV vaccine in the world that worked slightly in Thailand also seems to work on South Africans.
BARCELONA - South Africa is the only country in the world where a large AIDS vaccine trial is being planned, as the global scientific community struggles to find a way to eradicate HIV.
"Very high" medicine prices have prompted HIV/AIDS activist organisation to mount "legal action" against [drug company] Pfizer, to bring generic medicine into the country from Thailand to help treat HIV positive people.
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