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East Africa Tightens Travel to Contain Yellow Fever Spread

It may soon be harder to cross the border into any East African country without a yellow fever certificate if a new policy to reintroduce the stringent measures of old is adopted.According to the new guidelines, East Africans planning to...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Why Declaring Ebola a Public Health Emergency Isn’t a Silver Bullet

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. It took the decision based on International Health Regulations agreed i...

Joburg Post·over 4 years ago

Migrants Must Be Part of South Africa’s Universal health Plan. Here’s Why

Seven years ago the United Nations (UN) endorsed universal health coverage as key to sustainable development and global security. The South African government has taken up the challenge. President Cyril Ramaphosa has underscored the gove...

Sasha Frade & Jo Vearey·over 4 years ago

WHO Supporting South African Consortium To Establish First COVID MRNA Vaccine Technology Transfer Tub.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium comprising Biovac, Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, a network of universities and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention...

Phumzile Mavimbela·almost 3 years ago

Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link

Vaccine hesitancy is a severe threat to global health, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The term refers to the delay in acceptance or the refusal of vaccines, despite the availability of vaccination services. It’s a seri...

Joburg Post·over 3 years ago

What's Trending : COVAX Plans On Delivering Covid19 Vaccines In The First Quarter 2021.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has made an announcements on deals and dose-sharing which means COVAX can now plan for the first deliveries of vaccines in the first quarter of 2021, the first tranche of doses which are said to be e...

Phumzile Mavimbela·over 3 years ago

WHO recommends the Dapivirine vaginal ring as a new choice for HIV prevention.

WHO have recommended that the dapivirine vaginal ring (DPV-VR) may be offered as an additional prevention choice for women at substantial risk[1] of HIV infection as part of combination prevention approaches. The DPV-VR is a female-ini...

Phumzile Mavimbela·about 3 years ago

Monkeypox declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization

Monkeypox is an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission about which we understand ‘too little’, and which meets the criteria of an emergency under International Health Regulations

Joburg Post·over 1 year ago

Horn of Africa faces most ‘catastrophic’ food insecurity in decades, warns WHO

More than 37 million people are facing acute hunger, with approximately seven million children under the age of five acutely malnourished in the region

UN Press·over 1 year ago

WHO Encourages Countries To Continue Using The AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine.

Some countries in the European Union have temporarily suspended use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as a precautionary measure based on reports of rare blood coagulation disorders in persons who had received the vaccine. Other countr...

Phumzile Mavimbela·about 3 years ago