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Source: © 123rf As Covax closes on 31 December 2023, reflects on its successes and challenges in the bid to overcome inequity have underscored the clear need for the world to be better prepared the next time a viral threat with pandemic potential emerges

3 lessons from Covax as the organisation draws to a close

20 Dec 2023

UCT professor wins prestigious global award

UCT professor wins prestigious global award

7 Dec 2023

Nurses awareness on Covid-19 limited, survey finds

Nurses awareness on Covid-19 limited, survey finds

7 Aug 2020

Compensation for catching Covid-19 at work: new COIDA directive

Compensation for catching Covid-19 at work: new COIDA directive

Kate Collier, Shane Johnson, Mbali Nkosi, and Tsholofelo Mofokeng 6 Aug 2020

WHO surge team expected in SA

WHO surge team expected in SA

5 Aug 2020

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Pui-Ying Iroh Tam 4 Aug 2020

Breastfeeding and Covid-19: Busting the myths

Breastfeeding and Covid-19: Busting the myths

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Aug 2020

A healthcare worker in a protective suit is seen at a quarantine and isolation centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

How Covid-19 threatens efforts to contain HIV/Aids in South Africa

Nesri Padayatchi & Kogie Naidoo 21 Jul 2020

Many companies are exploiting ignorance and fear and selling Covid-19 cleaning solutions that are unnecessary and expensive. Regular cleaning with household products is sufficient. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Covid-19: Companies sell unnecessary "deep cleans" with exaggerated claims

Natasha Bolognesi 7 Jul 2020

Mpact expands face shield range - adults, kids, hardhat shields and respiratory masks

Mpact expands face shield range - adults, kids, hardhat shields and respiratory masks

Mpact 29 May 2020

Children at window of a building in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Children will be vulnerable if vaccinations are postponed. Photo by Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Coronavirus risks forcing South Africa to make health trade-offs it can ill afford

Karen Hofman & Susan Goldstein 17 Apr 2020

CareerJunction helps fill medical vacancies during Covid-19 crisis

CareerJunction helps fill medical vacancies during Covid-19 crisis

CareerJunction 8 Apr 2020

#Covid-19: Bizcommunity takes business virtual, as usual

#Covid-19: Bizcommunity takes business virtual, as usual

Bizcommunity.com 25 Mar 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

State of disaster - how applying mining principles to other industries could help mitigate risk

Lili Nupen, Nicole Limberis-Ritchie & Chantal Murdock 23 Mar 2020

Why a one-size-fits-all approach to Covid-19 could have lethal consequences

Why a one-size-fits-all approach to Covid-19 could have lethal consequences

Alex Broadbent and Benjamin T H Smart 23 Mar 2020

Our health is our humanity

Our health is our humanity

Amy Pieterse, Ginkgo Agency 23 Mar 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

More than 600 cases of #Covid-19 in Africa

20 Mar 2020

Blood groups - and their antibodies - are being explored in immunity to SARS-CoV2

Glenda Mary Davison 19 Mar 2020

CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase (RT)-PCR Diagnostic Panel. Photo: United States Centers for Disease Control via Wikimedia (public domain)

Covid-19: Why "test, test, test" is easier said than done

James Stent & Nathan Geffen 18 Mar 2020

Covid-19 in Africa: fewer cases so far, and more preparation needed

Akebe Luther King Abia 18 Mar 2020

Covid-19: Alibaba Foundation, Jack Ma Foundation to donate medical supplies to Africa

Covid-19: Alibaba Foundation, Jack Ma Foundation to donate medical supplies to Africa

18 Mar 2020

A vendor distributes newspapers wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Nairobi, Kenya. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

Society's most vulnerable will be hit as Covid-19 cases rise in poorer economies

David Evans & Mead Over 17 Mar 2020

LVMH makes free sanitiser for French hospitals during Covid-19 outbreak

LVMH makes free sanitiser for French hospitals during Covid-19 outbreak

16 Mar 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Covid-19 declared national disaster

16 Mar 2020

The St Louis Red Cross Motor Corps on duty with mask-wearing women holding stretchers at the backs of ambulances during the global flu epidemic, St Louis, Missouri, October 1918.
Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images

South Africa bungled the Spanish flu in 1918. History mustn't repeat itself for Covid-19

Howard Phillips 13 Mar 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Six new cases of coronavirus confirmed in SA

11 Mar 2020

Anxiety is part of life, but should not take over your life.
fizkes/Shutterstock.com

7 science-based strategies to cope with coronavirus anxiety

Jelena Kecmanovic 11 Mar 2020

It’s a matter of scale.
(Edward A. "Doc" Rogers/Library of Congress via AP

What's the difference between pandemic, epidemic and outbreak?

Rebecca S.B. Fischer 10 Mar 2020

#Covid-19, HIV and TB

9 Mar 2020

City Lodge Hotel Group launches coronavirus protocol

City Lodge Hotel Group launches coronavirus protocol

City Lodge Hotel 9 Mar 2020

#Coronavirus: WHO switches to response mode in fighting Covid-19 in Africa

#Coronavirus: WHO switches to response mode in fighting Covid-19 in Africa

6 Mar 2020

Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize

#BREAKINGNEWS: First case of #Covid-19 in South Africa

5 Mar 2020

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Nurses awareness on Covid-19 limited, survey finds

Nurses awareness on Covid-19 limited, survey finds

7 Aug 2020

Compensation for catching Covid-19 at work: new COIDA directive

Compensation for catching Covid-19 at work: new COIDA directive

Kate Collier, Shane Johnson, Mbali Nkosi, and Tsholofelo Mofokeng 6 Aug 2020

WHO surge team expected in SA

WHO surge team expected in SA

5 Aug 2020

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Pui-Ying Iroh Tam 4 Aug 2020

Breastfeeding and Covid-19: Busting the myths

Breastfeeding and Covid-19: Busting the myths

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Aug 2020

A healthcare worker in a protective suit is seen at a quarantine and isolation centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

How Covid-19 threatens efforts to contain HIV/Aids in South Africa

Nesri Padayatchi & Kogie Naidoo 21 Jul 2020

Many companies are exploiting ignorance and fear and selling Covid-19 cleaning solutions that are unnecessary and expensive. Regular cleaning with household products is sufficient. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Covid-19: Companies sell unnecessary "deep cleans" with exaggerated claims

Natasha Bolognesi 7 Jul 2020

Mpact expands face shield range - adults, kids, hardhat shields and respiratory masks

Mpact expands face shield range - adults, kids, hardhat shields and respiratory masks

Mpact 29 May 2020

Children at window of a building in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Children will be vulnerable if vaccinations are postponed. Photo by Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Coronavirus risks forcing South Africa to make health trade-offs it can ill afford

Karen Hofman & Susan Goldstein 17 Apr 2020

CareerJunction helps fill medical vacancies during Covid-19 crisis

CareerJunction helps fill medical vacancies during Covid-19 crisis

CareerJunction 8 Apr 2020

#Covid-19: Bizcommunity takes business virtual, as usual

#Covid-19: Bizcommunity takes business virtual, as usual

Bizcommunity.com 25 Mar 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

State of disaster - how applying mining principles to other industries could help mitigate risk

Lili Nupen, Nicole Limberis-Ritchie & Chantal Murdock 23 Mar 2020

Why a one-size-fits-all approach to Covid-19 could have lethal consequences

Why a one-size-fits-all approach to Covid-19 could have lethal consequences

Alex Broadbent and Benjamin T H Smart 23 Mar 2020

Our health is our humanity

Our health is our humanity

Amy Pieterse, Ginkgo Agency 23 Mar 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

More than 600 cases of #Covid-19 in Africa

20 Mar 2020

Blood groups - and their antibodies - are being explored in immunity to SARS-CoV2

Glenda Mary Davison 19 Mar 2020

CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase (RT)-PCR Diagnostic Panel. Photo: United States Centers for Disease Control via Wikimedia (public domain)

Covid-19: Why "test, test, test" is easier said than done

James Stent & Nathan Geffen 18 Mar 2020

Covid-19 in Africa: fewer cases so far, and more preparation needed

Akebe Luther King Abia 18 Mar 2020

Covid-19: Alibaba Foundation, Jack Ma Foundation to donate medical supplies to Africa

Covid-19: Alibaba Foundation, Jack Ma Foundation to donate medical supplies to Africa

18 Mar 2020

A vendor distributes newspapers wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Nairobi, Kenya. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

Society's most vulnerable will be hit as Covid-19 cases rise in poorer economies

David Evans & Mead Over 17 Mar 2020

LVMH makes free sanitiser for French hospitals during Covid-19 outbreak

LVMH makes free sanitiser for French hospitals during Covid-19 outbreak

16 Mar 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Covid-19 declared national disaster

16 Mar 2020

The St Louis Red Cross Motor Corps on duty with mask-wearing women holding stretchers at the backs of ambulances during the global flu epidemic, St Louis, Missouri, October 1918.
Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images

South Africa bungled the Spanish flu in 1918. History mustn't repeat itself for Covid-19

Howard Phillips 13 Mar 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Six new cases of coronavirus confirmed in SA

11 Mar 2020

Anxiety is part of life, but should not take over your life.
fizkes/Shutterstock.com

7 science-based strategies to cope with coronavirus anxiety

Jelena Kecmanovic 11 Mar 2020

It’s a matter of scale.
(Edward A. "Doc" Rogers/Library of Congress via AP

What's the difference between pandemic, epidemic and outbreak?

Rebecca S.B. Fischer 10 Mar 2020

#Covid-19, HIV and TB

9 Mar 2020

City Lodge Hotel Group launches coronavirus protocol

City Lodge Hotel Group launches coronavirus protocol

City Lodge Hotel 9 Mar 2020

#Coronavirus: WHO switches to response mode in fighting Covid-19 in Africa

#Coronavirus: WHO switches to response mode in fighting Covid-19 in Africa

6 Mar 2020

Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize

#BREAKINGNEWS: First case of #Covid-19 in South Africa

5 Mar 2020

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom at an Ebola treatment centre in Itipo. Getty images/ Junior D. Kannah

The DRC is on the road to being Ebola free: how it got here

5 Mar 2020

Bill Chen at San Francisco International Airport after arriving on a flight from Shanghai. Chen said his temperature was screened at the Shanghai airport before he departed.
AP Photo/Terry Chea

Airplanes spread diseases quickly - so maybe unvaccinated people shouldn't be allowed to fly

Christopher Robertson & Keith Joiner 4 Mar 2020

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.

Plans to evacuate South Africans from Wuhan City

2 Mar 2020

VIDEO: Some basic tips on staying safe from the coronavirus

VIDEO: Some basic tips on staying safe from the coronavirus

Ozayr Patel 2 Mar 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Two South Africans in Japan test positive for Coronavirus

28 Feb 2020

Ebola posters in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Olivia Acland / Barcroft Media via Getty Images /

Sierra Leone is using lessons from Ebola to prepare for coronavirus

28 Feb 2020

Commuters jam a Toronto subway platform. Widespread adoption of habits that help prevent infection may boost behavioural herd immunity.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

Coronavirus: How behaviour can help control the spread of COVID-19

Peter Hall 27 Feb 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Health facilities on high alert to deal with coronavirus

18 Feb 2020

Alarmed by a rapid spread of Lassa fever, the Nigerian Academy of Science is calling on government to declare a health emergency. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Lassa fever: why there's a call to declare a health emergency in Nigeria

13 Feb 2020

Coronavirus outbreak mapper.

Coronavirus outbreak: a new mapping tool that lets you scroll through timeline

Edward Parker 12 Feb 2020

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