The interplay between climate change and the spread of pathogens means health systems must be ready for future crises and ensure equitable access to treatment

Low vaccination levels and high number of health-compromised populations make the continent a ‘breeding ground for variants’ that pose a global risk

The Hope Consortium and Unicef partnership will boost countries’ vaccine rollout efforts

Six months into Botswana’s vaccine roll-out, only 5% of the population has been vaccinated

The continent’s public health agency said the latest figures showed that 6.5-million cases of Covid-19 had been reported in Africa, out of which some 867 000 people had died

Is Gates a superhero or a supervillain? That’s the wrong question. The right question is: How it is that one person can have so much influence over world health?

But Big Pharma and the world trade body haven’t shifted on sharing vaccine intellectual property

The continental body has thrown its weight behind calls to improve access to Covid-19 vaccines

Easing lockdown regulations and allowing alcohol, the president said the majority of vaccines will arrive between April and June

South Africans have been waiting too long and it is time for the government to deliver on its vaccine plan

Israel is refusing to provide the vaccine to the millions of Palestinians it is forcefully ruling over.

Medical aid schemes and businesses will help the government with the cost of acquiring enough vaccines for the South African population to achieve herd immunity

It is important that Africa, along with other regions of the Global South, builds its own vaccine-manufacturing capacity

The Covax platform ensures that the benefits and risks of vaccine development are broadly shared