Cholera outbreak hits Nigeria
By EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja NIGERIA’S health delivery system is fighting two evils: COVID-19 and an outbreak of cholera. No…
Covid-19 jabs for prisoners
By AUSTIN KARONGA in Harare THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has taken its inoculation exercises to Harare Central…
Zim civil servants embrace compulsory Covid-19 vaccination
By MUGOVE TAFIRENYIKA ZIMBABWE’S civil servants have welcomed the call for mandatory vaccination against Covid-19 saying it was long overdue…
What machine learning can offer Nigeria’s healthcare system
Busayo Ajuwon, Australian National University; Alice Richardson, Australian National University, and Brett Lidbury IMAGINE it’s 2030 – and a typical…
Initiative to boost mental health in Zim
ZIMBABWE has launched a Special Initiative for Mental Health and the Zimbabwe Mental Health Investment Case as part of efforts…
Church steps up Covid-19 fight as 4 clerics die in 24hrs
By JEFFREY MUVUNDUSI in Bulawayo ZIMBABWE’S church bodies have stepped up efforts to fight against Covid-19 by urging their members…
Greenlight for private players can charge for Covid-19 jabs
By LOYD MATARE in Harare THE Zimbabwean government has given the private sector permission to charge a nominal administration fee…
Four lessons from 40 years of HIV: Why COVID doesn’t end with equitable vaccine access
By LYNNE MOFENSON Inequity in COVID vaccine access echoes mistakes from the HIV response. In the forty years since Aids…
US vaccine donation will boost Africa
By ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa THE US has donated 25 million vaccines to Africa in a gesture that will…
Born before 1986? Here’s how to get a COVID vaccine without an appointment
By YOLANDA MDZEKE, AISHA ABDOOL KARIM AND MOHALE MOLOI We look at who can get a COVID vaccine under phase…