Digital transformation for health care in Africa
THE launch of the Africa Health Innovation Hub at a time when the health sector is seeing increasing e-health start-ups transforming healthcare delivery on the continent.
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AstraZeneca
Namibia to start destroying expired vaccines due to slow uptake
NYASHA NYAUNGWA NAMIBIA has warned that more than 268,000 doses of AstraZeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are at risk of
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COVID: new antibody treatment could offer up to 18 months’ protection against severe disease
A new treatment could soon help protect people from developing severe COVID. AstraZeneca has just released results from a phase
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Nigeria prioritising four COVID-19 vaccines
NIGERIA is prioritising the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, the official heading Nigeria’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign has
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Sudan receives over 200 000 vaccine doses
SUDAN has received a shipment of 218,400 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as a donation from France, according to
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Mixed AstraZeneca-Pfizer shot boosts COVID antibody level – study
SANGMI CHA A mixed vaccination of first AstraZeneca and then a Pfizer COVID-19 shot boosted neutralizing antibody levels by six
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Namibia to suspend first doses as COVID-19 vaccine supplies run low – memo
NAMIBIA will from Tuesday temporarily suspend administering first doses of COVID-19 vaccines as supplies run low, a health ministry memo
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France donates 184,000 doses to Senegal
FRANCE has donated 184,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to Senegal through the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility, the programme’s sponsors said
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COVID is surging in the world’s most vaccinated country. Why?
THE small archipelago nation of Seychelles, northeast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, has emerged as the world’s most vaccinated
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Malawi burns 20,000 expired vaccines
FRANK PHIRI MALAWI has destroyed 19,610 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines that expired 18 days after arriving, despite assurances from
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