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    A child gets a dose of the oral polio vaccine. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images
    It's been a year since Africa was declared polio free. But a threat remains 
    Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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    5 Aug 2021

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    #BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

    17 Dec 2019

    A Nigerian child receives a dose of the polio vaccine. EPA
    Complacency could delay the final push to eradicate polio

      5 Dec 2019

    Unicef carers at a creche for children whose parents are being treated for Ebola. Building health infrastructure is crucial to stopping the next outbreak. Epa/ Hugh Kinsella Cunningham
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      22 Oct 2019

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    Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

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    Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA-EFE
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      30 Sep 2019

    The oral polio vaccine is most commonly used in the developing world, despite one big problem. CDC/Alan Janssen, MSPH, CC BY
    A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

      18 Sep 2019

    High-income country trainees and experts must learn to listen and be humble. Shutterstock
    Global health still mimics colonial ways: here's how to break the pattern

      19 Aug 2019

    DRC President Felix Tshisekedi during the inauguration ceremony. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA-EFE
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      12 Aug 2019

    A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccination in the north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo. EPA-EFE/STR
    The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola

      8 Aug 2019

    The drug is set to improve HIV treatment. shutterstock
    ARV breakthrough: trial in South Africa confirms effectiveness of new drug

      6 Aug 2019

    Hepatitis is a major public health burden. Shutterstock
    The WHO wants to rid the world of hepatitis by 2030: why it's a tough ask

      31 Jul 2019

    Dr Joseph Sempa of Sacema presenting at the 2019 Clinic on Meaningful Modelling of Epidemiological Data. AIMS-South Africa
    Africa needs specialist capacity to tackle the spread of infectious diseases

      29 Jul 2019

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    3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

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    Photo: World Economic Forum
    20-million children miss out on lifesaving measles, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines in 2018

    16 Jul 2019

    Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock
    Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa

      8 Jul 2019

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    The three big studies pushing at the frontiers of HIV prevention

      14 Jun 2019

    Fruit bats can pass Ebola on to humans. Jeffrey Paul Wade/Shutterstock
    Ebola outbreaks may be more common than we think

    14 Jun 2019

    Two women sell roadside refreshments in rural Kano in 2011. Shobana Shankar, CC BY-SA
    What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria

      7 Jun 2019

    Photo: Newstalk
    Decolonising healthcare

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    Stronger health systems will boost the fight against infectious diseases
    Stronger health systems will boost the fight against infectious diseases

    13 May 2019

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    10 May 2019

    Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa
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    11 Apr 2019

    Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa
    WHO report: 630-million years of healthy life lost in Africa

    28 Mar 2019

    Health workers in Liberia at the height of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA
    Ebola in the DRC: the race is on between research and the virus

      8 Mar 2019

    Mali was one of the West African countries affected by the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded from 2014 to 2016. Shutterstock
    Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes

      11 Feb 2019

    Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup. Shutterstock
    Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

      30 Jan 2019

    Photo: Quartz
    Healthworkers vaccinated against Ebola in South Sudan

    29 Jan 2019

    Professor Kelly Chibale. Photo: Je'nine May
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    5 Dec 2018

    The largest number of HIV-exposed but uninfected children are in South Africa. Shutterstock
    Babies born to mums with HIV face higher risks even though they're HIV negative

      29 Nov 2018

    Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos. EPA
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      26 Oct 2018

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     5 Dec 2019

    Unicef carers at a creche for children whose parents are being treated for Ebola. Building health infrastructure is crucial to stopping the next outbreak. Epa/ Hugh Kinsella Cunningham
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     30 Sep 2019

    The oral polio vaccine is most commonly used in the developing world, despite one big problem. CDC/Alan Janssen, MSPH, CC BY
    A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

     18 Sep 2019

    High-income country trainees and experts must learn to listen and be humble. Shutterstock
    Global health still mimics colonial ways: here's how to break the pattern

     19 Aug 2019

    DRC President Felix Tshisekedi during the inauguration ceremony. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA-EFE
    Tshisekedi has taken over the DRC's Ebola response. How he can make a difference

     12 Aug 2019

    A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccination in the north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo. EPA-EFE/STR
    The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola

     8 Aug 2019

    The drug is set to improve HIV treatment. shutterstock
    ARV breakthrough: trial in South Africa confirms effectiveness of new drug

     6 Aug 2019

    Hepatitis is a major public health burden. Shutterstock
    The WHO wants to rid the world of hepatitis by 2030: why it's a tough ask

     31 Jul 2019

    Dr Joseph Sempa of Sacema presenting at the 2019 Clinic on Meaningful Modelling of Epidemiological Data. AIMS-South Africa
    Africa needs specialist capacity to tackle the spread of infectious diseases

     29 Jul 2019

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    Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock
    Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa

     8 Jul 2019

    Shutterstock
    The three big studies pushing at the frontiers of HIV prevention

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    Fruit bats can pass Ebola on to humans. Jeffrey Paul Wade/Shutterstock
    Ebola outbreaks may be more common than we think

    14 Jun 2019

    Two women sell roadside refreshments in rural Kano in 2011. Shobana Shankar, CC BY-SA
    What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria

     7 Jun 2019

    Photo: Newstalk
    Decolonising healthcare

    6 Jun 2019

    Stronger health systems will boost the fight against infectious diseases
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    13 May 2019

    Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer
    Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer

    10 May 2019

    Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa
    The app that tracks diseases and saves lives in Africa

    11 Apr 2019

    Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa
    WHO report: 630-million years of healthy life lost in Africa

    28 Mar 2019

    Health workers in Liberia at the height of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA
    Ebola in the DRC: the race is on between research and the virus

     8 Mar 2019

    Mali was one of the West African countries affected by the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded from 2014 to 2016. Shutterstock
    Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes

     11 Feb 2019

    Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup. Shutterstock
    Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

     30 Jan 2019

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    Healthworkers vaccinated against Ebola in South Sudan

    29 Jan 2019

    Professor Kelly Chibale. Photo: Je'nine May
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    The largest number of HIV-exposed but uninfected children are in South Africa. Shutterstock
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    Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos. EPA
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     26 Oct 2018

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     25 May 2018

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