Latest News
Tue, 28 Apr 2020 - 12:15
Progress in the development of a vaccine against COVID-19 disease
Mon, 13 Apr 2020 - 07:30
Expert opinion by Prof Gregory Hussey and Professor Mark Hatherill on the implications of the BCG vaccine & COVID-19 in South Africa
Mon, 13 Apr 2020 - 08:45
Expert opinion by Dr Benjamin Kagina on science based protection for COVID-19 in Africa
Fri, 13 Sep 2019 - 12:30
The Vaccines for Africa Initiative has received a new grant from Wellcome Trust to inform the setup of a Regional Scientific Hub.
Fri, 19 Jul 2019 - 11:00
Dr Benjamin Kagina, Research Officer and Vaccinologiest within VACFA, UCT penned an article for The Conversation: Africa on "How the DRC's Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles"
Mon, 06 May 2019 - 13:30
The WHO (World Health Organisation) is rolling out the pilot program for the malaria vaccine in an effort to ease the malaria disease burden and save lives in Africa
Thu, 11 Apr 2019 - 11:45
Measles is a highly contagious disease that can have very serious complications. Be sure you and your family's vaccinates are up to date to ensure you are all protected.
Tue, 09 Apr 2019 - 13:15
The days are shorter and temperatures are dropping. Winter is fast approaching and with that comes the Southern Hemisphere influenza season. Protect yourself and your loved ones by getting your 2019 flu vaccination this April.
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 - 13:45
With the support of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), Uganda has introduced the Rotavirus vaccine. The Rotavirus vaccine provides protection against one of the leading causes of diarrhoea in children.
Fri, 17 Apr 2015 - 15:00
24-30 April 2017 is the World Immunization Week. The aims of the immunization week is to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. Immunization saves millions of lives and is widely recognized as one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions. Today, there are still 19.4 million unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children in the world.
Tue, 10 Mar 2015 - 11:30
Measles is a highly contagious viral disease and one of the leading causes of death in children worldwide. Measles is still occuring around the world despite significant progress in trying to eliminate the disease through vaccination.
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 - 14:30
An outbreak of Polio linked with a vaccine-derived polio (VDPV) virus strain has been reported in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. The news comes after a successful 2016 global switch from trivalent oral polio vaccine (OPV) to bivalent OPV together with the introduction of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) to prevent VDPV. Polio vaccine coverage in Morobe Province has been previously reported to be low. The news are very concerning globally and more so to a country that had been certified polio-free for 18 years ( since 2000). The polio outbreak underscores the importance of maintaining high vaccine coverage at all times.
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