July 10th, 2019In new human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine developments, a US federal advisory group has expanded recommendations to include men through age 26 and some older adults, and...
April 24th, 2019Malawi will begin immunising young children against malaria this week, in a landmark large-scale pilot programme of the first vaccine to give partial protection against...
The most surprising thing about the fact that Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) hospitals detain patients who fail to pay their bills is that it's no secret:...
May 30th, 2018An unlicensed vaccine, made by Merck, which performed exceptionally well during the deadly West African Ebola outrbreak of 2015, is being trialled in the latest...
April 18th, 2018The Biovac Institute (Biovac) has been awarded a manufacturing licence by a South African regulator, taking it one step closer to realising the government’s ambition...
SA's Biovac is set to develop a new vaccine to treat one of the leading causes of sepsis and meningitis in infants it has been revealed at the Innovation Effect Africa...News Update
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will invest about R1.2bn in the next three years to enable countries to generate crucial data on women around the world, reports...