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The emergence of concerns surrounding the association between Depo-Provera and severe health risks, including meningioma, underscores the importance of informed medical choices in reproductive health.
The minister said the estimated monetary value of vaccines to be written off was R3. 8 billion, which was made up of R2 501 583 564 of Janssen vaccine and R 1 328 606 043 of the Pfizer vaccine.
South Africa paid exorbitant prices for Covid-19 vaccines, with contracts highlighting pharmaceutical bullying and unfair terms, according to an HJI report.
The non-profit organisation Health Justice Initiative has released Covid-19 vaccination contracts, which show how the South African government was bullied by global pharmaceuticals and made to pay over the odds compared to wealthier countries like the United Kingdom for vaccines.
It is one of the first cases in the world where civil society is forcing a government to reveal the details of Covid-19 vaccine contracts made during the height of the Coronavirus pandemic.
This is seemingly the same script but a different cast; the profiteering and greed of big pharma know no boundaries. We have barely pulled out of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which big pharmaceutical companies once again insisted on putting profits before lives, Dr Penninah Lutung writes.
The three non-profit organisations – Covid Care Alliance, Transformative Health Justice, and Free the Children-Save the Nation – are asking or an order interdicting the government from urging South Africans to be vaccinated.
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) has approved two more Pfizer vaccines for use in South Africa.
At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, SA hurried to secure millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines as it aimed to cover at least 70% of the population. Now, millions of doses are at risk of being discarded.
OPINION: Efforts must be made to ensure that a significant swathe of the population is immune to the coronavirus to reduce the infection rate, writes Hlengiwe Phetha.
The world's inability to fund more Mosquirix shots dismays many in Africa.
While the existing coronavirus vaccines continue to provide good protection against hospitalisation and death, vaccine effectiveness has taken a hit as the virus has evolved.
South Africans have embraced the repeal of all Covid-19 restrictions with a sense of optimism and relief.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel of 21 medical experts has unanimously approved the use of Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines on children aged 6 months to 5 years.
The US government is planning for a June 21 start to its under-5 vaccination campaign should the vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech receive FDA authorisation.
Medical head of Sanofi South Africa, Dr Lourens Terblanche, says there appears to be a general increase in cases of flu, both locally and abroad.
Children under five represent the only age group yet to have a Covid-19 vaccine approved for use.
Researchers examined the effectiveness of a second Johnson & Johnson dose, in more than 240 000 Sisonke study health-care workers.
Sahpra says the postponement has the potential to impact the national Covid-19 vaccination programme.
With only 56. 2% of the Western Cape adult population vaccinated against Covid-19 and flu season around the corner, City clinics will be offering flu shots and Covid-19 vaccines simultaneously.
Health Minister Joe Phaahla has urged the country to scale up the Covid-19 vaccination programme, saying if 70% of the population was vaccinated they would not need the preventive regulations to combat the disease.
About 92 370 doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine are due to expire and will be disposed according to minimum standard for the disposal and destruction of medicines and scheduled substances.
Pfizer said it has agreed to sell up to 4 million courses of its oral Covid-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid to Unicef for use in 95 low-income countries.
It is now recommended that all adults and teenagers, especially those who are immuno-compromised, receive a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to ensure optimal immune response.
Rarely does a lifestyle market offer the chance for people in attendance to receive vaccinations and booster shots and yet that was the case at this weekend’s Wynberg Family and Lifestyle Market.