Advancing Antimicrobial Stewardship and AMR Surveillance in Eastern and Southern Africa
Sep 19 2023
Over 70 Experts from 15 African Union Member States in East and Southern Africa under the One-Health Approach convened in Nairobi, Kenya to review the Antimicrobial (AMR) stewardship guidelines and forge a way towards the implementation of the AMR surveillance systems.
Leveraging the positives from the pandemic to strengthen infectious disease care in low-income and middle-income countries
Sep 18 2023
Reflecting on the legacy of the pandemic in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) where most excess deaths occurred, it will be remembered for the pervasive inequities that plagued every crucial aspect of the global response, from access to vaccines and therapeutics to gaps in health-care infrastructure.
Bivalent COVID-19 mRNA vaccine against omicron subvariants in immunocompromised patients
Sep 18 2023
Data in small sets of immunocompetent persons demonstrate higher neutralisation against these variants after receiving a bivalent vaccine as well as protection against symptomatic infection.
“Faces are like water in my head”: What happens when COVID-19 affects the brain?
Aug 7 2023
Scientists are increasingly recognising that COVID-19 can have lasting and debilitating neurological symptoms, as well as causing structural changes to the brain.
COVID-19 vaccines can provide critical protection for children
Aug 7 2023
The data shows that the vaccine is highly effective in preventing COVID-19 in young children, especially in preventing severe disease or death.
Pandemic babies behind on communication at age two – but other developmental areas remain unaffected
Aug 7 2023
How did this strange new world affect babies born during the height of the pandemic? Our research sought to find out.