Africa

The World Health Organization says Africa will NOT be a testing ground for any coronavirus vaccine. The statement comes in response to what the organisation calls racist comments made by two French doctors.

The World Health Organization chief angrily slammed recent comments made by scientists suggesting a vaccine for the new coronavirus should be tested in Africa as "racist" and a hangover from the "colonial mentality".

The spread of Coronavirus, COVID-19, has now hit almost all African countries.

“Should we do this study in Africa, where there are no masks, no treatments, no reanimation.”

A group of G-20 leaders are preparing an international response to the impact of the coronavirus crisis in Africa that would include debt relief and financial aid.

Measles is on the rise globally, but Congo is worst hit.

Health officials in Nigeria have issued a warning over chloroquine after they said three people in the country overdosed on the drug, in the wake of President Trump's comments about using it to treat coronavirus.

Being a South African, I have witnessed the impact laws allowing price controls and parallel imports can have on people’s health.

High prices and patchy supplies make life hard for diabetics in the developing world.

Unlike established vaccines that offer near-complete protection, this new one is only about 40% effective.

Commercially made morphine is on average nearly six times more expensive in many poor counties than it is in wealthy ones.

A high-level meeting of policymakers, regulators and industry experts in the field of pharmaceuticals and trade opened in Addis Ababa, Thursday to discuss a bold path towards affordable pharmaceuticals through leveraging the African Continental Free Trade

The new vaccine, which has passed clinical trials but has never been tested in a real-world setting, will be administered to 50,000 people in Goma, a city of two million on the Rwandan border.

Foreign direct investment in the pharmaceutical industry is set to increase the availability of drugs in the country’s hospitals.

Drug manufacturer Sanofi announced today that they will slash the price of a TB prevention drug set to hit the South African market. The price has been reduced by almost 70% to just under R230 (US$15).