Tag: Public Health

Opinion

Most people hadn’t used the word ‘pandemic’ before. Now it’s time to understand the term ‘endemic’ and find out what to expect when Covid changes shape

How do we cure, relieve or console without communicating?

With Covid-19 currently rampant in Mauritius, this is the time for rational decision making. At stake is the socio-economic recovery of the country. We cannot afford to make

  The emergence of variants of concern with increased potential for transmission and more severe disease in the younger population could make Africa more susceptible to a severe

What kind of vaccine is Sputnik V, how does it work, and what data are we missing?

A more coordinated effort by scientists, stakeholders and community members will be required to stop the next deadly virus that’s already circulating in our midst

  Many governments, including the US, already collect and make public population statistics that could help them prepare for the next pandemic

It is merely the reality that we must keep in mind as we go about, and not be under the illusion that we can now be totally free

Licensing agreements between pharmaceutical companies and the Medicines Patent Pool, in cooperation with the WHO, could accelerate access to doses for the poorest countries

Covid-related deaths at the dialysis centres

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

5 questions about vaccines and COVID testing answered

  By Nic Cheeseman & Rebecca Gordon

We cannot stop Covid from what comes naturally to it (mutation), and we will have to make adjustments if we too want to survive as a species