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Root Causes of Low Vaccination Coverage and Under-Immunisation in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2021)
Sub–Saharan Africa (SSA) alone accounts for 40% of all global deaths, a phenomenon attributed to lack of access to available lifesaving vaccines (Wiysonge, Uthman, Ndumbe, & Hussey, 2012). WHO estimates that in 2019 the ...
Essential facts about Covid-19: the disease, the responses, and an uncertain future. For South African learners, teachers, and the general public
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2021)
The first cases of a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) were identified toward the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China. Over the following months, this virus spread to everywhere in the world. By now no country has been spared the ...