Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries
×![Women walk past a mural painted to raise awareness on HIV and AIDS in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. EPA/Dai Kurokawa](https://biz-file.com/c/1907/507316-208x117.jpg?2)
![Photo: World Economic Forum](https://biz-file.com/c/1907/506913-208x117.jpg?2)
![Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1907/505657-208x117.jpg?2)
![Dr Anuschka Coovadia is the head of healthcare for Africa at KPMG](https://biz-file.com/c/1907/505309-208x117.jpg?2)
![To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/503660-208x117.jpg?2)
To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12
Nicholas Wood, Alexis Pillsbury and Jean Li-Kim-Moy 28 Jun 2019
![Neville Isdell and Kelly Chibale](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/504211-208x117.jpg?2)
![80's child/Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/503748-208x117.jpg?2)
![A child about to have his rotten tooth capped at the author’s clinic in Khartoum, Sudan. Author provided](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/503532-208x117.jpg?2)
![Border screening at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. EPA-EFE/DANIEL IRUNGU](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/502827-208x117.jpg?2)
![Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/502948-208x117.jpg?2)
![Health workers from Bwera hospital prepare to transport the body of a fifty-year-old woman who died of Ebola to the burial site in Bwera, Uganda. MELANIE ATUREEBE/EPA](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/502086-208x117.jpg?2)
![Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/501722-208x117.jpg?2)
![Fruit bats can pass Ebola on to humans. Jeffrey Paul Wade/Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/501713-208x117.jpg?2)
![Professor Valerie Mizrahi. Photo: Robyn Walker/UCT](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/500837-208x117.jpg?2)
![Two women sell roadside refreshments in rural Kano in 2011. Shobana Shankar, CC BY-SA](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/500518-208x117.jpg?4)
![Photo: Newstalk](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/500432-208x117.jpg?2)
![Drone to deliver life-saving blood](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/499634-208x117.jpg?2)
![Image source: Getty/Gallo](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/499426-208x117.jpg?2)
![Nestlé launches innovation challenge in 6 African countries](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/498729-208x117.jpg?2)
![Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge on his way to wining the London Marathon in April 2019. EPA-EFE/Facundo Arrizabalaga](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/498555-208x117.jpg?2)
![Image source: Getty/Gallo](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/498186-208x117.jpg?2)
![Stronger health systems will boost the fight against infectious diseases](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/496262-208x117.jpg?2)
![Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/496049-208x117.jpg?2)
![New report: Lack of water in health facilities puts patients at risk](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/495857-208x117.jpg?2)
![Image source: Getty/Gallo](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/495086-208x117.jpg?2)
![Mosquito nets are often used where malaria is common. Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/493952-208x117.jpg?2)
![Malaria detection campaign in the Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina-Faso) in collaboration with the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé. Elena](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/493951-208x117.jpg?2)
![Human milk banks collect, pasteurise, test, store, and distribute donated breastmilk. NataBU/Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/493461-208x117.jpg?2)
![Sports science needs to race towards a different approach. kentoh/Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/492761-208x117.jpg?4)
![World Bank unveils plan to strengthen human capital in Africa](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/492241-208x117.jpg?2)
More news
![Women walk past a mural painted to raise awareness on HIV and AIDS in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. EPA/Dai Kurokawa](https://biz-file.com/c/1907/507316-208x117.jpg?2)
![Photo: World Economic Forum](https://biz-file.com/c/1907/506913-208x117.jpg?2)
![Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1907/505657-208x117.jpg?2)
![Dr Anuschka Coovadia is the head of healthcare for Africa at KPMG](https://biz-file.com/c/1907/505309-208x117.jpg?2)
![To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/503660-208x117.jpg?2)
To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12
Nicholas Wood, Alexis Pillsbury and Jean Li-Kim-Moy 28 Jun 2019
![Neville Isdell and Kelly Chibale](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/504211-208x117.jpg?2)
![80's child/Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/503748-208x117.jpg?2)
![A child about to have his rotten tooth capped at the author’s clinic in Khartoum, Sudan. Author provided](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/503532-208x117.jpg?2)
![Border screening at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. EPA-EFE/DANIEL IRUNGU](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/502827-208x117.jpg?2)
![Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/502948-208x117.jpg?2)
![Health workers from Bwera hospital prepare to transport the body of a fifty-year-old woman who died of Ebola to the burial site in Bwera, Uganda. MELANIE ATUREEBE/EPA](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/502086-208x117.jpg?2)
![Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/501722-208x117.jpg?2)
![Fruit bats can pass Ebola on to humans. Jeffrey Paul Wade/Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/501713-208x117.jpg?2)
![Professor Valerie Mizrahi. Photo: Robyn Walker/UCT](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/500837-208x117.jpg?2)
![Two women sell roadside refreshments in rural Kano in 2011. Shobana Shankar, CC BY-SA](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/500518-208x117.jpg?4)
![Photo: Newstalk](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/500432-208x117.jpg?2)
![Drone to deliver life-saving blood](https://biz-file.com/c/1906/499634-208x117.jpg?2)
![Image source: Getty/Gallo](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/499426-208x117.jpg?2)
![Nestlé launches innovation challenge in 6 African countries](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/498729-208x117.jpg?2)
![Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge on his way to wining the London Marathon in April 2019. EPA-EFE/Facundo Arrizabalaga](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/498555-208x117.jpg?2)
![Image source: Getty/Gallo](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/498186-208x117.jpg?2)
![Stronger health systems will boost the fight against infectious diseases](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/496262-208x117.jpg?2)
![Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/496049-208x117.jpg?2)
![New report: Lack of water in health facilities puts patients at risk](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/495857-208x117.jpg?2)
![Image source: Getty/Gallo](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/495086-208x117.jpg?2)
![Mosquito nets are often used where malaria is common. Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/493952-208x117.jpg?2)
![Malaria detection campaign in the Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina-Faso) in collaboration with the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé. Elena](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/493951-208x117.jpg?2)
![Human milk banks collect, pasteurise, test, store, and distribute donated breastmilk. NataBU/Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/493461-208x117.jpg?2)
![Sports science needs to race towards a different approach. kentoh/Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/492761-208x117.jpg?4)
![World Bank unveils plan to strengthen human capital in Africa](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/492241-208x117.jpg?2)
![Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/492155-208x117.jpg?2)
![Photo: WHO](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/491904-208x117.jpg?2)
![Image source: Getty/Gallo](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/491556-208x117.jpg?2)
![Bizcommunity sends a clear message that Africa is open for business](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/491567-208x117.png)
![Bizcommunity launches BIZ | Daily top story headlines](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/491353-208x117.gif)
![Doctors at a hospital in Kisumu, Kenya. Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/491298-208x117.jpg?2)
![With the right skills and infrastructure, Africa can boost its genomics research efforts. Dmytro Zinkevych/Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/491017-208x117.jpg?2)
![Africa rising as Bizcommunity launches .Africa domain](https://biz-file.com/c/1904/490346-208x117.png?2)
![Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa](https://biz-file.com/c/1903/489522-208x117.jpg?2)
![Tools like the WHO checklist can lead to better surgical outcomes in countries with limited resources. Shutterstock](https://biz-file.com/c/1903/489306-208x117.jpg?2)
![](/res/img/s.gif)