A guide to South Africa’s 12 childhood vaccines
There are 12 childhood vaccines in wide use in South Africa. This guide unpacks what you need to know about each of them.
In-depth: Are measles, mumps, and diphtheria outbreaks harbingers of worse to come?
So far this year the National Institute for Communicable Diseases has issued reports on three different outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases – measles, mumps, and diphtheria. Elri Voigt spoke to local experts about these outbreaks and what it tells us about the country’s immunisation programme and the potential for future outbreaks.
