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Africa Helped Build the Next TB Vaccines. Now It Must Prepare for Them.

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🌍 New TB vaccines are moving closer — but scientific progress alone will not guarantee access.

African governments need to prepare now: strengthen regulatory systems,

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Global health reform must do more than rearrange institutions. It must protect innovation, strengthen health systems and build partnerships that turn scientific progress into better health outcomes.

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Germany plans to cut flexible pandemic-prevention funding by 15.3% in 2027, even as its overall federal budget grows.

⚠️Lawmakers warn that saving on prevention now could mean paying far more in the next health crisis.

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