‘Fractionation’ Proposed to Address Vaccine Shortages, as Pharma Makes Case for Boosters 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As wealthy countries opt to give third COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to vulnerable citizens, some researchers have called instead for “fractional doses” to stretch the scarce resources. “If you have two million doses of vaccine, you can give that as two doses to one million people. But what about if you gave fractional doses?” asked […] Continue reading -> Kenya Mandates COVID-19 Vaccines for Civil Servants as Africa’s Vaccine Rollout Gathers Speed 13/08/2021 Paul Adepoju The Kenyan government’s decision to compel its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has received the support of Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC). “I support policies that get citizens of Africa to go out there and get vaccinated whenever they have an opportunity to have access to vaccines. […] Continue reading -> Glasgow Summit is the ‘Last Chance to Get Runaway Climate Change Under Control’ 10/08/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is expected to be a pivotal moment in the fight against climate change, bringing leaders together in Glasgow to accelerate progress on global climate action. The event is “the world’s best last chance to get runaway climate change under control,” said the COP26 organisers […] Continue reading -> US Donation Enables New Nigerian Rollout Where Only 0,6% Are Vaccinated Against COVID 04/08/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – On Sunday 1 August, two planes carrying four million doses of the Moderna vaccine from the US touched down in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. With the arrival of the new doses, Nigeria will be able to resume its COVID-19 vaccination programme which was suspended on 22 July when the Nigeria Primary Healthcare Development […] Continue reading -> Tanzania Finally Begins COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout, as More Doses Trickle into Africa 29/07/2021 Paul Adepoju Tanzania has finally started to administer COVID-19 vaccinations, amid a 16-fold increase in vaccine deliveries to Africa in this week alone in comparison to the whole of June. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu publicly received the vaccine on Wednesday, a sharp contrast to her predecessor, John Magufuli, who died in March after months of denying the […] Continue reading -> Re-allocate One Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to LMICs, Panel Co-Chairs Appeal to UN Member States 29/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan A billion COVID-19 vaccine doses should be reallocated from high-income countries to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by September, and of another billion by mid-next year, former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark, told United Nations member states on Wednesday. The pair, who co-chaired the […] Continue reading -> As Nigeria Runs Out of Vaccines, US Dose Donations Start to Arrive in Africa 22/07/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, has officially exhausted all the doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine it received in March from COVAX, according to Dr Faisal Shuaib, CEO of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). Twenty-one African countries have seen COVID-19 cases rise by over 20% for at least two weeks running, […] Continue reading -> As COVID-19 Echoes the AIDS Pandemic, Africa’s Faith in Global Solidarity and COVAX Frays 22/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The two men at the centre of Africa’s COVID-19 response – John Nkengasong and Strive Masiwiya – vowed that the pandemic would not follow the same pattern as for HIV, where millions of Africans died because they could not get access to the life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine available in wealthy Western countries. […] Continue reading -> Pfizer/BioNTech Announce Milestone COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacture Deal in South Africa – But Production Only Beginning Next Year 21/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a milestone deal for Africa, Pfizer/BioNTech announced Wednesday that it would partner with the Cape Town-based pharma firm Biovac to produce over 100 million doses annually of it’s cutting edge mRNA vaccine – for distribution within the African Union. The deal was quickly hailed as a major breakthrough on a continent that is desperately […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Kenya Mandates COVID-19 Vaccines for Civil Servants as Africa’s Vaccine Rollout Gathers Speed 13/08/2021 Paul Adepoju The Kenyan government’s decision to compel its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has received the support of Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC). “I support policies that get citizens of Africa to go out there and get vaccinated whenever they have an opportunity to have access to vaccines. […] Continue reading -> Glasgow Summit is the ‘Last Chance to Get Runaway Climate Change Under Control’ 10/08/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is expected to be a pivotal moment in the fight against climate change, bringing leaders together in Glasgow to accelerate progress on global climate action. The event is “the world’s best last chance to get runaway climate change under control,” said the COP26 organisers […] Continue reading -> US Donation Enables New Nigerian Rollout Where Only 0,6% Are Vaccinated Against COVID 04/08/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – On Sunday 1 August, two planes carrying four million doses of the Moderna vaccine from the US touched down in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. With the arrival of the new doses, Nigeria will be able to resume its COVID-19 vaccination programme which was suspended on 22 July when the Nigeria Primary Healthcare Development […] Continue reading -> Tanzania Finally Begins COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout, as More Doses Trickle into Africa 29/07/2021 Paul Adepoju Tanzania has finally started to administer COVID-19 vaccinations, amid a 16-fold increase in vaccine deliveries to Africa in this week alone in comparison to the whole of June. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu publicly received the vaccine on Wednesday, a sharp contrast to her predecessor, John Magufuli, who died in March after months of denying the […] Continue reading -> Re-allocate One Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to LMICs, Panel Co-Chairs Appeal to UN Member States 29/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan A billion COVID-19 vaccine doses should be reallocated from high-income countries to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by September, and of another billion by mid-next year, former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark, told United Nations member states on Wednesday. The pair, who co-chaired the […] Continue reading -> As Nigeria Runs Out of Vaccines, US Dose Donations Start to Arrive in Africa 22/07/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, has officially exhausted all the doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine it received in March from COVAX, according to Dr Faisal Shuaib, CEO of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). Twenty-one African countries have seen COVID-19 cases rise by over 20% for at least two weeks running, […] Continue reading -> As COVID-19 Echoes the AIDS Pandemic, Africa’s Faith in Global Solidarity and COVAX Frays 22/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The two men at the centre of Africa’s COVID-19 response – John Nkengasong and Strive Masiwiya – vowed that the pandemic would not follow the same pattern as for HIV, where millions of Africans died because they could not get access to the life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine available in wealthy Western countries. […] Continue reading -> Pfizer/BioNTech Announce Milestone COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacture Deal in South Africa – But Production Only Beginning Next Year 21/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a milestone deal for Africa, Pfizer/BioNTech announced Wednesday that it would partner with the Cape Town-based pharma firm Biovac to produce over 100 million doses annually of it’s cutting edge mRNA vaccine – for distribution within the African Union. The deal was quickly hailed as a major breakthrough on a continent that is desperately […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Glasgow Summit is the ‘Last Chance to Get Runaway Climate Change Under Control’ 10/08/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is expected to be a pivotal moment in the fight against climate change, bringing leaders together in Glasgow to accelerate progress on global climate action. The event is “the world’s best last chance to get runaway climate change under control,” said the COP26 organisers […] Continue reading -> US Donation Enables New Nigerian Rollout Where Only 0,6% Are Vaccinated Against COVID 04/08/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – On Sunday 1 August, two planes carrying four million doses of the Moderna vaccine from the US touched down in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. With the arrival of the new doses, Nigeria will be able to resume its COVID-19 vaccination programme which was suspended on 22 July when the Nigeria Primary Healthcare Development […] Continue reading -> Tanzania Finally Begins COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout, as More Doses Trickle into Africa 29/07/2021 Paul Adepoju Tanzania has finally started to administer COVID-19 vaccinations, amid a 16-fold increase in vaccine deliveries to Africa in this week alone in comparison to the whole of June. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu publicly received the vaccine on Wednesday, a sharp contrast to her predecessor, John Magufuli, who died in March after months of denying the […] Continue reading -> Re-allocate One Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to LMICs, Panel Co-Chairs Appeal to UN Member States 29/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan A billion COVID-19 vaccine doses should be reallocated from high-income countries to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by September, and of another billion by mid-next year, former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark, told United Nations member states on Wednesday. The pair, who co-chaired the […] Continue reading -> As Nigeria Runs Out of Vaccines, US Dose Donations Start to Arrive in Africa 22/07/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, has officially exhausted all the doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine it received in March from COVAX, according to Dr Faisal Shuaib, CEO of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). Twenty-one African countries have seen COVID-19 cases rise by over 20% for at least two weeks running, […] Continue reading -> As COVID-19 Echoes the AIDS Pandemic, Africa’s Faith in Global Solidarity and COVAX Frays 22/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The two men at the centre of Africa’s COVID-19 response – John Nkengasong and Strive Masiwiya – vowed that the pandemic would not follow the same pattern as for HIV, where millions of Africans died because they could not get access to the life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine available in wealthy Western countries. […] Continue reading -> Pfizer/BioNTech Announce Milestone COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacture Deal in South Africa – But Production Only Beginning Next Year 21/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a milestone deal for Africa, Pfizer/BioNTech announced Wednesday that it would partner with the Cape Town-based pharma firm Biovac to produce over 100 million doses annually of it’s cutting edge mRNA vaccine – for distribution within the African Union. The deal was quickly hailed as a major breakthrough on a continent that is desperately […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US Donation Enables New Nigerian Rollout Where Only 0,6% Are Vaccinated Against COVID 04/08/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – On Sunday 1 August, two planes carrying four million doses of the Moderna vaccine from the US touched down in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. With the arrival of the new doses, Nigeria will be able to resume its COVID-19 vaccination programme which was suspended on 22 July when the Nigeria Primary Healthcare Development […] Continue reading -> Tanzania Finally Begins COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout, as More Doses Trickle into Africa 29/07/2021 Paul Adepoju Tanzania has finally started to administer COVID-19 vaccinations, amid a 16-fold increase in vaccine deliveries to Africa in this week alone in comparison to the whole of June. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu publicly received the vaccine on Wednesday, a sharp contrast to her predecessor, John Magufuli, who died in March after months of denying the […] Continue reading -> Re-allocate One Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to LMICs, Panel Co-Chairs Appeal to UN Member States 29/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan A billion COVID-19 vaccine doses should be reallocated from high-income countries to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by September, and of another billion by mid-next year, former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark, told United Nations member states on Wednesday. The pair, who co-chaired the […] Continue reading -> As Nigeria Runs Out of Vaccines, US Dose Donations Start to Arrive in Africa 22/07/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, has officially exhausted all the doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine it received in March from COVAX, according to Dr Faisal Shuaib, CEO of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). Twenty-one African countries have seen COVID-19 cases rise by over 20% for at least two weeks running, […] Continue reading -> As COVID-19 Echoes the AIDS Pandemic, Africa’s Faith in Global Solidarity and COVAX Frays 22/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The two men at the centre of Africa’s COVID-19 response – John Nkengasong and Strive Masiwiya – vowed that the pandemic would not follow the same pattern as for HIV, where millions of Africans died because they could not get access to the life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine available in wealthy Western countries. […] Continue reading -> Pfizer/BioNTech Announce Milestone COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacture Deal in South Africa – But Production Only Beginning Next Year 21/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a milestone deal for Africa, Pfizer/BioNTech announced Wednesday that it would partner with the Cape Town-based pharma firm Biovac to produce over 100 million doses annually of it’s cutting edge mRNA vaccine – for distribution within the African Union. The deal was quickly hailed as a major breakthrough on a continent that is desperately […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Tanzania Finally Begins COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout, as More Doses Trickle into Africa 29/07/2021 Paul Adepoju Tanzania has finally started to administer COVID-19 vaccinations, amid a 16-fold increase in vaccine deliveries to Africa in this week alone in comparison to the whole of June. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu publicly received the vaccine on Wednesday, a sharp contrast to her predecessor, John Magufuli, who died in March after months of denying the […] Continue reading -> Re-allocate One Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to LMICs, Panel Co-Chairs Appeal to UN Member States 29/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan A billion COVID-19 vaccine doses should be reallocated from high-income countries to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by September, and of another billion by mid-next year, former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark, told United Nations member states on Wednesday. The pair, who co-chaired the […] Continue reading -> As Nigeria Runs Out of Vaccines, US Dose Donations Start to Arrive in Africa 22/07/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, has officially exhausted all the doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine it received in March from COVAX, according to Dr Faisal Shuaib, CEO of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). Twenty-one African countries have seen COVID-19 cases rise by over 20% for at least two weeks running, […] Continue reading -> As COVID-19 Echoes the AIDS Pandemic, Africa’s Faith in Global Solidarity and COVAX Frays 22/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The two men at the centre of Africa’s COVID-19 response – John Nkengasong and Strive Masiwiya – vowed that the pandemic would not follow the same pattern as for HIV, where millions of Africans died because they could not get access to the life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine available in wealthy Western countries. […] Continue reading -> Pfizer/BioNTech Announce Milestone COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacture Deal in South Africa – But Production Only Beginning Next Year 21/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a milestone deal for Africa, Pfizer/BioNTech announced Wednesday that it would partner with the Cape Town-based pharma firm Biovac to produce over 100 million doses annually of it’s cutting edge mRNA vaccine – for distribution within the African Union. The deal was quickly hailed as a major breakthrough on a continent that is desperately […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Re-allocate One Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to LMICs, Panel Co-Chairs Appeal to UN Member States 29/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan A billion COVID-19 vaccine doses should be reallocated from high-income countries to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by September, and of another billion by mid-next year, former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark, told United Nations member states on Wednesday. The pair, who co-chaired the […] Continue reading -> As Nigeria Runs Out of Vaccines, US Dose Donations Start to Arrive in Africa 22/07/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, has officially exhausted all the doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine it received in March from COVAX, according to Dr Faisal Shuaib, CEO of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). Twenty-one African countries have seen COVID-19 cases rise by over 20% for at least two weeks running, […] Continue reading -> As COVID-19 Echoes the AIDS Pandemic, Africa’s Faith in Global Solidarity and COVAX Frays 22/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The two men at the centre of Africa’s COVID-19 response – John Nkengasong and Strive Masiwiya – vowed that the pandemic would not follow the same pattern as for HIV, where millions of Africans died because they could not get access to the life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine available in wealthy Western countries. […] Continue reading -> Pfizer/BioNTech Announce Milestone COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacture Deal in South Africa – But Production Only Beginning Next Year 21/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a milestone deal for Africa, Pfizer/BioNTech announced Wednesday that it would partner with the Cape Town-based pharma firm Biovac to produce over 100 million doses annually of it’s cutting edge mRNA vaccine – for distribution within the African Union. The deal was quickly hailed as a major breakthrough on a continent that is desperately […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Nigeria Runs Out of Vaccines, US Dose Donations Start to Arrive in Africa 22/07/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, has officially exhausted all the doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine it received in March from COVAX, according to Dr Faisal Shuaib, CEO of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). Twenty-one African countries have seen COVID-19 cases rise by over 20% for at least two weeks running, […] Continue reading -> As COVID-19 Echoes the AIDS Pandemic, Africa’s Faith in Global Solidarity and COVAX Frays 22/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The two men at the centre of Africa’s COVID-19 response – John Nkengasong and Strive Masiwiya – vowed that the pandemic would not follow the same pattern as for HIV, where millions of Africans died because they could not get access to the life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine available in wealthy Western countries. […] Continue reading -> Pfizer/BioNTech Announce Milestone COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacture Deal in South Africa – But Production Only Beginning Next Year 21/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a milestone deal for Africa, Pfizer/BioNTech announced Wednesday that it would partner with the Cape Town-based pharma firm Biovac to produce over 100 million doses annually of it’s cutting edge mRNA vaccine – for distribution within the African Union. The deal was quickly hailed as a major breakthrough on a continent that is desperately […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As COVID-19 Echoes the AIDS Pandemic, Africa’s Faith in Global Solidarity and COVAX Frays 22/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The two men at the centre of Africa’s COVID-19 response – John Nkengasong and Strive Masiwiya – vowed that the pandemic would not follow the same pattern as for HIV, where millions of Africans died because they could not get access to the life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine available in wealthy Western countries. […] Continue reading -> Pfizer/BioNTech Announce Milestone COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacture Deal in South Africa – But Production Only Beginning Next Year 21/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a milestone deal for Africa, Pfizer/BioNTech announced Wednesday that it would partner with the Cape Town-based pharma firm Biovac to produce over 100 million doses annually of it’s cutting edge mRNA vaccine – for distribution within the African Union. The deal was quickly hailed as a major breakthrough on a continent that is desperately […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pfizer/BioNTech Announce Milestone COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacture Deal in South Africa – But Production Only Beginning Next Year 21/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a milestone deal for Africa, Pfizer/BioNTech announced Wednesday that it would partner with the Cape Town-based pharma firm Biovac to produce over 100 million doses annually of it’s cutting edge mRNA vaccine – for distribution within the African Union. The deal was quickly hailed as a major breakthrough on a continent that is desperately […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts