This paper highlights the causes and implications of the low COVID-19 vaccine coverage on Africa and the global community, and discusses strategies for restructuring and strengthening COVID-19 vaccination in Africa.doi:10.1080/21645515.2022.2034457Lukman.Lawal...
Ahmed Ogwell, deputy director of the Africa CDC, while addressing a press briefing on Thursday, said that African COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers should be given priority among purchasing African countries and institutions so as to promote the local production of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. "As ...
As data emerge that boosters may help to protect against Omicron, the supply of vaccines to Africa is further squeezed. But fears of the COVID-19 variant may increase uptake, which is worryingly low in some countries. By Paul Adepoju
"For the well-being of all humanity, the international community should accompany Africa, not only in the acquisition of vaccines, but also for the production (of the vaccines) on the continent," said the Congolese president, on the occasion of a meeting with the diplomatic corps based in t...
While the development and approval of safe and effective vaccines less than a year after the emergence of COVID-19 is a stunning achievement, Africa is in danger of being left behind as countries in other regions strike bilateral deals, driving up prices. As of early...
Vaccines can and will be tweaked to make them more effective against mutations of Covid-19. But Prof Karim the most authoritative voice on the pandemic in South Africa warned that more mutations were inevitable, and the scientific community needed to work harder to get ahead of the virus. ...
Of particular importance is to fully leverage vaccines as a powerful weapon, and ensure the equitable distribution, quicken vaccination, and "close the global immunization gap," he said. More than 180 million doses of China's Sinopharm and Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines have ...
The government of the Central African Republic (CAR) received on Tuesday a batch of COVID-19 vaccines donated by China. CAR President Faustin-Archange Touadera and Prime Minister Henri-Marie Dondra went to Bangui airport to receive the vaccine donation, accompanied by China's ambass...
Africa's top public health official says 60% of the continent's population needs to be vaccinated against the coronavirus in the next two to three years.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Africa's first participation in a COVID-19 vaccine trial started Wednesday as volunteers received injections developed at the University of Oxford in Britain, while officials said the continent of 1.3 billion people cannot be left be