AfricaLMICdeveloping countriesGraphical abstractdoi:10.1080/21645515.2022.2034457Lukman LawalMunira Aminu BelloTonderai MurwiraClement AvokaShamsuddeen Yusuf Ma'arufImoetin Harrison OmonhinminPamela MalulekeChristos TsagkarisHelen OnyeakaHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics...
Sudanese philanthropist Mo Ibrahim and others are ringing alarm bells about the unfairness of Covid-19 provision, which is likely to hit Africa and poorer countries the worst.
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 ...
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
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. ...
Amid a COVID surge in Africa, vaccine promises from richer nations are not enough to bring an early end to the pandemic, experts say.
“We believe that our mRNA technology can be used to develop vaccine candidates addressing other diseases as well. This is why we will continue to evaluate sustainable approaches that will support the development and production of mRNA vaccines on the African continent.” ...
is important for building capacity in the region. But it matters less in the short term whether vaccines are shipped from Germany or South Africa to, say, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) if, at the last mile, the distribution chain is broken by gaps in transport and logistics....
The low vaccination coverage and uptake in Africa is multifactorial, but with most of the challenges stemming from inequitable distribution of vaccines [164]. Firstly, the observed low utilization rate of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa is partly due to the expected lag in time between in-country ...
Hunted South Carolina, South Africa Nov 14, 2021 #482 Scott CWO said: My friend of 35 years died two days ago. My whole crew and I are shocked, upset and pissed at the fkn Chinese. I’m also pissed at idiots spreading misinformation about the vaccines. My friend believed that BS...