What next for Africa’s revamped health institutions? 04 JANUARY 2024 – The African continent is working toward a “new public health order” — a vision to achieve greater independence from foreign entities for the population’s health needs. During the COVID-19 pandemic,…
AFRICA CDC hosts lead partners of Partnerships for African Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM)
AFRICA CDC hosts lead partners of Partnerships for African Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM). 15 MARCH 2023 – The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) hosted its lead partners at a meeting on the sidelines of the Africa Health Agenda…
Lagos to Mombasa: How Does the Pandemic End in Africa?
Africa launches a race to produce its own COVID-19 vaccines in two years. 27 AUGUST 2021 – South Africa, where part of the process is already underway, and Senegal, which aims to build a factory in record time, are the countries…
What is Africa’s vaccine production capacity?
What is Africa’s vaccine production capacity? What it will take to vaccinate the world against COVID-19. Within just a few months, pharmaceutical firms have produced hundreds of millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine. But the world needs billions — and as…
The COVID-19 vaccine development landscape.
The COVID-19 vaccine development landscape. 9 APRIL 2020 – The genetic sequence of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, was published on 11 January 2020, triggering intense global R&D activity to develop a vaccine against the disease. The scale of the…
What is a sustainable vaccine manufacturing footprint for Africa?
What is a sustainable vaccine manufacturing footprint for Africa? 6 DECEMBER 2023 – Given the inequities revealed through the COVID-19 pandemic, significant interest and funding have been directed at boosting vaccine manufacturing capacity in Africa. However, this growth must be commercially…
Devex CheckUp: Cracking the code on Marburg virus
Devex CheckUp: Cracking the code on Marburg virus. 16 FEBRUARY 2023 – Equatorial Guinea announced its first outbreak this week of the rare and deadly Marburg disease — a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola. There are no vaccines or antiviral treatments approved…
Africa’s vaccine ambitions
Africa’s vaccine ambitions. 8 AUGUST 2021 – Africa is a continent of 1.3 billion people, but only makes 1% of the lifesaving vaccines it needs. The continent’s 54 nations are almost entirely dependent on agencies like Unicef and Gavi, the Vaccine…
Vaccine production in Africa: an urgent priority
Vaccine production in Africa: an urgent priority. 10 MARCH 2021 – Africa produces less than 1% of the human vaccines it uses. To effectively respond in time of outbreaks and pandemics, Africa must expand its vaccine development and production capabilities to…
COVID-19, Can the world produce enough vaccines.
If a coronavirus vaccine arrives, can the world make enough? Researchers warn production constraints and hoarding could limit SARS-CoV-2 vaccine supplies.