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COVID-19: Africa Needs to Break the Circle of Dependency

COVID-19: Africa Needs to Break the Circle of Dependency. 13 MAY 2021 – Africa Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI) primarily aims at promoting the establishment of sustainable human vaccine manufacturing capacity in Africa. Since its establishment, AVMI together with multiple and different…

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HIV raises the risk of death from COVID-19 in South Africa’s Western Cape

HIV raises the risk of death from COVID-19 in South Africa’s Western Cape HIV raises the risk of death from COVID-19 in South Africa’s Western Cape African Union aims to scale up COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials. 10 JULY 2020 — Currently…

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Signing of a new agreement to drive vaccine impact in Africa

The signing of a new agreement to drive vaccine impact in Africa. 15 MAY 2023 – The African Union Commission (AUC) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase access and accelerate the uptake of…

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Expanding sustainable vaccine manufacturing in Africa

Expanding sustainable vaccine manufacturing in Africa: Priorities for Support. NOVEMBER 2022, The pandemic has highlighted new and pressing challenges to regional vaccine supply resilience as a critical factor in global health security. While 1.8 billion doses1 of COVID-19 vaccine have been…

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Africa can avoid repeating its Covid-19 mistakes with a new malaria vaccine

COVID-19: Africa Needs to Break the Circle of Dependency. 13 MAY 2021 – Africa Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI) primarily aims at promoting the establishment of sustainable human vaccine manufacturing capacity in Africa. Since its establishment, AVMI together with multiple and different…

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Ghana minister of health in SA on mission to hunt for vaccine manufacturing operations.

Ghana minister of health in SA on mission to hunt for vaccine manufacturing operations 13 AUGUST 2024 – The African Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI) hosted Ghana’s Minister of Health, Bernard Okoe Boye, and his group on Monday, August 12, for a…

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Can Africa get close to vaccine independence? Here is what it will take.

In world first, Nigeria introduces new 5-in-1 vaccine against meningitis. 27 APRIL 2023 – Just 3 percent of all COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered in 2021 went to Africa, home to one-fifth of the world’s population, according to the World Health Organization….

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Biovac and Development Partners Collaborate to Support SA’s Vaccine Manufacturing Expansion

Biovac and Development Partners Collaborate to Support South Africa’s Vaccine Manufacturing Expansion and Advance Long-Term Health Security Across Africa. 1 MARCH 2022 – To support South Africa and the African continent increase vaccine manufacturing capacity and reduce reliance on imports, a…

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Why South Africa stopped making vaccines

COVID-19: Africa Needs to Break the Circle of Dependency. 13 MAY 2021 – Africa Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI) primarily aims at promoting the establishment of sustainable human vaccine manufacturing capacity in Africa. Since its establishment, AVMI together with multiple and different…

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AVMI Hosts Ghana Minister Of Health For Fact-finding Mission On Vaccine Manufacturing Operations In SA.

 AVMI Hosts Ghana Minister Of Health For Fact-finding Mission On Vaccine Manufacturing Operations In SA 13 AUGUST 2024 – The African Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI) hosted the Honourable Minister of Health for Ghana, Bernard Okoe Boye and his delegation today (August…

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