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COVID-19 vaccines: AU, Africa CDC and COVAX call on donors and manufacturers to accelerate access

Joint statement on actions needed from 1 January 2022 on dose donations to African countries.
Eight in 10 African countries to miss crucial COVID-19 vaccination goal.
Health

Eight in 10 African countries to miss crucial COVID-19 vaccination goal

COVID-19 cases are declining slightly but remain stubbornly high.
World Health Organization
By WHO
Health worker vaccinating a client in the Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
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Driving COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Ghana’s hard-to-reach communities

Ghana was the first country in the world to receive vaccines through COVAX in late February.
World Health Organization
By WHO
COVID-19 cases surge in Africa, near first wave peak.
Health

COVID-19 cases surge in Africa, near first wave peak

A lack of adherence to transmission prevention measures has fuelled the new surge that coincides with colder seasonal weather in southern Africa and as more contagious variants spread.
World Health Organization
By WHO
Man receiving COVID-19 vaccine.
Health

Togo: Using digital tools to fight COVID-19 and protect the most vulnerable

Government uses tech to contact trace, send money to the poor during lockdown, and now for vaccination rollout.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Abuja, Nigeria.
Health

Nigeria: COVID-19 vaccine rollout kicks off in Africa’s most populous country

First batch of COVAX vaccines arrived in March, country aims to inoculate 70% of 200 million people by 2022.
Staff unload the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by COVAX at Kotoka International Ai
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Ghana receives COVID-19 vaccinations

First historic shipment from international COVAX facility
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