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Africa to ramp up vaccine production

Dakar-based vaccine manufacturing initiative could be a blueprint for vaccine manufacturing facilities across the continent
A health worker prepares to administer COVID-19 vaccines.
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Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine uptake increases by 15%

Around 62 million doses were administered across the continent in February up from 54 million in January.
World Health Organization
By WHO
coronavirus

WHO announces first technology recipients of mRNA vaccine hub with strong support from African and European partners

Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia to establish mRNA vaccine production
World Health Organization
By WHO
Currently 6 million people are vaccinated on average every week in Africa.
Health

Africa needs to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination six-fold

The slow uptake in COVID-19 vaccines in Africa requires global partners and countries to reset their programmes.
World Health Organization
By WHO
Health

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.
Benedict Okey Oramah, President of Afreximbank and Chairman, Board of Trustees of the African Union
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Africa needs more funds to fight COVID-19

—Benedict Okey Oramah, President of Afreximbank and Chairman, Board of Trustees of the African Union COVID-19 Response Fund.
OVAX aims to ship 520 million doses of vaccine to Africa by the end of 2021.
coronavirus

COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa ramp up

The rise in vaccine shipments comes as Africa sees its second week of falling case numbers after a steep and unbroken eight-week surge.
World Health Organization
By WHO
Minister for Health, Dr. Dorothy Gwajima, together with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Liberata M
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Tanzania receives first COVID-19 vaccine batch

Over 1 million Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses arrived on Saturday from the US.
Africa faces steepest COVID-19 surge yet
Health

Africa faces steepest COVID-19 surge yet

The COVID-19 upsurge comes as the vaccine supply crunch persists.
World Health Organization
By WHO
Attitudes towards vaccines and acceptance of vaccination varies across countries and communities.
coronavirus

Nine in 10 African countries set to miss urgent COVID-19 vaccination goal

Just 2% of the continent’s nearly 1.3 billion people have received one dose and only 9.4 million Africans are fully vaccinated.
World Health Organization
By WHO
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