Health and finance ministers from Africa are to meet the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss about equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. “I will tell them that we are doing everything that we can to accelerate the roll out of vaccines in Africa. To save lives and …
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AstraZeneca vaccine is the one choosen by the Malian government to fight against the covid-19 pandemic in the country. The government intends to immunize 4.2 million people by the start of April. Health minister Fanta Siby said on Friday that the vaccination would first target medical staff, the elderly and …
Read More »Will a global supply of Ebola vaccine be beneficial?
The vaccine alliance Gavi orders 500 doses of Ebola vaccine in order to have a stock to deal with a new wave of the disease. More than 300 000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in the neighboring countries received a dose of the Ebola vaccine, Ervebo, developped …
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