JOHANNESBURG — The first factory in Africa licensed to produce Covid-19 vaccines for the African market has not received a single order and may shut down that production line within weeks if the situation doesn’t change, according to executives of the company, Aspen Pharmacare. The factory, in the coastal South African city of Gqeberha, formerly…
In West Africa, fact-checkers are cooperating to expand their influence on local, national and international levels to curb misinformation about vaccines. Organizations are banding together, forming alliances with intergovernmental groups and creating cross-continent task forces to elevate health knowledge across Africa. “I think the most important thing is to highlight how fact-checkers leverage collaboration to…
Many developing countries don’t keep official death records. A novel effort uses “electronic autopsies” to count deaths, and record their cause. FUNKOYA, Sierra Leone — Augustine Alpha begins gently. “Who lives in this home?” he asks the young man, who has come in from the fields to answer his questions. Your name? Age? Religion? Marital status?…
Washington — The White House has announced the United States will co-host the second global COVID-19 summit virtually on May 12 to discuss increasing efforts to end the pandemic internationally and prepare for future variants of the coronavirus. “The emergence and spread of new variants, like omicron, have reinforced the need for a strategy aimed…
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The United States will increase coronavirus vaccine assistance to 11 African nations, officials said on Thursday, in an effort to
Why CORBEVAX? Scientists in the state of Texas in America have developed a new accessible COVID-19 vaccine (CORBEVAX) to combat low inoculation rates in low-income and underserved countries. Hailed as “the World’s COVID-19 vaccine,” Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine’s CORBEVAX uses the conventional method of taking a harmless protein from the…
COPENHAGEN (AP) — The director of the World Health Organization’s Europe office said Thursday the continent is now entering a
Enlarge this image Members of a team at the Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines lab in Cape Town, South Africa. The World Health Organization has enlisted the company to replicate Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. Tommy Trenchard for NPR Tommy Trenchard for NPR Fans of the television series The Great British Bake Off have long marveled at the skill contestants show…
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