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There is a high burden of typhoid fever in sub-Saharan African countries, according to a new study published today in The Lancet Global Health.

/PRNewswire/ -- The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), an international organization with a mission to discover, develop, and deliver safe, effective, and...

CEPI and IVI announce new research program to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines in Africa The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) today announced a new programme of clinical research which aims to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. CEPI will provide funding of up to $12.7m to the Expanding Access and Delivery of COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa (ECOVA) consortium led by IVI to carry out clinical trials of Sinopharms BBIBP-C...

KT Special: When will the Covid-19 pandemic end? Scientists say 2025 or later Allan Jacob/Dubai Photo: Wam What governments can do immediately is close the vaccine access inequity gap as much as possible, they said. With more vaccines making it to millions of arms daily, when will the pandemic end and when will life return to normal? Not so soon, is the answer, with leading epidemiologists and researchers making grim predictions that the global health crisis is likely to continue for at least f...