What does it take to get a vaccine made in India to a rural clinic in Malawi, or a diagnostic kit assembled in China to a town in Senegal? Miles of travel, hours of storage and lots of planning. But it’s an imperfect process, thanks to an absence of data.
Dakar, Senegal - The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed stark vaccine inequities among high- and low-income nations and has underscored Africa's dependenc
Dakar, Senegal - The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed stark vaccine inequities among high- and low-income nations and has underscored Africa's dependenc
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed stark vaccine inequities among high- and low-income nations and has underscored Africa's dependence on outside countries for shots. A new initiative in Senegal, however, hopes to reduce that inequity and make the continent more vaccine self-sufficient. Senegal administered its first doses to the public in March 2021, months after COVID-19…