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As Africa struggles to stem vaccine inequity, biotechnology giants BioNTech and Moderna have announced plans to build factories on the continent.

The fastest route to production would be a partnership with the maker of one of the existing mRNA vaccines.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

After several months of working with China, Egypt is close to producing the first Chinese Covid-19 vaccine manufactured in Africa.

COVID-19: Africa needs to break the Circle of Dependency Listen to article Africa Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI) primarily aims at promoting the establishment of sustainable human vaccine manufacturing capacity in Africa. Since its establishment, AVMI together with multiple and different partners, have been advocating for the establishment of vaccine development and manufacturing in Africa. With the outbreak of coronavirus, AVMI has embarked on public education on the risk of the pand...

May 9, 2021 A global group of researchers recently released a preliminary study reporting that their malaria vaccine showed up to 77% efficacy in a one-year preliminary clinical trial involving 450 children in Burkina Faso. The vaccine has been heralded as a breakthrough, particularly given its safety profile, the fact that it is cheap to produce, and that it can be stored in a fridge. If a peer review confirms the results, it would have exceeded the 75% effectiveness target for vaccines set by...

Listen to the story. Health care worker Maggie Sedidi receives a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Soweto, South Africa, March 5, 2021.  Credit: Share This week, South Africa resumed its rollout of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine to health workers across the country. The country had suspended the vaccine earlier this month over concerns of rare blood clots in the US. South Africa, unlike the US, could not afford to indefinitely suspend its only current ...