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The East African
Monday December 21 2020
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Uganda has enrolled its first volunteer participants in a large trial to study whether two new vaccines offer protection against HIV.
The African-led PrEPVacc study will be testing two experimental combination vaccines on populations that are most at risk of getting infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to see whether the drugs provides any protection.
Ugandan scientists Wednesday launched the third phase of the HIV vaccine efficacy trials in the central district of Masaka, the Ministry of Health said.
The study is combining evaluation of experimental HIV vaccines and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) concurrently. PrEPVacc will test whether a new form of oral PrEP, TAF/FTC (Descovy) taken daily, is equivalent or more effective than TDF/FTC (Truvada) taken daily, in the context of the current PrEP availability situation at the five study sites in four countries: in Masaka, Uganda; Mbeya and Dar-es-Salaam,
EIB launches EUR 50 million Africa pharmaceutical manufacturing initiative 17th Dec 2020 | Source: EIB Press
• Programme to strengthen supply chain and reduce dependency on drug imports
• Investment to scale-up local production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
• Scheme to improve healthcare, create skilled jobs and boost industrial growth
The European Investment Bank today launched the first ever scheme to strengthen local production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Africa and scale up drug manufacturing essential to improve public health.
The EIB’s new EUR 50 million pharmaceutical investment initiative, initiated together with kENUP Foundation, will contribute to reducing dependency on drug imports and address medical supply chain weaknesses linked to COVID-19. The programme will improve availability of specialist drugs and tackle supply chain challenges that currently damage public health across Africa.
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