with the messenger rna, that that technology can actually begin to have a ripple effect on our ability to manufacture malaria vaccines, hiv vaccines and other vaccines that are more specific to africa and the developing world. 0k, finally, drjohn nkengasong, ayoade alakija, co—chair of the africa vaccine delivery alliance, says, "no—one will help us in africa "if we do not attempt to help ourselves. "it is time to stop feeding off the scraps from the table "of high—income countries." this whole debate goes wider than health, doesn't it? i agree entirely with her. we have to take our own health security and developmental agenda into our hands — and we have seen how devastating a disease can be on our ability for the continent to meet its continental aspirations, including the continental free trade agreement and other programmes that the african union has put on the table to meet our agenda 2063. so clearly, our health security should be central