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BHEKISISA | Five lessons for making mRNA jabs

The $5bn (about R92bn) needed every year for the next four years for TB vaccine research is the only way to give future generations a shot at ending the disease, experts at the World Conference on Lung Health in Paris said on Thursday.

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BHEKISISA | How SA's mRNA hub is teaching the world about preparing for the next pandemic

Political leaders gathering at the UN's first high-level discussion on pandemic preparedness in New York will on Thursday have one more chance to put measures in place to prevent the catastrophes that played out during the Covid-19 pandemic being repeated.

South-africa , Cape-town , Western-cape , South-african , Afrigen-biologics , Covid-19 , Mrna , Biovac , Mrna-hub , Https-protect-za-mimecast-coms-fqvmcnxknmfjdygvsmbvkl-domain-un-org , World-health-organisation

Ramping up pharmaceutical exports may prep Africa for the next pandemic: trade, health experts

Experts warn barriers to entry in other African markets due to policy incoherence and export costs undermine progress

South-africa , Magubane-financial , World-war , Sunday-times , Comment-policy , East-africa , Pfizer , Stavros-nicolaou , Cape-town , Tlp , Africa-continental-free-trade-agreement-business-forum

SA company to produce oral cholera vaccine as WHO warns of 'unprecedented' outbreaks

The production of raw materials is largely the missing step in the jab-manufacturing value chain across Africa

Sunday-times , Comment-policy , Cholera-vaccine , Vaccines , Production , Biovac , International-coordinating-group , Ready-sa , African , Morena-makhoana , Who

South Africa's Biovac signs deal to produce oral cholera vaccine

The Biovac Institute, a partly state-owned vaccine producer in South Africa, has secured a deal to make an oral cholera inoculation as recent global outbreaks of the diarrheal disease have raised demand for vaccines.

Haiti , South-africa , Nigeria , Pakistan , Pfizerand-biontech , Morena-makhoana , Biovac-institute , Wellcome , Melinda-gates-foundation , International-vaccine-institute , World-health-organisation , World-health

Four cases of measles outbreak confirmed in Gauteng

SA has confirmed four cases of measles in Gauteng. The cases were identified in the last two weeks of May.

South-africa , Gauteng , Tshwane , Limpopo , South-african , Nishi-prabdial , African-expanded-programme , National-institute-for-communicable-diseases , World-health-organisation , National-institute , Communicable-diseases , West-rand

Vaccine giant Serum Institute of India considers plants in SA, Rwanda

CEO Adar Poonawalla says in Davos interview ‘there’s never been a better time to be a vaccine manufacturer’

Rwanda , India , Aspen-pharmacare , Indian-covishield , Adar-poonawalla , Astrazeneca , World-health-organization , World-economic-forum-in-davos , Serum-institute-of-india , Serum-institute , World-economic-forum , Sputnik-light

SA first among African countries to get mRNA vaccine technology in WHO project

The World Health Organisation said SA, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia would be the first on the continent to receive the technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines.

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SA first among African countries to get mRNA vaccine technology in WHO project

The World Health Organisation said SA, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia would be the first on the continent to receive the technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines.

Tunisia , Kenya , Nigeria , Egypt , Senegal , Reuters , World-health-organisation , Sunday-times , Business-day , Financial-mail , Vaccines

Africa looks to kick-start COVID vaccine production | Africa | DW

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

Germany , Egypt , Ghana , Rwanda , China , Cape-town , Western-cape , South-africa , Senegal , Rwandan , Chinese , German