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Africa: Vaccine supply crunch adds to risk of COVID-19 resurgence  6 May 2021 at 17:43 |  300 views With Africa-bound COVID-19 vaccine doses from the Serum Institute of India delayed for the foreseeable future, slow vaccine rollouts and new variants making inroads, the risk of a new wave of infections in Africa remains high. Delays and shortages of vaccine supplies are driving African countries to slip further behind the rest of the world in the COVID-19 vaccine roll out and the continent now accounts for only 1% of the vaccines administered worldwide, down from 2% a few weeks ago. CO...

Vaccine supply crunch adds to risk of COVID-19 resurgence Format 6 May 2021 Brazzaville, 6 May 2021 - With Africa-bound COVID-19 vaccine doses from the Serum Institute of India delayed for the foreseeable future, slow vaccine rollouts and new variants making inroads, the risk of a new wave of infections in Africa remains high. Delays and shortages of vaccine supplies are driving African countries to slip further behind the rest of the world in the COVID-19 vaccine roll out and the continent now accounts for only 1% of the vaccines administered worldwide, down from 2% a few weeks ago. COVID-19...

Logistics/Procurement Job in South Sudan, requiring 5-9 years of experience, from AAH - I; closing on 24 Mar 2021

English News and Press Release on Kenya about Health and Epidemic; published on 02 Mar 2021 by GAVI, UNICEF and 2 other organizations

COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Nigeria Format Abuja, 2 March 2021 - Today, Nigeria received nearly 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. The arrival marked a historic step towards the goal to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally, in what will be the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history. The delivery is part of a first wave of arrivals in Nigeria that will continue in the coming days and weeks. COVAX shipped 3.94 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxfo...