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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 pandemic and further been persuading African leaders about the need to seriously prioritize the manufact...

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 the World Health Organization (WHO). This is a huge step in the fight to eradicate malaria, a disea...