Healthcare
Africa to ramp up vaccine production
Dakar-based vaccine manufacturing initiative could be a blueprint for vaccine manufacturing facilities across the continent
coronavirus
Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine uptake increases by 15%
Around 62 million doses were administered across the continent in February up from 54 million in January.
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WHO announces first technology recipients of mRNA vaccine hub with strong support from African and European partners
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia to establish mRNA vaccine production
Health
Africa needs to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination six-fold
The slow uptake in COVID-19 vaccines in Africa requires global partners and countries to reset their programmes.
Health
COVID-19 vaccines: AU, Africa CDC and COVAX call on donors and manufacturers to accelerate access
Joint statement on actions needed from 1 January 2022 on dose donations to African countries.
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Africa needs more funds to fight COVID-19
—Benedict Okey Oramah, President of Afreximbank and Chairman, Board of Trustees of the African Union COVID-19 Response Fund.
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COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa ramp up
The rise in vaccine shipments comes as Africa sees its second week of falling case numbers after a steep and unbroken eight-week surge.
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Tanzania receives first COVID-19 vaccine batch
Over 1 million Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses arrived on Saturday from the US.
Economic Development
Africa Day at HLPF: Post-COVID-19 green recovery needs clean energy, nature-based solutions and digitalization
Recovery will be challenging without increased supply of vaccines across the continent.
Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable development report shows devastating impact of COVID, ahead of ‘critical’ new phase
The pandemic erases decades of gains in development but response efforts show signs of renewed global commitment.
Health
Africa faces steepest COVID-19 surge yet
The COVID-19 upsurge comes as the vaccine supply crunch persists.
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Nine in 10 African countries set to miss urgent COVID-19 vaccination goal
Just 2% of the continent’s nearly 1.3 billion people have received one dose and only 9.4 million Africans are fully vaccinated.