Xinhua | The Ethiopian government has launched the construction of a vaccine manufacturing company, ShieldVax Enterprise, to stimulate local vaccine production for domestic consumption and export,...
"With the incredible growth of Omicron globally, new variants are likely to emerge," warned WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Reuters |Nigeria will start a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign later this week, aiming to inoculate half of its targeted population by the end of January, government...
By David Walwyn The lack of vaccine production capacity in African countries has been the subject of much concern and hand-wringing in the wake of the...
JIS | With the expected increase in the supply of vaccines, Jamaica Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, is encouraging the population to protect their wellbeing by getting...
In a bid to push for successful vaccination campaigns in the Caribbean, the region’s public health agency met last week for the 65th Health Research Conference...
JIS | Jamaica’s Minister of Health and Wellness, Christopher Tufton, says the COVID-19 trends are moving in the right direction but continues to implore Jamaicans to...
Xinhua | Nigeria’s federal government has said it will delay the local production of the COVID-19 vaccine due to the inability to procure the required technology...
"So long as Africa remains dependent on other regions for vaccines, we will always be at the back of the queue" - Rwanda President Paul Kagame
South African scientists have discovered how some people can make potent antibodies capable of neutralizing strains of HIV, taking researchers a step closer to developing a...
