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World Leaders Launch Programme to Boost Vaccine Production in Africa

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The African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator is a newly announced initiative aimed at boosting local vaccine manufacturing in Africa. The project, launched by French President Emmanuel Macron and several African leaders, aims to provide financial incentives to offset start-up costs for vaccine manufacturers on the continent. Germany has committed $318 million to the scheme, with Macron stating that it will be an essential step towards creating a genuine African vaccine market. Currently, Africa imports 99% of its vaccines at high cost, highlighting the need for local production.

  1. European Union
    1. Importantly, it will also support the sustainable growth of Africa's manufacturing base and contribute to the African Union's ambition to produce most vaccines required by African countries on the continent.
  2. ET
    Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
    World Health Organization
    1. We cannot allow the same thing to happen next time. And there will be a next time.
    2. There is no doubt that the delays in reaching low-income countries and communities with vaccines cost lives.
  3. ZA
    Helen Rees
    Wits RHI Research Institute
    1. COVID started a dialogue about access to vaccines, medicines and diagnostics – everything you need to control outbreaks and to stop vaccine-preventable diseases. And that dialogue is centred around equity and how we increase access in the African region.
    2. By the time we got really good access to vaccines here [in Africa], many countries had already experienced COVID outbreaks, many people had immunity from natural infection. The impact of the vaccines was much less here simply because we got them too late.
  4. David Cameron
    Conservative Party
    1. When the next pandemic hits, even if our leaders in the rich Western countries are angels, the pressure to hold on to your own vaccines, for your own people, is always going to be irresistible.

sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.France 24
  3. 3.The Times of India
  4. 4.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.Vaccination
  2. 2.Covid-19 Pandemic
  3. 3.Monkey Pox
  4. 4.Ebola Virus
  5. 5.China-Africa Relations

countries

  1. 1.South AfricaZA
  2. 2.BotswanaBW
  3. 3.GhanaGH
  4. 4.RwandaRW
  5. 5.SenegalSN
  6. 6.FranceFR
  7. 7.CanadaCA
  8. 8.CameroonCM
  9. 9.GermanyDE
  10. 10.United KingdomGB
  11. 11.JapanJP
  12. 12.Korea, Republic ofKR

organizations

  1. 1.GAVI
  2. 2.African Union
  3. 3.Vaccine Alliance
  4. 4.Wits University
  5. 5.Biovac
  6. 6.EuBiologics
  7. 7.University of the Witwatersrand
  8. 8.Gates Foundation
  9. 9.European Union
  10. 10.World Health Organization

persons

  1. 1.Emmanuel MacronFR
  2. 2.Moussa Faki Mahamat
  3. 3.Helen ReesZA
  4. 4.Jose Manuel Barroso
  5. 5.Sania Nishtar
  6. 6.David Cameron
  7. 7.Olaf ScholzDE
  8. 8.Jill Biden
  9. 9.Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusET

technicals

  1. 1.African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator
  2. 2.Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation
World Leaders Launch Programme to Boost Vaccine Production in Africa