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The low rate of coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths in West and Central Africa is the focus of a debate that has divided scientists on the continent and beyond. Have the sick or dead simply not been counted? If Covid has in fact done less damage here, why is that? If it has been just as vicious, how have we missed it?

The answers “are relevant not just to us, but have implications for the greater public good,” said Austin Demby, Sierra Leone’s health minister, in an interview in Freetown, the capital.

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Africa CDC has MOU with Pfizer for supplies of COVID-19 pill

Thu, 2022-03-10 13:50 — mike kraft

Africa CDC has MOU with Pfizer for supplies of COVID-19 pill Africa's top public health agency has agreed a memorandum of understanding with Pfizer to bring supplies of the pharmaceutical firm's Paxlovid antiviral COVID-19 pills to the continent, its director said on Thursday. Reuters Reuters

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Moderna to set up mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Kenya

Wed, 2022-03-09 15:33 — mike kraft

Moderna to set up mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Kenya Moderna Inc said on Monday it would set up a manufacturing facility in Kenya, its first in Africa, to produce messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, including COVID-19 shots. Reuters Reuters

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Analysis: Why are COVID vaccination rates still low in some countries

Thu, 2022-03-03 15:35 — mike kraft

Why are COVID vaccination rates still low in some countries? Why are COVID-19 vaccination rates still low in some countries? Limited supplies remain a problem, but experts say other challenges now include unpredictable deliveries, weak health care systems and vaccine hesitancy. AP NEWS

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WHO sees little impact on COVID-19 vaccine supplies to Africa from Ukraine war

Thu, 2022-03-03 15:30 — mike kraft

WHO sees little impact on COVID-19 vaccine supplies to Africa from Ukraine war The World Health Organization does not expect any immediate impact on vaccine supply to Africa from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, senior officials on the continent said on Thursday. Reuters Reuters

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Ebola: Overview of current state of vaccine development

Fri, 2021-12-10 22:50 — mike kraft

Current state of Ebola virus vaccines: A snapshot plospathogens

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Vaccines are finally available in many African countries, but some people there, as well as in South Asia, are wary of taking them.

Wed, 2021-12-01 17:31 — mike kraft

JOHANNESBURG — The detection of the Omicron variant in Africa signals the next stage of the battle against Covid-19: getting many more people inoculated in poorer nations where vaccines have been scarcest in order to deter new mutations from developing.

But while world leaders sometimes talk about this as if it were largely a matter of delivering doses overseas, the experience of South Africa, at least, hints at a far more complex set of challenges.

Like many poor countries, South Africa was made to wait months for vaccines as wealthier countries monopolized them. Many countries still do not have anywhere near enough doses to inoculate their populations.

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