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Vaccine shortfall risks spread of deadly new mpox strain

Disputes over pricing between Big Pharma and African states delayed response as did poor testing and surveillance

It took less than a year for the virus to resurface in Congo-Kinshasa after the World Health Organization (WHO) had announced in May 2023 that the global mpox...


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Delays to Mpox vaccine supplies raise concerns

Anger as WHO’s slow response shows lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic have not brought much change

The slow pace of delivering Mpox vaccines and limited funding for scientific research into the severity of strains suggests that Africa is little more prepared for Mpox than...

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After the pandemic panic, Big Pharma exits Africa

Moderna's mothballing of a $200m vaccine plant has prompted a backlash from politicians and health professionals

When United States' pharmaceutical giant Moderna halted plans for a US$200 million vaccine factory near Nairobi it dealt a double-blow: to Kenya's ambitions as a healthcare manufacturing...


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Draft pandemic treaty could force Big Pharma to share vaccines with developing countries

Major battles lie ahead as negotiations on a new treaty to set rules for production and distribution of life-saving drugs

Negotiations on protocols for a global and national level pandemic response have started with the World Health Organization's (WHO) Intergovernmental Negotiating Body's (INB) publication of a 'zero-draft' of...

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Who will buy?

Barely 12 months ago there was real urgency in efforts to develop Covid-19 vaccine production facilities in Africa, and even United States President Joe Biden backed some kind...


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Vaccine patent negotiators agree compromise formula

World Trade Organization chief Okonjo-Iweala applauds progress but warns of struggle to convince all members states to back it

The lead team of negotiators has agreed a compromise on patents waiver over three to five years for Covid-19 vaccines which will require ratification by all WTO members....

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Nkengasong sings

The African Union's decision to grant autonomy to the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention marks a victory for its highly regarded director John Nkengasong, who had...


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Getting jabs in arms

More surveillance, new immunology and sequencing research spur calls for continental health security strategy

The crisis in international vaccination efforts shows no signs of abating as tens of millions of vaccines are due to expire in the coming weeks and G20 countries...

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Continent ramps up vaccine production as G20 countries fail to join international distribution plan

Vaccine nationalism, supercharged by fears of the Omicron variant, pushes African countries towards local manufacturing

The indefinite postponement of the World Trade Organization's meeting on a temporary waiver of the intellectual property rights on Covid vaccines, and the emergence of the Omicron variant...

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