Rwanda Launches Vaccine Trial to Combat Marburg Virus Outbreak
Rwanda has initiated a trial of an experimental vaccine against the Marburg virus in response to an ongoing outbreak that has claimed 12 lives since […]
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Uganda to destroy 6.7 million euros worth of out-of-date Covid-19 vaccines
The Ugandan authorities are to destroy 5.6 million out-of-date doses of Covid-19 vaccine, worth an estimated 6.7 million euros, according to a report presented to […]
BioNTech’s first African messenger RNA vaccine production center inaugurated in Rwanda
BioNTech’s first messenger RNA vaccine production center in Africa, the “BioNtainer” – so named because it is made from recycled containers – has been inaugurated […]
Cape Verde extends HPV vaccination to boys
Now, “to enable gender equality and equity and prevent HPV-caused cancers in boys, the Ministry of Health will extend vaccination to boys aged 10 to […]
South Africa: one death from cholera, a first in 15 years
A 24-year-old man has died of cholera in South Africa despite the fact that the country has not had a death linked to the infectious […]
Cholera outbreak in Mozambique killed a total of 37 people
“The victims are among the 5,260 cases registered by Mozambican authorities at a time when the country is going through a period marked by illness […]
Angola begins administering fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine on next Monday
The Angolan Minister of Health announced the beginning, on next Monday, of the fourth booster dose of the vaccine against Covid-19, a disease with more […]
Malawi needs cholera vaccine
Malawi has asked the United Nations for more cholera vaccines in an attempt to contain an epidemic that has already killed 128 people and could […]
South Africa: two deaths after Covid-19 vaccination
South Africa’s drug regulator has reported two fatal cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a rare neurological condition, in people who received the Covid-19 vaccine from […]
Covid-19: Mozambique already has more than 1.3 million vaccines for children
The Mozambican Ministry of Health has received over 1.3 million vaccines for the immunization of children, aged between 12 and 17 years old, against covid-19, […]