Germany’s health minister, Jens Spahn, is in South Africa as part of an initiative to assist vaccine production on the continent. But improving manufacuting capacity is still set to be a long journey. By Ineke Mules German Health Minister Jens Spahn touched down in South
World Health Organization (Geneva) PRESS RELEASE The World Health Assembly, the main governing body of the World Health Organization, has adopted a new resolution that aims to revitalize and accelerate efforts to end malaria, a preventable and treatable disease that continues to claim more than 400 000
For decades, Africa has imported 99% of its vaccines. Now the continent’s leaders want to bring manufacturing home. By Aisling Irwin with Nature Prompted by the pandemic, Africa’s leaders are on a path to ramp up capacity in vaccine manufacturing and boost the continent’s regulatory
By Ghanaian Times Ghana will become the hub of pharmaceutical production in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) on the back of COVID-19 vaccines. According to Fitch Solutions, the country continues to work towards its aim of establishing itself as a pharmaceutical hub on the continent. The
The Med Aditus team would like to congratulate Project Manager Lauren Frank and husband Nathan on welcoming their newest addition Ezra James LaMere Frank to the team. Ezra was born on Thursday, April 29 at 8:37 am, weighing 7 lbs 7 oz. Ezra shares his
Whenever a new infectious outbreak threatens global health, pharmaceutical companies, governments, international organizations, and philanthropies scramble to develop new vaccines. But intellectual property, price, and other access provisions can get in the way. By Julia Barnes-Weise and Kendall Hoyt Whenever a new infectious outbreak threatens
For decades, Africa has imported 99% of its vaccines. Now the continent’s leaders want to bring manufacturing home. By Aisling Irwin with Nature Prompted by the pandemic, Africa’s leaders are on a path to ramp up capacity in vaccine manufacturing and boost the continent’s regulatory
Kagame highlighted that there is a company that is capable of this technique, citing that it is ready and willing just as Moderna and Pfizer have been doing. By Edwin Ashimwe with The New Times Rwanda President Paul Kagame has issued a rallying call to
By James Karuhanga with The New Times Rwanda More than 20 world leaders including President Paul Kagame, President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and the head of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros
By Access to Medicine Foundation New analysis: Just 7% of pharmaceutical companies’ R&D is for children under 12, despite significant gaps in paediatric treatment options. Out of more than a thousand R&D projects assessed in the 2021 Access to Medicine Index, only 69 are for
