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By CEPI September 1, 2023 1st September 2023; Oslo, Norway; Seoul, Republic of Korea: The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness…
August 29, 2023 Gaborone – Senior Africa health officials, donors and development partners convened today on…
By Correspondent August 30, 2023 NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 28 – Kenya is the fourth largest…
Doctors conduct a medical operation at Masaka Hospital in Kicukiro District. Rwanda has an ambitious…
Nontobeko Mlambo/ AllAfrica Participants of the Walk the Talk, Walk for Life to End NCDs…
Eschewing profit, over the past 20 years researchers at the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative…
Delegates during the 9th African Medicines Regulators Conference (AMRC) on Wednesday, in Kigali on August…
The COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), a multi-stakeholder partnership to facilitate sharing of intellectual property…
KAKAMEGA, Kenya, Aug 30 – Cabinet has approved the establishment of three funds that will…
By Geoffrey Kamadi NAIROBI, Apr 7 2023 (IPS) – The disease burden and distribution of…
By Meghan Rosen The patient arrived at the hospital one hot night in Masi-Manimba, an…
Six mobile vaccine-production units developed by German pharmaceutical company BioNTech have arrived in Rwanda. This…
PRESS RELEASE Kigali, Rwanda 10/03/2023. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)…
Med Aditus is pleased to announce the launch of the Brown Bag Lunch Talk Series….
By Winston Morgan and Shazma Bashir The recent deaths of over 300 children in Africa…
By: Ogechi Ekeanyanwu and Jackie Opara Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) – a set of 20…
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, 13 February 2023 – Today Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which supports access…
A lack of access to healthcare and medicines has been fuelling a host of opportunists aimed…
By JEMIMAH MUENI NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 2 – Esophageal cancer is now the leading cause…
By Magnifique Migisha Rwanda’s health sector has implemented a number of public relations (PR) campaigns…
PRESS RELEASE: The commitments include new funding, drug donations, and new endorsements of the Kigali…
By Uwem Friday Ekpo Neglected tropical diseases are a group of communicable diseases found in…
A child or young person died every 4.4 seconds in 2021, and millions more could…
WHO is launching today a new strategy to respond to the urgent problem of antimalarial…
PRESS RELEASE Durban, South Africa – JSE Limited listed Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited (“Aspen”) a global multinational…
FROM CAPITAL NEWS: KAKAMEGA, Kenya, Dec 11 – An International nonprofit organization, Program for Appropriate…
By Kaushik Ramaiya Noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular conditions account for 41…
By OJWANG JOE KISUMU, Kenya, Nov 22 — Kisumu County Government has developed a primary…
PRESS RELEASE: NAIROBI, KENYA (November 17, 2022) – Today, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill…
By Sarah Johnson in Cape Town Weaving her way through the narrow alleyways running between…
By BRUHAN MAKONG Nairobi, Kenya, Nov 11- Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha says the government…
By Maarten Brouwer The Covid-19 crisis has taught us that the health challenges of today…
BySUSAN NYAWIRA NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 9 – Kenya is set to receive USD433million(Sh52.7billion) from the…
BySUSAN NYAWIRA NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 9 – Nairobi is the only African city listed among…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Chiara Canzi Chief Communications Officer chiara[email protected] (434) 249-5930 www.medaditus.org Med…
‘Out of sight’: our work on river blindness featured in German magazine GEO 240 million…
The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved the establishment of the African Pharmaceutical…
By Lenias Hwenda Most African countries depend heavily on international donor funding to support healthcare,…
By James Ndwaru The prospective stability and economic recovery expected under the new administration in…
By Edwin Musoni President Paul Kagame has said that there is all evidence to indicate…
“Our message to the global investor community is, therefore, this: Africa is ready for business….
By Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu with Quartz Africa Vaccine nationalism during the covid-19 pandemic resulted in advocacy…
By Matilda Atieno with The County Government of Kisumu Kisumu Governor earlier today hosted the…
By Capital News MURANGA, Kenya, Aug 29 – Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata says the county…
By Jasmine Gadhavi with The Guardian Togo has been praised by the World Health Organization…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Burkina Faso has built its first pharmaceutical production plant, specializing…
Dhiren Thakker, President and CEO of Med Aditus, sat down with Natalie Yeadon, C0-Founder and…
W.H.O. Africa Accra/Brazzaville – Noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are increasingly…
By Chidi Victor Nweneka and Tolu Disu with the Brookings Institute Editor’s Note:Below is a…
By: Janet Byaruhanga with Africa Renewal, a podcast from the U.N. Although pharmaceutical products are…
Q&A with Frannie Léautier, CEO, SouthBridge Investments Interview by Alison Buckholtz with the International Finance…
By Collins Mwai with The New Times Vaccine equity is about creating readiness for the…
By Annika Hammerschlag with VOA Dakar, Senegal — The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed stark vaccine inequities…
ACCESS TO MEDICINE FOUNDATION REPORT New analysis: Just 7% of pharmaceutical companies’ R&D is for…
By Tamsin Metelerkamp with Daily Maverick (South Africa) The launch of the Nant South Africa…
ByNJOKI KIHIU with News Capital NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 20 – The Ministry of Health has…
By CEPI DAKAR, Senegal and OSLO, Norway; 18 January 2022: The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness…
By Emmanuel Ntirenganya with The New Times President Paul Kagame has called upon all national…
By Githinji Gitahi with Mail & Guardian In February 2019, the African Union Assembly made…
By Hudson Kuteesa with The New Times China will donate at least four million doses…
By Hernan Saenz, Joshua Hinkel, and Tessa Bysong with Bain & Company For more than…
By Victor Raballa Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical market leader, Square Pharmaceuticals, will kick off the production of…
By IGIHE The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed Africa’s inadequate capabilities and capacity to manufacture and…
By Robert Ojwang’ with Kenya News Agency Kisumu County has initiated talks with Novartis –…
By CAROLYNE TANUI with Capital FM NAIROBI, Kenya, October 25 – Nairobi was named Africa’s…
By David Coffey With Radio France Internationale The World Health Organization has said the only…
By Wanjiku Njugunah with The Exchange The Africa Pulse report notes that Sub-Saharan Africa exits…
By Melody Chironda with allAfrica Cape Town — Google has announced plans to invest U.S.$1…
UNITED NATIONS Press Release The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria…
MODERNA PRESS RELEASE CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 7, 2021– Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotechnology company…
By Kerry Cullinan with Health Policy Watch Africans are a step closer to speedier access…
Coalition For Access to NCD Medicines and Products With low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) increasingly…
PRESS RELEASE: All Kenyans will be compelled to be members of the National Hospital Insurance…
By FATIHA SHABIR with Capital News NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 1 – Kenya expects to receive…
By Monique Wasunna, Researcher, Kenya Medical Research Institute for The Conversation Eleven years ago, in…
By Bob Karashani and Ange Iliza, The East African Rwanda hit the September global target…
Statement from the Independent Allocation of Vaccines Group of COVAX The Independent Allocation Vaccine Group…
By Brian Ngugi, Business Reporter, Nation Media Group What you need to know: Health Cabinet Secretary…
From the Rwanda Development Board IFC, Government of Rwanda Partner to Develop Vaccine Manufacturing Capacity…
From Egypt’s State Information Service Prime minister Mostafa Madbouli said a complex of the Holding…
From the Africa CDC 30 August 2021 – African Union Member States will receive an additional 10 million doses…
Rwanda, along with Senegal are being considered by BioNTech, a German biotechnology company, for the…
Egypt’s State Information Service Egypt will release its locally-produced doses of the Chinese Sinovac coronavirus…
Journalists in the country have been advised against sensationalizing reporting on the CoVID-19 vaccines but…
The Ministry of Health has confirmed a polio outbreak in the country. The polio viruses…
Rwanda has launched door-to-door Covid-19 vaccinations for vulnerable groups, including the elderly. By Ange Iliza…
Malawi had nearly 7 million malaria cases last year, more than a third of the…
Senegal and the European Commission are in a partnership to build a vaccine manufacturing plant…
Effective COVID-19 vaccines arrived in record time. That success story, years in the making, offers…
A combination of more use of mosquito-treated nets and indoor residual spraying preventive interventions has seen Rwanda…
Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN)Pfizer and BioNTech will start to manufacture their Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa,…
28-year-old Olive Mujawamariya first felt mildly sick five days ago. The expectant mother of one…
July 20, 2021; Oslo, Norway and Seoul, Republic of Korea: The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations…
Health care should be equitable. This means it must be accessible to anyone, regardless of…
Artificial intelligence is to be used to tackle the most deadly parasitic diseases in the…
Rwanda has put its capital Kigali back under total lockdown for 10 days effective July…
GENEVA, July 16 (Reuters) – Nearly 50 African countries are to receive 25 million COVID-19…
Brazzaville, 15 July 2021 – Africa has recorded a 43% week-on-week rise in COVID-19 deaths, as…
By Emmanuel Ntirenganya Rwanda has signed a Rwf3.6 billion agreement with the European Union (EU)…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 10- The National Treasury has allocated Sh20.5 billion for the manufacturing sector…
Dr. John Nkengasong heads the Ethiopia-based Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which…
President Paul Kagame has called for urgency and excellence in strengthening and building Africa’s capacity…
DAKAR, June 6 (Reuters) – Senegal could begin producing COVID-19 vaccines next year under an…
The World Bank announced a partnership with the African Union Tuesday to finance the acquisition…
The federal government yesterday explained that the production of the first local vaccine for COVID-19…
A lot has been said in the last couple of months about developing the African…
The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines that Canadians are receiving could be just the first in a new…
ZURICH, June 21 (Reuters) – Africa is working with the European Union and other partners…
The COVID-19 crisis has revived discussions on localising vaccine manufacturing to the African region to reduce the dependence on…
The African continent has to be an equal partner with the rest of the world…
PARIS (AP) — Production of another potential vaccine against COVID-19 will begin within weeks, its…
As preparations are made for the G7 Summit in the UK next week, top of…
ChulaCov19 designer Kiat Ruxrungtham talks about his aim to make Thailand an mRNA vaccine hub,…
Prashant Yadav, an expert on healthcare supply chains, says the world is too dependent on…
JOHANNESBURG, May 28 (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday France would invest in…
Last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Africa needs at least 20 million doses…
Germany’s health minister, Jens Spahn, is in South Africa as part of an initiative to…
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday signed…
World Health Organization (Geneva) PRESS RELEASE The World Health Assembly, the main governing body of…
Support to temporarily lift intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines by the United States, France…
President Paul Kagame has made a case for production of vaccines in the region saying…
The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) has expressed its members’ readiness to…
“As a future-ready bank, we cannot continue to operate as a traditional bank.” By Gladys…
The number of lives claimed by communicable diseases nationwide fell by 12 percentage points in…
“I have been assured that by June next year, this facility will be a fully…
The Regional Centre of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management, located at…
King Faisal Hospital has secured $14M for expansion from the Eastern and Southern African Trade…
For decades, Africa has imported 99% of its vaccines. Now the continent’s leaders want to…
By Ghanaian Times Ghana will become the hub of pharmaceutical production in Sub Saharan Africa…
PRESS RELEASE By Regional Office for Africa Brazzaville — Less than 2% of the 690…
Rwanda is in negotiations with Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers to see how the jab can be…
By Leah Wilson and Saul Butera with Bloomberg Rwandan President Paul Kagame said his country…
President Paul Kagame on Tuesday called on global leaders to invest more and to spend…
If parliament formally approves the nomination of Justice Martha Koome as the next Chief Justice…
The Med Aditus team would like to congratulate Project Manager Lauren Frank and husband Nathan…
They are 20 disparate diseases that, like mines, unduly affect the world’s poorest people. Now…
Whenever a new infectious outbreak threatens global health, pharmaceutical companies, governments, international organizations, and philanthropies…
For decades, Africa has imported 99% of its vaccines. Now the continent’s leaders want to…
African Union Heads of State and over 40,000 esteemed participants attended a virtual summit on…
Oslo, Norway, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; April 13, 2021—The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)…
Kagame highlighted that there is a company that is capable of this technique, citing that…
Côte d’Ivoire has successfully eliminated human African trypanosomiasis, also known as “sleeping sickness”, as a…
From Reuters Johnson & Johnson has agreed to supply up to 400 million doses of…
By James Karuhanga with The New Times Rwanda More than 20 world leaders including President…
By: Economic Commission for Africa Speaking at an Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) high-level panel…
From The Zimbabwe Mail Only two African countries have ratified the African Union’s treaty for…
Côte d’Ivoire has successfully eliminated human African trypanosomiasis, also known as “sleeping sickness”, as a…
By Nasra Bishumba with The New Times Rwanda In a bid to revive the manufacturing, the…
By Access to Medicine Foundation New analysis: Just 7% of pharmaceutical companies’ R&D is for…
KIGALI, RWANDA – UNICEF and Airtel have launched the Internet of Good Things in Rwanda –…
Today, on World Water Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its strategy on water,…
Rotary International, World Vision, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced commitments totaling…
The director-general, World Trade Organisation ( WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said Africa needs to…
The National Animal Genetic Resources Center and Databank (NAGRC&DB) has finalised plans to introduce highly-efficient…
As COVID-19 swept through the world, everything changed. Countries, societies, and communities have been reshaped,…
Uganda plans to start its first phase of vaccinations on March 10 after receiving the…
Viewpoint by Joelle Tanguy, Director of External Affairs, DNDi ‘No one should be excluded from…
COPENHAGEN/NEW YORK, 25 February 2021 – UNICEF and AstraZeneca this week signed a long-term agreement for the supply of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca on behalf…
Fifty district and referral hospitals across the country on Thursday, March 4, received over 347,000…
A huge trove of aggregated data on malaria parasites from around the globe is unlocking…
President Paul Kagame on Wednesday, March 3, commended efforts by the COVAX framework to avail Covid-19 vaccines…
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has become the first woman and the first African to be chosen…
Rwanda is set to be the first country on the African continent to use Artificial…
The COVAX initiative shipped 504,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, licensed by the Serum Institute…
The World Health Organization’s global vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX delivered its first COVID-19 shots on Wednesday…
Geneva/New York/Oslo, 24 February 2021 – Today, Ghana became the first country outside India to…
Statement by UNICEF Representative in Ghana, Anne-Claire Dufay and WHO Representative to Ghana, Dr Francis…
The arrival of COVID-19 in 2020 has rapidly reshaped countries, societies and communities. Our response…
The newly-appointed head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has told the BBC that vaccine…
Okonjo-Iweala was appointed by the WTO after the last remaining rival candidate, South Korean trade…
As Rwanda prepares to receive a million Covid-19 vaccines later this month, Minster of Health…
On the two-year anniversary of the establishment of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty, over…
The current situation with regard to the access and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines vividly illustrates…
The Rwanda government has engaged the African Union (AU) on the acquisition of Covid-19 vaccines…
Some 2.4 million people in Rwanda are benefiting from telemedicine services provided by Babyl, a…
Over the last eight years, the Government of Rwanda has deliberately considered and studied the…
Rwanda is in line to get over 1.1 million Covid-19 vaccine doses in the first…
While Africa’s engagement and partnership with developed countries is important, it ought to be on…
President Lazarus Chakwera on Sunday evening announced that Malawi- has finally secured doses of the…
President Paul Kagame has called for increased domestic financing for health on the African continent…
Rwanda ranks sixth among the countries that handled Covid-19 outbreak best, according to a new…
From Monash University Prof. William (Bill) Neil Charman of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical…
In December of 2019, Research Triangle Park welcomed Med Aditus International Inc., a nonprofit organization…
Rwanda continues to register increasing number of Covid-19 cases and deaths, yet the country has not yet…
Global gaps in access to Covid-19 vaccines are raising concerns that the continued spread of…
Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has temporarily banned the sale and use of Unibrol…
In Rwanda, there are a couple of sectors to watch in the year that are…
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, (January 11, 2021) – Med Aditus International, Inc. is pleased to announce…
Vaccinating the global population against COVID-19 is one of the most immense distribution and logistical…
Thirty years ago, I attended primary school in Rwanda. My family had no access to…
Rwanda based manufacturers are eligible for tax credits starting this year as part of the…
In less than a year, the world has come together to develop effective COVID-19 vaccines…
Med Aditus was featured in the Biz Briefs section of Durham Magazine’s December 2020/January 2021…
The new law governing Rwandan nationality offers preferential treatment to people with special skills, talents…
As African countries kick off trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement,…
Each week, the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative team highlights figures related to African economic growth…
Between February and April, more than $100 billion in financial capital flowed out of emerging…
Within the span of 10 days, regulators in the United Kingdom and the United States…
Government is looking to attract alternative financing for early stage ventures if the new draft…
The end of the pandemic is in sight but we must not let our guard…
The World Bank’s Board of Directors on December 16, 2020 approved $150 million (about Rwf145 billion)…
More than 80% of the world’s population currently lives in low- and middle-income countries. Regrettably, the…
Starting January, the Government will roll out tax incentives, for two years, to help stimulate…
Monitoring the spread of infectious diseases through surveillance programmes is fundamental to maintaining good public…
CDC Group, Development Partners International, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to…
by Thin Lei Win | @thinink | Thomson Reuters Foundation British Medical Journal says rich…
The partnership framework shows that the $1.2bn that was committed will go into five broad…
“We must end the pandemic through the rapid and equitable distribution of vaccines in every…
In the conversation, moderated by the President of the World Economic Forum Borge Brende, President…
In 2017, Kenya became the first country in Africa to receive the generic treatment with…
A survey conducted by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, in partnership with…
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, (December 2, 2020) – Med Aditus International, Inc. and Rymedi announce a…
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, (September 24, 2020) – Today marks the official launch of Med Aditus…