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South African Medical Schemes May No Longer Need to Subsidize COVID Vaccines Opens in a new window)
Medical schemes, funds that pool member contributions to cover healthcare costs, have been in talks with the government over funding vaccines for those without access to private health cover as well as their own members. -
COVAX Delivers its First Vaccine Shots with Shipment to Ghana Opens in a new window)
The delivery comes eight months after the launch of the COVAX initiative, aimed at pooling funds from wealthier countries and non-profits to distribute vaccines equitably around the world.Comments
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Implementation of Medicines Pricing Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for a Systematic Review
A new systematic review analyzing drug pricing policies in sub-Saharan Africa.Comments
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EU Backs Donating COVID-19 Shots to African Health Workers Opens in a new window)
The European Union has contributed an additional 500 million euros ($606 million) to the WHO-backed COVAX programme to supply COVID-19 shots to emerging economies, doubling the bloc’s initial contribution.Comments
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India Sends First Vaccine Doses to Africa Under WHO's COVAX Programme Opens in a new window)
India, the world’s biggest maker of vaccines, has shipped over 17 million vaccine doses to more than two dozen countries - including around 6 million as gifts to partners such as Bangladesh and Nepal.Comments
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Guinea Starts Ebola Vaccine Campaign as Cases Emerge Opens in a new window)
Guinea has recorded four confirmed and four probable cases, including five deaths, in the first resurgence of Ebola since the 2013-2016 outbreak that killed 11,300 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.Comments
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South Africa Says J&J, Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines Those for 'Immediate Use' Opens in a new window)
The country started rolling out the J&J vaccine in a research study targeting healthcare workers last week and hopes to receive Pfizer doses in the coming months.Comments
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African Union says Russia Offers 300 Million Doses of Sputnik V Vaccine Opens in a new window)
The 55-member AU hopes to see 60% of the continent’s 1.3 billion people immunised over roughly the next three years.Comments
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South Africa Leads Backlash Against Big Pharma Over Covid Vaccine Access Opens in a new window)
Pressure mounts for patent waivers to allow poorer countries to develop their own manufacturing capacity to boost availability.Comments
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South Africa Advisers Back Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine After Study Opens in a new window)
The country is counting on the Pfizer shot, developed with German partner BioNTech, to step up its vaccination programme after administering its first Johnson & Johnson doses on Wednesday.Comments
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WHO Deploys Team to Battle Ebola Outbreaks Opens in a new window)
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Thursday it is sending a team of experts to Guinea and Congo to battle Ebola outbreaks there.Comments
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More Than 11,000 Ebola Vaccines Expected in Guinea this Weekend Opens in a new window)
The 11,000 doses are being prepared in Geneva and over 8,600 more doses will be shipped from the United States to battle the outbreak, which Guinea declared over the weekend.Comments
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Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine arrives in SA
The first delivery of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine arrived in South Africa on the evening of 16 February 2021.Comments
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South Africa Plans to Share AstraZeneca Vaccine, First J&J Shots Expected Opens in a new window)
The country paused the rollout of AstraZeneca doses this month, after preliminary trial data showed they offered minimal protection against mild to moderate illness from the country’s dominant coronavirus variant.Comments
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WHO Alerts Six African Countries After Ebola Outbreaks Opens in a new window)
Guinea declared an outbreak of the virus on Sunday in the first return of the disease there since the 2013-2016 outbreak, while Congo has confirmed four new cases this month.Comments
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