Six African countries to receive revolutionary mRNA technology to set up vaccine production centers: WHO

Six African countries to receive revolutionary mRNA technology to set up vaccine production centers: WHO

• The World Health Organization has announced that six African countries will be given the revolutionary mRNA technology to set up their own vaccine production centers helping the continent acquire self-reliance against the Covid pandemic.
• Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia will get the technology used in the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna jabs developed in Europe. The Senegalese president said the aim was to have 60% of vaccines administered in Africa produced in Africa as well.
• In the future, the new African vaccine hub might also produce jabs for diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV. A ceremony marking the mRNA technology transfer will be held later in Brussels at a summit between the European Union and the African Union.

Published date : 19 Feb 2022 05:57PM