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Analysis: Vaccines Given in Last 20 Years Could Prevent 50 Million Deaths in LMICs
New research, led by the Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium, including researchers at Imperial College London, assessed the impact of vaccination activities against 10 infectious diseases across 112 countries.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- Global
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DFC, IFC, EIB, and AFD Boosting COVID-19 Vaccine Production in Africa with Senegal-based Vaccine Manufacturer IPD
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, International Finance Corporation, European Investment Bank, and the French Development Agency announced their commitment to support Fondation Institut Pasteur de Dakar to bolster the production of COVID-19 vaccines in the country.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Why Africa’s Push to Make Vaccines Should Look Further Than COVID-19
It’s unlikely that vaccine manufacturing will offer Africa a quick fix for COVID-19. Countries on the continent are grappling with a diverse array of challenges.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Improving COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Around the World: Leveraging Partnerships and Technology to Optimize Medical Supply Chains
Effective vaccine distribution is key to overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic in low- and middle-income countries. Similar vaccination efforts for routine childhood diseases have been widely successful, but targeting an adult population presents unique challenges, say Wade Warren at Deloitte Consulting and Marian W. Wentworth at Management Sciences for Health. They explore four challenges that vaccine distribution efforts will face – and four tried-and-proven ways to improve the process.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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WHO is Supporting South African Consortium to Establish First COVID mRNA Vaccine Technology Transfer Hub
The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium comprising Biovac, Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, a network of universities and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish its first COVID mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Global Impact Announces $65.3 Million Raised for COVID-19 Relief
Global Impact, a leader in growing global philanthropy, today announced a total of $65.3 million in charitable giving for international COVID-19 relief.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Global
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Analysis: Coronavirus G7: Could One Billion More Vaccines for Poorer Countries Make a Difference?
The G7 group of leading industrial nations have pledged to donate one billion coronavirus vaccine doses to poorer countries.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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Mastercard Foundation to Deploy $1.3 Billion for 50 Million Vaccines in Africa and to Boost Africa’s CDC
Unlike the populations of many western nations, only about 2% of Africans have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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