Fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak to record over 4,000 cases
It is already the world’s second-largest epidemic after West Africa’s 2014-16 outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, when the World Health Organisation (WHO) recorded...
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SA prepares for potential new adult TB vaccine
The Department of Health has welcomed progress towards a new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, while confirming preparatory work to ensure timely access for South Africans as...
Egypt highlights health reform gains, calls for stronger global cooperation against rising health threats
Egypt highlighted major progress in disease elimination, universal health coverage, digital transformation, pharmaceutical security, and preventive medicine while calling for broader international partnerships to confront...
South Africa’s Biovac secures $15 million AfDB loan for Africa’s first end-to-end cholera vaccine plant
The African Development Bank has finalised a loan of up to $15 million for South African vaccine manufacturer Biovac. The financing will support a Cape...
Kenya, Ghana explore health partnership on UHC pharmaceutical manufacturing
Kenya and Ghana are exploring ways to strengthen cooperation in the health sector, with a focus on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), digital health, pharmaceutical manufacturing...
Egypt’s Vaccine City investments to reach EGP 12bn by 2030
Egypt’s Vaccine City and Biotechnology project is expected to attract investments worth EGP 12bn (approximately $240m) by 2030, Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel...
Chikungunya Vaccine Development in Africa Accelerated by ACT-CHIK
Institut Pasteur is launching ACT-CHIK (Accelerating Clinical Trials for CHIKungunya Vaccine in Africa), a four-year research project funded by the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking...