The latest vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, is a product of the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended a new, inexpensive malaria vaccine to prevent malaria in children that can be produced on a massive scale. The latest vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, …
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Man behind revolutionary vaccine says disease can now be eradicated COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation has approved a new vaccine that scientists argue will be a game-changer in the fight against malaria, which kills half a million people in Africa every year. (In contrast, COVID-19 has …
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Pessimism rules at Eastern & Southern Africa pharmaceutical manufacturing conference Entebbe, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The clamour for Africa to ramp up its vaccine manufacturing portfolio has grown but players in pharmaceutical production on the continent say it will take more than boardroom talk for the continent to realise that …
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18 million doses allocated to 12 African countries for 2023–2025 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In response to high demand for the first-ever malaria vaccine, Uganda has been listed among 12 countries in Africa that will be allocated a total of 18 million doses of RTS,S/AS01 for the 2023–2025 period. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twelve countries across different regions in Africa are set to receive 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine over the next two years. According to the latest statement by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the allocations have been determined through the application of …
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Forward-looking vaccine research is key to fighting cholera and other life-threatening diseases. Kampala, Uganda | Charlie Weller | Despite numerous successful immunisation campaigns, global vaccine coverage has plateaued over the last decade. The COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruptions to routine and reactive vaccination programmes, alongside the impact of conflict and natural disasters …
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Nearly every minute, a child under five dies of malaria, according to the WHO Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ghana on April 13 became the first country to approve public usage of a new experimental vaccine for children to protect them from malaria. The R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine is a low-dose …
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It is being administered to children aged 9 months in the routine immunisation programme Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | The Ministry of Health will vaccinate over 1.9 million children against yellow fever with support from UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Gavi In 2022, Uganda was one of 14 countries …
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Partnership of 8 countries mooted at Kampala meeting COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | A consortium of African civil society organisations has kick-started a campaign to change the continent’s gloomy situation regarding vaccines and other essential pharmaceutical products. Of all vaccines administered on the continent, only 1% of these vaccines are …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) has started immunizing children aged nine months against yellow. This brings the total number of diseases being immunized under the routine immunization programme to fourteen. While this had earlier stalled having first planned to start in October 2022 during the …
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