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INDIA – Nirmala Sitharaman, the Finance Minister of India, has announced that the health sector has been allocated about US$10 billion (Rs 89,155 crore) in the 2023/24 union budget to…
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KENYA – Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has called on the government to roll out a vaccination drive to curb infections caused by the cholera outbreak. According to Nation, KEMRI…
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NIGERIA – Nigeria, with the support of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has surpassed the milestone of fully vaccinating 30 per cent of its total population. Nigeria has maintained a sustained…
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OMAN – The Sultanate of Oman has unveiled a new US$150 million manufacturing factory located in the Salalah Free Zone called Philex Pharmaceutical Industries, under the patronage of Dr. Hilal…
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SENEGAL – Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD), Africa have announced a partnership that will advance equitable access to vaccines in Africa.…
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NIGERIA – The Nigerian government has announced that international travellers to Nigeria are now required to show evidence of COVID-19 vaccination. This follows the recent upsurge in COVID-19 cases in…
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SWITZERLAND — Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has launched the Innovation for Uptake, Scale, and Equity in Immunization (INFUSE) 2.0, a scaling hub for innovation to accelerate immunization system upgrades in…
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USA — Johnson & Johnson has announced that it was discontinuing a late-stage global trial of an HIV vaccine after it was discovered to be ineffective at preventing infections. The…
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SWITZERLAND — The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced plans to set up a new TB Vaccine Accelerator Council to increase momentum for the development of a vaccine to combat…
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USA — Moderna has announced that its experimental messenger RNA vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was 83.7% effective in preventing at least two symptoms, such as cough and fever,…
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