ZAMBIA – Zambia is expected to receive US$28 million additional financing from United States through the Initiative for Global Vaccine Access to facilitate affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines…
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Ubuntu Clinics partners FlexID to provide Digital Identity in Healthcare
ZIMBABWE – Ubuntu Clinics has partnered local blockchain startup FlexID to leverage FlexID’s Self Sovereign Identity platform to the healthcare industry for the benefit of millions of Africans. FlexID is…
Read MoreGermany reduces travel risk status for Southern Africa countries, as Namibia applauds decision
NAMIBIA – All countries that appeared on Germany’s ‘virus variant areas list’ will be moved to its high-risk list, according to an announcement by the country’s Robert Koch Institute. Namibia…
Read MoreZimbabwe strengthens countrywide management of childhood Cancer
ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwe is making great strides in strengthening cancer management as part of the country’s efforts to make Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) services more accessible. With the growing number of…
Read MoreCuba revives plan to establish pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE – Cuba has expressed its readiness to revive its plans to establish a vaccine manufacturing plant in Zimbabwe which had stalled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The plan was…
Read MoreStanbic Bank donates dialysis machines to Zimbabwean hospital
ZIMBABWE – Kidney patients in Zimbabwe will benefit from a US$15 000 haemodialysis machine which has been donated to Gwanda Provincial Hospital by Stanbic Bank. The dialysis machine will assist…
Read MoreZimbabwe approves Sinovac shots for 16-17-year-olds
ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwe’s health ministry has approved the use of China’s Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine for 16- and 17-year-olds, adding that the country aimed to achieve herd immunity by the…
Read MoreZimbabwe bags pharmaceutical deal with Dubai’s Intrapharm Group
ZIMBABWE – The government of Zimbabwe has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with one of Dubai’s largest pharmaceutical companies, Intrapharm Group, that could result in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)…
Read MoreAmethis invests in Zimbabwean pharmaceutical company Avacare
ZIMBABWE – Pan-African private equity firm Amethis has struck a new investment by acquiring a minority stake in Avacare Global, a regional distributor and manufacturer of pharmaceuticals and healthcare consumable…
Read MoreGhana approves Moderna, Pfizer as Zimbabwe approves Johnson&johnson COVID-19 vaccine
GHANA – Ghana’s Foods and Drugs Authority (FDA) has approved the importation and use of Moderna Spikevax and Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccines in the country. The approval of these two now…
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