The COVID pandemic has highlighted the need to increase vaccination in Africa
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Accessible health products and vaccines produced in Africa
Why
- Fewer than 2% of the three billion vaccine doses administered globally have been in Africa
- New manufacturing facilities on the continent are essential, as Africa currently imports 99% of its vaccines
- The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to increase vaccination in Africa
How
- The vaccine production facility at the Institut Pasteur de Dakar plans to produce as many as 25 million doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine a month by the end of 2022
- Improve investment in Africa’s health sector and boost the production and accessibility of heath products and technologies
- Support technology transfer and the creation of regional vaccine manufacturing hubs in other regions of Africa
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It’s very important that we have this solidarity between African countries and European countries because it helps to build up a global ecosystem for global health security.
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