A Patriotic Pursuit of Self-sufficiency in Vaccine Production, by Rahma Olamide Oladosu   President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came to office with a single-minded determination to ramp up local production of goods and services that Nigeria has comparative or competitive advantage in, as part of measures to...

Tinubu Harps on Local Vaccine Production as GAVI Pledges $1bn President Bola Tinubu has called on Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to collaborate with potential Nigerian vaccine manufacturers to ensure equitable access to life-saving vaccines for children and adults. Speaking at a meeting with a delegation of...

On TETFund's Strategic Investment in Vaccine Production, by Rahma Oladosu   The deadly coronavirus pandemic which broke out in 2019 has claimed over six million lives globally. In Africa alone, over nine million confirmed cases have been recorded according to the World Health Organisation, WHO, and...

W/Bank Okays $3bn For Vaccines In Africa, Others       The World Bank has announced that it has approved $3bn in funding to cover vaccination in 32 countries, 15 of which are in Africa. In a statement issued in advance of the G7 Leaders’ Summit, World Bank Group...

As the UK Rolls Out Oxford-AtraZeneca Coronavirus Vaccine By Maimuna Waziri       The Oxford-AtraZeneca Coronavirus vaccine rollout started in the early hours of Monday January 4 2020 at Oxford's Churchill Hospital in Oxford, United Kingdom. Over five hundred doses of the vaccine are made available across the country...