The World Health Organisation has enlisted a team of South African researchers to produce a new mRNA Covid-19 vaccine, but with no recipe to follow, it’s not an easy task
A new World Health Organisation initiative is helping nations make their own vaccines, reducing their dependency on imports.
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Six months into Botswana’s vaccine roll-out, only 5% of the population has been vaccinated
For all the excitement generated by the news of an mRNA vaccine hub being established in South Africa, the country is still going to need help making Covid-19 jabs
In mere months, Moderna transformed an old Polaroid factory in America into a state-of-the-art vaccine-production centre. Why can’t we do the same?
SA’s one-million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will expire by early April — unless India’s Serum Institute can safely extend their use-by date.
The West bought billions of vaccines fast and cheap, leaving poorer nations paying through the nose for years to come
Waiving intellectual property restrictions on Covid-19 vaccines could help the developing world. But India and South Africa’s pleas are falling on deaf ears
The department of health is also negotiating with manufacturers other than AstraZeneca to secure more than one type of vaccine
The two countries have rolled out China’s Sinopharm vaccine, but data issues are likely to keep some countries from doing the same
Pharmaceutical companies stand to make billions from the Covid-19 pandemic, but the vaccines they have developed are the fruits of the collective labour of all of humanity.
Steven Brandenburg destroyed vials of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine because he believed that they were dangerous and could alter human DNA.
More people have died in South Africa from Covid-19 than have been murdered. This hasn’t stopped a misinformation pandemic from trying to misrepresent that reality
As Covid vaccines near the manufacturing stage, a look at two polio vaccines provides valuable historical insights
