Vaccine Manufacturing
latest news & developments
New science hub bridges lab-skills gap for underprivileged students
The facility aims to equip future scientists with skills to lead research and healthcare advancements in the country
New era of health science for Africa as NantSA launches vaccine-manufacturing campus
The first locally manufactured Covid-19 vaccine from the new facility, which is based in Cape Town, is expected within the next year
WHO director-general gives African public health conference thumbs up
Ghebreyesus says Covid-19 pandemic highlights the importance of nurturing strong science and research on the continent.
It’s doable: Africa wants 60% of locally manufactured vaccines by 2040
The next three to five years will require the continent to ensure there is sustainable business beyond Covid-19.
Vaccine passports, masks and herd immunity. Bhekisisa asks Dr Anthony Fauci
We ask the infectious diseases specialist 18 questions about the Covid-19 pandemic: from how to counter vaccine hesitancy to whether life will ever return to ‘normal’
Sharing the secrets of making a Covid-19 vaccine isn’t enough. Here’s why
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
Why South Africa stopped making vaccines
The high demand for Covid vaccines means there is a limited global supply. Local manufacturing is one solution. So why isn’t South Africa making its own jabs?
A new era of vaccine sovereignty in Africa beckons
COMMENT: The AU has laid out a clear path for the continent to produce its own vaccines
World of vaccines is a ‘fiendishly’ complex one
It is important that Africa, along with other regions of the Global South, builds its own vaccine-manufacturing capacity