Ratify African Medicines Agency to strengthen vaccine manufacturing and health systems in Africa
2 Jul 2021
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Before the first case of Covid-19 in Africa was reported in Egypt on 14 February 2020, there were already great concerns for the continent’s health systems and their ability to withstand a global pandemic. Since then, Covid-19 cases have been reported in all 55 African Union Member States with countries experiencing second and third waves, and with more people losing lives than in the early months of the global pandemic. Economies continue to be disrupted and several countries continue to have new variants of the virus. The socioeconomic costs of the virus have been tremendous and caused huge suffering. There is continued concern about the risk to health of people living with other pandemic diseases such as HIV/AIDS and TB, while many people continue to lack access to health services as Covid-19 remains the focus. Without ur
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