Grand Challenges: How Nigerian innovators are improving lives using AI thenationonlineng.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenationonlineng.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Africa: Gates Foundation to Accelerate mRNA Vaccine Innovation and Manufacturing in Africa and Globally allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
At the 2023 Grand Challenges Annual Meeting, Bill Gates, Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announced new investments to advance access to mRNA research and vaccine manufacturing technology that will support low- and middle-income countries’ (LMICs) capacity to develop high-quality, lifesaving vaccines at scale.
Around 99% of doses that are administered on the continent are imported. To address this problem, vaccine manufacturing facilities in Senegal, Rwanda, and South Africa are showing interest in a technology that reduces production costs and gets around patent barriers