vaccines

Deliveries via the Covax system are late. The health authorities have therefore just announced an increase in the time between the first and second injection of the AstraZeneca vaccine. It goes from 8 to 12 weeks and prioritizes the first doses. A situation that worries the population when the country has been fighting for several weeks against a third wave of the epidemic. On Sunday, April 25, the…

Malagasy Minister for Public Health Hanitrala Jean Louis Rakotovao announced on Thursday, April 22, that the first doses of vaccines, ordered by the government, would arrive on the island within two weeks. as reported from Antananarivo, Laure VerneauThe health ministers did not specify the number or doses of vaccines that would…

The health authorities have chosen Rosso, in the south, a city on the border with Senegal, to officially start the vaccination in the province on Monday 19 April. As was the case on March 26 in Nouakchott, vaccination operations target medical staff, the elderly and patients with chronic pathologies. as reported from…

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Union (AU) each have their own strategies, but some countries do not wait for them to obtain directly from manufacturers, receive donations or produce locally under foreign patents. Two countries in Africa, Egypt and Nigeria, have decided to fund research to find their own vaccine against coronavirus. The Egyptian…

Morocco has chosen a mass vaccination campaign aimed at 80% of the population. He is fast: in less than three months, more than 12% of Moroccans have been vaccinated. His strategy? Expectation and control. Morocco started the vaccine race in the summer of 2020, with the Chinese, and has since multiplied sources of supply and so far avoided shortages of doses.…

In Senegal, health authorities have to face skepticism from some sections of the population. Since the start of the campaign in late February, they have first administered the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine, followed by the doses of AstraZenecan as part of the global Covax initiative. But despite easy access, there are not many in the vaccination center.…

While some countries have not launched their vaccination campaign against Covid-19, others today are at the gates of collective immunity, just like Israel. RFI dedicates a special day to vaccination around the world on Monday 19 April. They will be able to return from May 23 on the beaches of Tel Aviv. Tourists will soon be able to re-enter Israeli territory. The consequence of the vaccination campaign started in December last year and which made it possible to control the pandemic locally. Israel would now be close to…

According to the World Health Organization, less than 2% of vaccine doses have been administered in Africa. Most come from the Covax initiative, which is led by the WHO. Given the risk of shortages, Senegal aims to produce its own vaccines. as reported from Dakar,Charlotte idracTarget shown: early 2022. The Pasteur Institute…

Transparency International Madagascar conducted a survey of 1,700 people in three regions of the country. The purpose of this study is to know the population's perception of vaccination, as the second wave of Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc on the island. as reported from Madagascar, Laure Verneau76% of respondents want to be…

In Kenya, there is confusion about the Russian vaccine Sputnik V. A few days after the first injections in the country, the vaccination was stopped. The Kenyan government mentions in particular the lack of permission to use the serum. Since mid-March, 75,000 Sputnik V vaccines have arrived on Kenyan soil via a private company.…