French President Emmanuel Macron is joining African leaders to kick off a planned $1 billion project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in Africa. The effort comes after the coronavirus pandemic exposed gaping inequalities in access to vaccines globally.
FILE - A woman with a child on her back waits in a queue to be screened for COVID-19 at a testing centre in Soweto, South Africa , Wednesday, May 11, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron is joining several Africa n leaders on Thursday June 20, 2024 to kick off a planned $1 billion project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in Africa , after the coronavirus pandemic exposed gaping inequalities in access to them.
WHO failed in its efforts to help countries agree to a “pandemic treaty” — to improve preparedness and response to pandemics — before its annual meeting last month. The project was shelved largely over disagreements about sharing of information about pathogens that cause epidemics and the high-tech tools used to fight them.Jihadis from Africa’s Sahel have crossed into Nigeria’s north, a new report says.
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