Tunisia is among the first six African countries (Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal and Kenya) to be named by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to receive the technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines on the Continent, the organisation said on Friday.
The announcement was made by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a press conference held on the sidelines of the 6th European Union-African Union Summit in Brussels.
The technology transfer project, launched last year in Cape Town, aims to help low- and middle-income countries manufacture mRNA vaccines at scale and according to international standards.
The WHO established its global mRNA technology transfer hub after large-scale vaccine purchases by wealthy countries and companies prioritising sales to governments that could pay the highest price. This pushed low- and middle-income countries to the back of the queue for COVID-19 vaccines.
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