COVID-19 Vaccine production begins September in ECOWAS region

May 12, 2022 The Director-General of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), Professor Stanley Okolo, has said members of ECOWAS are collaborating to commence the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines...

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AstraZeneca to expand vaccine supplies to Africa

March 21, 2022 AstraZeneca has reiterated its commitment to expand and accelerate its COVID-19 vaccine supplies to the African region through 2022 and beyond. This is to help governments across the...

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MoH receives 2.9m more COVID-19 vaccine doses from USA, Denmark

December 9, 2021 The governments of the United States of America and Denmark have supported the national vaccination programme against COVID-19 with additional 2.9 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson...

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More COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive – US, Greece latest to offer support

November 29, 2021 The Ministry of Health has taken delivery of additional 3,086,280 doses of COVID-19 vaccines since Monday, November 22 this year to boost the national journey towards herd immunity. The...

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COVID-19: African Union seals deal with Moderna for 110 million vaccines

October 26, 2021 Moderna today announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to make up to 110 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine available to the African Union. The company in a statement...

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COVID-19: UK donates 249,000 AstraZeneca doses to Ghana

August 18, 2021 Ghana has today taken delivery of 249,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the United Kingdom. The doses arrived this morning (August 18, 2021) at the Kotoka International...

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Germany presents face masks to Health Ministry

August 16, 2021 The Ministry of Health has received 470,000 surgical face masks valued at $145, 000 from the government of Germany to support the fight against COVID-19 The World Health Organisation (WHO)...

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Vaccinating 10 percent of population: 7 African countries to meet September target

June 18, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has projected that seven countries in Africa will be able to meet the September target of vaccinating 10 percent of their populations. The countries are...

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376,169 Complete 2nd dose COVID-19 vaccination

June 4, 2021 About 376,169 people have so far received the full dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the second round of the vaccination exercise in some parts of the country, the Ghana Health Service (GHS)...

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COVAX: UNICEF signs agreement for 34million Moderna COVID-19 vaccines

June 3, 2021 The UN’s children’s agency, UNICEF has signed a long-term agreement with Moderna for the supply of COVID-19 vaccines on behalf of the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX)...

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