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OVAX aims to ship 520 million doses of vaccine to Africa by the end of 2021.

COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa ramp up

WHO
The rise in vaccine shipments comes as Africa sees its second week of falling case numbers after a steep and unbroken eight-week surge.
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OVAX aims to ship 520 million doses of vaccine to Africa by the end of 2021.
Health worker vaccinating a client in the Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Driving COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Ghana’s hard-to-reach communities

WHO
Ghana was the first country in the world to receive vaccines through COVAX in late February.
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Health worker vaccinating a client in the Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Minister for Health, Dr. Dorothy Gwajima, together with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Liberata M

Tanzania receives first COVID-19 vaccine batch

Stella Vuzo
Over 1 million Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses arrived on Saturday from the US.
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Minister for Health, Dr. Dorothy Gwajima, together with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Liberata M
a nurse administers a second COVID-19 dose.

Pivotal point in Africa's COVID-19 third wave

WHO
WHO urges African countries to urgently ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations as the squeeze on vaccine shipments eases.
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a nurse administers a second COVID-19 dose.

Sustainable development report shows devastating impact of COVID, ahead of ‘critical’ new phase

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
The pandemic erases decades of gains in development but response efforts show signs of renewed global commitment.
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The Alpha and Beta variants have been reported in 32 and 27 countries respectively.

Rife COVID-19 variants fuel Africa’s surging wave

WHO
With case numbers doubling every three weeks, the Delta variant is spreading to a growing number of countries.
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The Alpha and Beta variants have been reported in 32 and 27 countries respectively.
Tanzanian women selling bananas in tanzania.

UN Food Systems Summit releases potential solutions for local, regional and global action

United Nations
Net-zero emissions from food and land use, reimagining school meals and advancing healthy diets will be on the agenda at the Pre-Summit next month
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