Infectious diseases continue to be the major causes of deaths in Africa.
The burden of existing, emerging and re-emerging diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, cholera, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, sleeping sickness, Ebola and SARS continues to - and once you move beyond mortality statistics, the huge s ocio-economic costs - care and treatment, hospital admissions, productivity loss, and disability reveals a heavy toll on the continent.
At this year's meeting, Gates opened by announcing new investments of U.S.$40 million to advance access to messenger ribonucleic acid research and vaccine manufacturing technology that will support low- and middle-income countries to develop high-quality, lifesaving vaccines at scale. The Institut Pasteur de Dakar based in Senegal and South Africa's Biovac will receive U.S.$5 million each, they will use an mRNA research and manufacturing platform that was developed by a Belgian company, Quantoom Biosciences. U.S.$10 million will go to other companies that have not yet been named while the remaining U.S.$20 million is going to Quantoom Biosciences to continue working on the technology.
Vaccines are scientifically proven to be the most critical tool for preventing diseases and saving lives but despite all the positive benefits of taking vaccines to protect against diseases, there is still widespreadThe hesitancy is also there in the uptake of Human Papillomavirus vaccine as parents question why the vaccine has to be given to young girls between the ages of 9 to 12 years old.
As a result, a number of countries in Africa have adopted HPV as the latest Global Alliance for Vaccine Immunization vaccine.activities, and conflict are becoming more evident. When 10 African countries faced cholera outbreaks, and over a thousand died in Malawi, the WHO cited the climate and humanitarian crises as contributors to the outbreaks. The outbreak started after tropical stormin March 2022.
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