Walter Sisulu University and North West University have been granted R3.5m to support locally made candidate vaccines, including one for Covid-19.
Image:Walter Sisulu University and North West University have been granted R3.5m to support locally made candidate vaccines, including one for Covid-19.
The grant aims to develop significant local skills and could lead to local manufacturing, expansion, distribution and supply. Added to the memorandum of agreement is the aim to develop a pan-African network of collaborating universities and research institutions which want to play a key role in vaccines and pandemic management on the continent.
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