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Making Africa healthier: global forum launches $1.2bn initiative to boost local vaccine production

World leaders, health groups, and pharmaceutical firms have announced an African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator initiative to the tune of $1.2 billion that will incentivize and offset start-up costs for vaccine manufacturing in the continent. The initiative is “an essential step towards a genuine African vaccine market,” French President Emmanuel Macron said at the opening of […]

Coronavirus: Thermal Screening at Morocco’s Airports for Inbound Travellers from China

The Casablanca Mohammed V international airport, the largest in Morocco, has rammed up screening for passengers coming from mainland China wherein the novel coronavirus has so far killed 132 persons and infected more than 9000. At the airport, Moroccan medical staff has been deployed, wearing face masks, white hazmat suits and gloves with thermal scanners. […]

Tunisia: Female Hele Beji Wins French Acedemy’s Hervé Deluen Grand Prix

Tunisian female writer Hele Beji has been crowned winner of the famous French Academy Award Hervé Deluen Grand Prix for her exceptional efforts for the promotion of the French language. The 68 years old Tunisian scholar is founder and director of Collège international de Tunis. This daughter of Tunisian politician Mondher Ben Ammar, who had […]