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$81m Covid vaccines missing after payment– Auditor-General’s report

January 23, 2023 7:39 am Add a Comment

The Auditor-General has revealed that the government has paid over $120m to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) but only $38m worth was delivered. According to the A-G, $80m worth of vaccines paid for … Read more →

Covid vaccines running out in poorer nations – WHO

June 22, 2021 9:20 am Add a Comment

A large number of poorer countries receiving Covid-19 vaccines through a global sharing scheme do not have enough doses to continue programmes, the World Health Organization has said. WHO senior adviser Dr Bruce Aylward said the Covax programme had delivered … Read more →

South Sudan to destroy 60,000 Covid vaccines

April 27, 2021 8:12 am Add a Comment

South Sudan’s health ministry has rejected the advice from the World Health Organization (WHO) not to destroy the expired Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine. The country’s Covid-19 Incident Manager Richard Laku has said the government will not use the 60,000 vaccines and … Read more →