In a legal battle unfolding in the Windhoek High Court, the Health Defence League and several individuals are challenging the information and regulations surrounding the COVID-19 vaccination in the country. The case, presided over by Judge Hosea Angula, ignites discussions about how vaccines are administered and the public’s right to clear information. The group bringing...
Clinical Trial Preparation Staff at Makerere University Walter Reed Project preparing for Sabin’s Phase 2 Marburg vaccine clinical trial. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Sabin Vaccine Institute has launched a Phase 2 clinical trial for its vaccine candidate against the lethal Marburg virus. Healthy volunteers received the single-dose vaccine at Makerere University...
A second, cheaper, malaria vaccine has been approved by the World Health Organistion for global rollout. The R21 vaccine was jointly developed by America’s Novavax, India’s Serum Institute, and the University of Oxford in England. Stuart Smith has more from London. https://futuremedia.com.na/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ENG-Malaria-vaccine-approved.mp3 Source link
President Hage Geingob calls for an end to vaccine apartheid in his UN General Assembly address, aligning with a political declaration on pandemic prevention by global leaders. The post President Geingob urges UN to end vaccine apartheid first appeared on Future Media. Source link
Staff Reporter THE Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) is calling on all stakeholders to support the development and implementation of a national responsive roadmap to promote the introduction of a Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine in the country. This announcement was made by the Acting Executive Director of the ministry, Taimi Amaambo, who...
Supply of drug substance manufactured under cGMP supports first-in-human clinical study for RBI-4000 novel self-replicating RNA (srRNA) ALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Curia, a leading contract research, development and manufacturing organization, today announced that its partner, Replicate Bioscience, has received IND clearance from the FDA and has dosed the first participant with...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Monday unveiled the Zero Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) to successfully identify and reach the millions of children who have not yet received a single routine immunisation. At the launch in Abuja, the Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, said that ZDLH would provide a framework...