PARIS (CU)_One of the key pledges made at the Summit on Financing African economies, hosted by France on Tuesday (18 May), was the promise to lift patents on COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing, thereby enabling the African nations to produce its own shots. The decision is expected to straighten out one of the key challenges, which is to counter attempts to demonise vaccination.
“It is true that there is some concern as an African that there is not enough mobilization of our populations. A concern that is due to the fact that the vaccines come from elsewhere,” President of the Africa Union, Félix Tshisekedi, said. “This is why it is necessary to aim for vaccine production in Africa. I believe that this will have a significant impact on the attitude of the population.”
Meanwhile, Senegalese President Macky Sall pointed out that the vaccination campaigns in industrialised countries do not guarantee…
