Africa & Middle East

The pharmaceutical company submitted bids across several critical childhood immunisation categories, including the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV10), Rotavirus vaccine, and paediatric Hepatitis B vaccine.

Through this partnership, Almarai is strengthening its healthcare-focused corporate social responsibility efforts by supporting access to essential eye treatment for vulnerable communities.

Through the proposed partnership, Africa CDC and Aspen plan to establish a multi-year collaboration to boost local manufacturing capacity, improve supply security, and create sustainable markets for African-made vaccines.

The initiative builds on PureLab’s expansive diagnostic footprint, which includes more than 145 laboratories, over 1,400 licensed clinical professionals, and more than 50 accreditations across its testing network.

The financing consortium includes Proparco, the European Investment Bank through the Human Development Accelerator initiative, and the International Finance Corporation.

The shortlisted finalists represent a diverse mix of healthcare professionals who have demonstrated leadership, innovation, and commitment to patient care in different parts of the world.

The expansion will also include upgrades to clinical infrastructure and medical equipment, enabling the hospital to deliver more integrated and specialised healthcare services while responding to rising patient demand.

Built on the Mayo Clinic Platform, the system operates within a secure environment where Mayo Clinic teams can access large volumes of de-identified patient data.

The new facility is designed to address the growing prevalence of sleep disorders, which remain among the most underdiagnosed health conditions despite their serious impact on long-term wellbeing.

The procedure, known as intraoperative pathological assessment using imprint cytology, enables pathologists to identify cancer cells within minutes.