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SOUTH AFRICA – Biopharmaceutical company Biovac Institute has secured a €15M (US$ 16.08M) grant from the European Investment Bank and the European Union to prepare…

EUROPE – The European Commission has launched the European Health Data Space (EHDS), which aims to give people control and use of their health data…

MOROCCO – Moroccan healthcare platform DabaDoc and Orange have collaborated to launch telehealth service which allows Africans in diaspora to instantly offer a video medical…

AFRICA – The European Union (EU) has partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO) to boost COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and increase vaccine uptake in Africa…

ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia has announced the arrival of additional 840,060 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States through COVAX, a worldwide initiative…

AFRICA – Africa is set to receive funding of over €100M (US$113.4 million) in the next five years from investors to set up an African…

SWITZERLAND – The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has announced that it has signed contracts with 27 manufacturers to manufacture Merck’s COVID-19 pill. MPP’s agreements with…

NETHERLANDS – The European Parliament has voted in favor of plans to expand the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) powers during health crises, including giving the…

DENMARK – Novo Nordisk has reached an agreement with several Danish shareholders in relation to a securities lawsuit filed against it in 2019. The investors…

LIBYA – In recent years, medical assistance provided by mobile health units and increased access to skilled birth attendants have aided in the reduction of…