Medicine
April 19, 2021
Algeria Plans to Produce Sputnik V
Algeria plans to launch the production of Sputnik V this September, announced Dr. Lotfi Benbaxmed, Minister for the Algerian Pharmaceutical Industry, about a week ago. He noted that it was the Russian party who proposed to transfer the technology. According to the minister, the vaccine…
Medicine
April 7, 2021
Sputnik V Vaccine in Africa
The Russian vaccine Sputnik V has been authorized for either full or emergency use in 17 African countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Mali, Guinea, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Kenya, Seychelles, Mauritius, Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe. Tunisia, Algeria, Guinea, Kenya and the Republic of…
SDG 3
March 19, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns in Africa
By mid-March 36 African countries have received COVID-19 vaccines and 24 of them had already launched vaccination campaigns. Most of the countries use AstraZeneca/Oxford, which is rolled out through COVAX. Recently South Africa, Guinea-Bissau, the Democratic Republic of the Congo have suspended the use of…
Kenya
January 13, 2021
Russia Allocated $1 mln to Kenyan Hospital
Russia has allocated funds totalling approximately $1 million to the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) in Kenya, Kenyan media reported last Friday. The funds will contribute to the general support of the hospital, which currently treats patients who have tested positive for COVID-19. The…
Medicine
January 9, 2021
79% of Africans Would Consider Taking a Vaccine
According to the latest research by the Africa CDC (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 79% of Africans would consider taking a COVID-19 vaccine if it were deemed safe and effective. This attitude contrasts great from…
December 20, 2020
Construction of Centre of Nuclear Science and Technology in Zambia
In May 2018, the State Specialized Design Institute, which only shareholder is Rosatom Overseas, and the Government of Zambia signed a contract for the construction of the Centre for Nuclear Science and Technologies. The project involves the construction of 10-megawatt nuclear installation, laboratory facilities, irradiation…
