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أفريقيا تعلن عن إطلاق توزيع ٤٠٠ مليون جرعة من اللقاحات للدول الأعضاء في الاتحاد الأفريقي ومنطقة البحر الكاريبي
أديس أبابا في ٥ آب/أغسطس ٢٠٢١ ــ يسرّ فخامة السيد سيريل رامافوسا، رئيس جمهورية جنوب أفريقيا ومناصر الاتحاد الأفريقي بشأن كوفيد-١٩، أن يعلن عن إطلاق شحنات شهرية من اللقاحات التي حصل عليها فريق العمل المكلَّف باقتناء لقاحات كوفيد-١٩ التابع للاتحاد الأفريقي لفائدة...
Africa announces the rollout of 400m vaccine doses to the African Union Member States and the Caribbean
ADDIS ABABA, 5 August 2021 – His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa and African Union (AU) COVID-19 Champion, is pleased to announce the start of monthly shipments of vaccines acquired by the AU / African Vaccine...
Africa Signs Historic Agreement with Johnson & Johnson for 400 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines
In a historic COVID-19 vaccine procurement Agreement signed on 28 March 2021, all African Union Member States, through the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) set up in November 2020 under the African Union chairmanship of H.E President Cyril Ramaphosa,...
African Union member states accelerates online pre-orders as AMSP adds 300 million Sputnik V doses to its COVID-19 vaccine portfolio
Johannesburg, February 19, 2021 — The Africa Vaccine Acquisition TaskTeam [AVATT], set up by the African Union to acquire additional vaccine doses so that Africa can attain a target immunization of 60%, is pleased to advise that it has received an offer of 300...
MTN Partners With African Union on COVID-19 Vaccinations
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 28 JANUARY 2021: In a unique public/private partnership, MTN, Africa’s leading mobile network, has announced a donation of US$25 million to support the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. The donation will help secure up...
AMSP opens COVID-19 vaccines pre-orders for 55 African Union Member States
Joint Press Release JOHANNESBURG, January 19, 2021 — Following the announcement by the African Union Chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa on the 14th of January 2021 that the African Union has secured a provisional 270 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for Africa...