Phase I trial in Rwanda and South Africa aims to evaluate mRNA HIV vaccine antigen for safety and immunogenicity and strengthen regional scientific capacity NEW YORK, NY AND CAMBRIDGE, MA — MAY 18, 2022 — The nonprofit scientific research organization IAVI and Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and...
On 10 May 2022 the South African Health Technologies Coalition (SAHTAC), in collaboration with the National Department of Health, and the South African HVTN, International Partnerships of Microbicides (IPM) and Advocates for Prevention of HIV in Africa (APHA) hosted a virtual webinar titled, ‘THE DAPIVIRINE VAGINAL RING GETS SAHPRA APPROVAL – A MILESTONE FOR WOMEN’S...
Across Africa, local manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies are responding to the urgent need for locally produced medical products and technologies despite the existing regulatory challenges. We can support manufacturing capacity by expediting the establishment and operationalisation of the African Medicines Agency (AMA). In November 2021, after 15 countries signed and ratified the AMA treaty, the AMA...
The South African Health Technologies Advocacy Coalition (SAHTAC) held it’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 17 and 18 February 2022 at Southern Sun Elangeni Maharani in Durban. There were 22 coalition members that attended in person and 3 attended virtually. The guest presenter, Michelle Mulder, Executive Director: Grants Innovation and Product Development, South African Medical...
Sakhile Khaweka is Project Manager at the Aurum Institute, a global health and research organisation. The long queues forming at Covid-19 vaccination sites are bittersweet as we look forward to rebuilding while remembering those we lost before they could get vaccinated. When infections and deaths skyrocketed the initial focus in fighting the disease was...