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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Krista Larson

Gates Foundation funding $40 million effort to help develop mRNA vaccines in Africa in coming years

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A $40 million investment will help several African manufacturers produce new messenger RNA vaccines on the continent where people were last in line to receive jabs during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Monday.

While it could still take at least three more years before any of the vaccines are approved and on the market, the foundation said that its mRNA investment marks an important step forward in improving vaccine equity.

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