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World leaders announce $1.2bn to create 'African vaccine market'

A nurse administers the cholera vaccine to a child in Sudan's Gedaref city on 20 November, 2023. © AFP

Paris (AFP) – World leaders, health groups and pharmaceutical firms announced $1.2 billion in funding at a summit Thursday to produce vaccines in Africa, which is facing numerous health crises including rising cholera outbreaks.

The African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator "will be an essential step towards a genuine African vaccine market," French President Emmanuel Macron said at the opening of the summit in the Paris.

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