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1. South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia are the 1st six countries who will receive technology transfer to produce #mRNA vaccines as part of the WHO's mRNA tech transfer hub.
1. South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia are the 1st six countries who will receive technology transfer to produce #mRNA vaccines as part of the WHO's mRNA tech transfer hub.
2. What is tech transfer? It's sharing the "know how" of how to produce jabs, in addition 2 the recipe. It's a little like putting together a piece of DIY furniture: You need the different pieces to put together but also instructions on how to do it plus the tools to do it with.
3. What is the WHO's mRNA transfer hubs?
1. One of the hubs will be based in SA
2. The hubs in low- and middle-income countries will work with local companies, scientists + academics to figure out the methods for making specific jabs
bit.ly/3gWZu3S
1. One of the hubs will be based in SA
2. The hubs in low- and middle-income countries will work with local companies, scientists + academics to figure out the methods for making specific jabs
bit.ly/3gWZu3S
4. SA has already started to develop an mRNA #COVID19 based on #Moderna's recipe (Moderna's refused to share the know-how/do tech transfer). The know how that Afrigen Biologics, a SA company, has figured out, will be shared with other African countries.
bit.ly/3I3Mq8w
bit.ly/3I3Mq8w
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