WHO Inaugurates South African mRNA Technology Hub

More than 200 people took part in a meeting to assess progress with an mRNA technology transfer program that is intended to give manufacturers in lower-income countries the ability to produce and sell their own vaccines for COVID-19 and other diseases.

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Lower-income countries need their own vaccine production facilities • Source: Shutterstock

The World Health Organization officially inaugurated the mRNA technology hub in South Africa this week during a five-day meeting where Canada announced that it would contribute a further CAD15m ($11.14m) in funding for the global mRNA technology transfer program, which aims to foster the establishment of local mRNA manufacturing facilities in lower-income countries.

Held in Cape Town, the meeting saw more than 200 international participants in the tech transfer program get together in...

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