{"id":2145,"date":"2022-02-14T10:37:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T08:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2022-02-14T10:37:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T08:37:49","slug":"sa-who-discuss-vaccine-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/14\/sa-who-discuss-vaccine-production\/","title":{"rendered":"SA, WHO discuss vaccine production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the oversight visit by the World Health Organisation as an opportunity to profile the depth of intellectual and technological capacity on the African continent, and the integrity with which, intellectual property is being leveraged to enable vaccine production on the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President met with World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus,in Cape Town on Friday, to discuss progress in making Africa self-sufficient in the production of COVID-19 vaccines and related treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Ghebreyesus and the Belgian Minister of Development Cooperation Meryame Kitir visited the country on a two-day visit to various vaccine-related sites around Cape Town, hosted by the Department of Science and Innovation, the Department of Health and other partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two-day visit served to showcase South Africa\u2019s capacity and infrastructure in the development of vaccines for current and potentially new strains of COVID-19, and to highlight how manufacturing in South Africa is a critical contribution to the continent\u2019s response to COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CyrilRamaphosa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CyrilRamaphosa<\/a> met with World Health Organisation (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WHO<\/a>) Director-General Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrTedros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrTedros<\/a> Ghebreyesus in Cape Town today, to discuss progress in making Africa self-sufficient in the production of COVID-19 vaccines and related treatments. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CDotIuC0Pc\">https:\/\/t.co\/CDotIuC0Pc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U1vajCLWTm\">pic.twitter.com\/U1vajCLWTm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Presidency | South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 (@PresidencyZA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresidencyZA\/status\/1492115430374268929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Disclaimer:<\/em>\u00a0Please note that all press releases and statements published by Bible Media News do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of Bible Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: <\/em>GCIS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the oversight visit by the World Health Organisation as an opportunity to profile the depth of intellectual and technological capacity on the African continent, and the integrity with which, intellectual property is being leveraged to enable vaccine production on the continent. 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