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TLDR: Everyone’s talking about what the money could do, but few about how to decide where it goes.
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"UNICEF delivered over 43,000 doses of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine by air to Bangui, Central African Republic, today, with more than 120,000 doses to follow in the next days. "
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Pretty rookie numbers, need to scale. To be seen how this translates to actual distribution and acceptance. But sure did feel good to read the news, so thought I'd share! No takes yet, feel free to add.
Also, "Around 4.33 million doses of RTS,S have been delivered to 8 countries so far – Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, and Sierra Leone".
1DayAfrica has some discussion about supply shortfalls: https://1dayafrica.org/r21-campaign