Recently, it was learned from relevant departments and enterprises that since the eighth ministerial meeting of the Forum on China Africa cooperation, China has provided 189 million doses of covid-19 vaccine to 27 African countries, and the annual capacity of localized cooperative production in Africa has reached about 400 million doses. New progress has been made in China Africa solidarity and anti epidemic cooperation, and efforts have been made to bridge the "immunization gap". In November 2021, at the eighth ministerial meeting of the Forum on China Africa cooperation, China announced that it would provide an additional 1 billion doses of vaccines to Africa, assist African countries in implementing 10 medical and health projects, and send 1500 medical personnel and public health experts to Africa. "Since the eighth ministerial meeting of the Forum on China Africa cooperation was held, China has always supported Africa in its fight against the epidemic and recovery and development after the epidemic with concrete assistance projects. Remarkable achievements have been made in relevant work and a number of early achievements have been made." Liu Junfeng, director of the second regional division of the State Administration for international development and cooperation, said that China will continue to ship vaccines and anti epidemic materials to Kenya, Mali and other countries in the near future, and will continue to work with Africa to jointly promote the implementation of relevant anti epidemic cooperation measures. Chinese enterprises have played an active role in improving the accessibility and affordability of covid-19 vaccine in Africa. Sinopharm Group China biology has actively carried out vaccine cooperation with African countries. At present, it has obtained access permits from 47 African countries, and the applicable age of vaccine production covers people over 3 years old; In addition to supplying covid-19 vaccines, Kexing has also promoted many cooperation with African countries in clinical research, localized production, cold chain storage, etc., to help prevent and control the epidemic in Africa. It is reported that since the eighth ministerial meeting of the Forum on China Africa cooperation was held, China has sent 332 additional medical personnel to 19 African countries and trained 3600 local medical personnel. In addition, the African CDC headquarters project assisted by China is expected to be completed in early 2023. After completion, it will further help China and Africa to carry out public health technical cooperation and help Africa improve its epidemic prevention and control capacity. Liu Junfeng said that in the next step, China will continue to provide vaccines and anti epidemic materials to African countries in need, carry out medical and technical cooperation, help African countries improve their public health systems, support African countries in fighting the epidemic and post epidemic economic and social recovery and development, and make greater contributions to building a closer China Africa community with a shared future. (outlook new era)
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