COVAX

ADF STAFF As the more contagious, but less deadly omicron variant of COVID-19 begins to recede throughout the world, scientists and health care workers continue to discover new facets of the disease. Researchers now are reporting that…

Story by ADF STAFF | Photos by AFP/GETTY IMAGES More than 20 African nations have started administering millions of free COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX, the global plan to equitably distribute the shots.  In the initial March 2021…

ADF STAFF Tanzania’s dramatic about-face regarding its COVID-19 response was highlighted July 24 when the nation received more than 1 million Johnson & Johnson vaccines donated by the U.S. government through the COVAX global plan to…

ADF STAFF The United States has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with recent donations of vaccines to Central African countries through COVAX and the African Union. On July 21 and 22, vaccine doses donated from the U.S.’s supply…

ADF STAFF In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has given South Africa a major shot in the arm. Working with COVAX, the global distribution initiative, the U.S. delivered 5.6 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine…