Science In Action - Africa moves towards creating and manufacturing its own vaccines

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The pandemic showed Africa at the back of the global queue when it came to vaccines. That should never happen again if plans being debated in Cape Town this week go ahead. Roland talks to Seanette Wilson of South Africa's Biovac.

Also in the programme: life finds a way on plastic floating in the ocean; Greenland rock dust as a global fertiliser; and designing proteins from scratch.

Image Credit: Robert Bonet/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Presenter: Roland Pease
Producer: Roland Pease
Assistant Producer: Sophie Ormiston

Published on Thursday, 20th April 2023.

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