PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says it is embarrassing that Africa produces only one percent of vaccines with a demand of 25 percent, stressing the need to reach 60 percent production by 2040. Speaking during the ACHIEVE Africa Launch in Ethiopia, Sunday, President Hichilema said African countries must unite and work smart in order to achieve 60 percent of vaccine production. “The continental gap has already been articulated, that Africa has 17 percent of the world population but yet our demand for vaccines globally is 25 percent thereabout. And it’s important that we reduce or increase if I may say the gap that exists; look at our demand, 25 percent when we only produce one percent. I mean this is a no...




