World Bank Offers Africa $12Bn Vaccination Loans
Monday, February 01, 2021
The commitment comes as the continent lags behind the rest of the world in the deployment of available COVID-19 vaccines, a situation that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called “a global moral failure”.
Botswana is amongst African states that have approached the World Bank for COVID-19 vaccine loan support, in line with President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s recently announced commitment to “vaccinate the entire country”.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...