Sabin Vaccine Institute CEO visits the Marburg Command Post

Amy Finan, CEO of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, recently visited Rwanda’s Marburg Command Post in a significant show of support for the country’s efforts to manage the ongoing outbreak of the Marburg... Read more »

EIB supports vaccine development in Rwanda with €2 million

Early-stage vaccine development in Rwanda by Akagera Medicines Africa Limited will be supported by €2 million financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB Global). The new backing will accelerate research and development... Read more »

Marburg virus response: Sabin Vaccine Institute supplies Rwanda with more vaccines

The Sabin Vaccine Institute has delivered 1,000 additional emergency vaccine doses to Rwanda, bolstering the country’s efforts to combat the ongoing Marburg virus disease outbreak.  This second shipment follows an initial delivery... Read more »

Signing of Four Supplementary Contracts to increase access to vaccines and pharmaceutical products in Rwanda

On Tuesday, 17 September 2024, the European Union in Rwanda, Member States and the Government of Rwanda will sign four supplementary contracts to boost Rwanda’s ecosystem for manufacturing health products including vaccines.... Read more »

Inauguration of BioNTech Vaccine Manufacturing Site

This afternoon at the Kigali Special Economic Zone, President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame join BioNTech CEO, Dr. Uğur Şahin, President Macky Sall of the Republic of Senegal, President Nana Akufo-Addo... Read more »

President Kagame met a delegation from the International Vaccine Institute

Rwandan President Paul Kagame met today with George Bickerstaff, chair of International Vaccine Institute (IVI) Board of Trustees, its Director General Jerome Kim, and their delegation. President Kagame with the delegation from... Read more »

Public notice on the second dose of covid-19 vaccine

Rwanda has carried on Covid-19 vaccination campaign with two types of vaccines namely AstraZeneca and Pfizer that have been approved by WHO for emergency use, according to the Ministry of Health in... Read more »