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Africa: Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia Receive Covid-19 Treatments for High-Risk Patients
COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium, 16 March 2023
The COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium announced today that the governments of Zambia, Laos, Malawi and Rwanda have received shipments of PAXLOVID™… Read more »
High-Risk Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia Patients Given Covid-19 Lifeline
HIV/Aids patients in Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia who contract Covid-19, now have access to oral medication, with the delivery of PAXLOVID, Pfizer's Covid-19 oral treatment.
The medications are being brought to Africa and other nations by the Quick Start Consortium - a partnership with governments to bring urgently needed medicines to high-risk populations in countries that do not have easy access.
Partners involved in the Quick Start Consortium are supporting test-and-treat programmes to improve access to antiviral treatments in low- and middle-income countries.
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A map showing cumulative confirmed Covid-19 deaths per million people, October18, 2021
