The Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) and the Mastercard Foundation have announced a $45 million partnership to expand the workforce for vaccine manufacturing in Africa.
IPD, a Senegalese not-for-profit foundation, is working to advance equitable access to health in Africa.
Named MADIBA- Manufacturing in Africa for Disease Immunisation and Building Autonomy, the partnership, according to a statement signed by IPD, aims at developing and building a workforce toward achieving vaccine manufacturing autonomy in Africa.