Why vaccine companies need to ‘share science’ with Africa

Ros Russell, the Editor of the Evening Standard’s Vaccine for the World project, takes over the Tech and Science Daily this week, to bring you the people behind the scenes tackling Covid-19.Today we’re joined by Professor Samba Sow, Director of CVD-Mali, a medical doctor and epidemiologist. In 2020, he was appointed WHO Special Envoy for Covid-19 in West Africa.As richer countries move on to delivering booster vaccinations against Covid, millions of people in the developing world are still waiting for their first jab. Professor Sow tells us about his role during the pandemic, his warnings about the virus threat before this one arrived, vaccine hesitancy in Africa and why it’s so important that drug companies help poorer nations by sharing science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.