Dealing With Ebola and Anthrax Prepared Africa for COVID-19 27/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan Africa’s brutal experiences battling Ebola and a range of other deadly diseases helped prepare health systems to deal with COVID-19. And by the time the SARS-CoV2 virus landed on the continent, its Centre for Disease Control (CDC) had already “established regional coordinating centres, increased lab capacity and unified surveillance networks”. The lessons in emergency response […] Continue reading -> Desperation In India As COVID-19 Rages – Critics Take To Social Media, While Vaccine Manufacturers Hike Prices 26/04/2021 Disha Shetty PUNE – Indian twitter for days has been a desperate space. There are appeals for oxygen cylinders, cries for funding to meet healthcare costs, and panic-stricken relatives scouting for hospital beds for their loved ones. Hospitals are now approaching the courts for help as they run out of oxygen. And even prominent lawyers and influencers […] Continue reading -> Pharmaceutical Industry Launches Document on IP Principles Amid Push for TRIPS Waiver 26/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan Amid a huge global push for the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property (IP) rights on products related to COVID-19 for the duration of the pandemic, the pharmaceutical industry launched a document on Monday – World IP Day – asserting that a “strong IP system advances public health” . According to the 10-point […] Continue reading -> Ambitious Push to Resume Routine Immunisations to Save 50 Million Lives – COVAX Waits for Indian Vaccines 26/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan Fifty countries have not yet resumed routine immunisations disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting 228 million people – mainly children – and there have already been serious measles outbreaks in Yemen, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to World Health Organization (WHO) director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyusus. To address this, the […] Continue reading -> The ‘Patent Bargain’, Public Good & COVID19 26/04/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As the hotly contested proposal for an IP waiver on COVID-related health products comes up again for debate on Friday, 30 April at the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Council, legal expert Hyo Yoon Kang looks at the foundations of IP law to challenge “TRIPS waiver” naysayers. Geneva Health Files [GHF]: You have argued that IP […] Continue reading -> India Faces Urgent Shortage Of Oxygen As Cases Soar – Japan Enters Third State of Emergency 24/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin India recorded the world’s highest daily toll of new infections for the second consecutive day on Friday, while Japan plans to impose its third state of emergency, just three months before the Tokyo Olympics are set to begin. India is currently facing its worst outbreak of SARS-CoV2 since the pandemic began, with over 330,000 new […] Continue reading -> In Fighting COVID-19, We Can’t Neglect Malaria 24/04/2021 Peter Sands World Malaria Day is a reminder that, as the world battles with COVID-19, we still haven’t beaten a much older pandemic. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that has plagued humanity for millennia and still kills over 400,000 people per year – mainly children under five. In fact, that grim number will almost certainly have increased […] Continue reading -> Pharma Execs: Unlock Export & Supply Chain Barriers & Ramp Up Sharing Of Excess Vaccine Doses To Beat Back COVID Pandemic 23/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of leading pharmaceutical industry executives called upon global health leaders to work together to unlock export barriers, open up supply chain bottlenecks, and encourage high-income countries that are hoarding vaccines to redirect their excess doses to the WHO co-sponsored COVAX global vaccine facility – as ways to rapidly scale up equitable vaccine access […] Continue reading -> ACT-Accelerator Celebrates 1st Anniversary Amid COVID-19 Surge in India 23/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan One of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic is the unprecedented collaboration of every sector of society to overcome it – best demonstrated by the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator), which celebrated its first anniversary on Friday. The ACT-Accelerator’s most famous pillar is the vaccine facility, COVAX, which has distributed almost 40 […] Continue reading -> Global Health Is In Disarray – But Is A Pandemic Treaty The Way Out ? 23/04/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Despite rising calls for a pandemic treaty, including from 25 world leaders in an open letter last month, some global health experts doubt that a treaty would be the most efficient way to quickly strengthen the world’s capacity to beat COVID – and prevent future pandemics. “I don’t think we have time to negotiate another […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Desperation In India As COVID-19 Rages – Critics Take To Social Media, While Vaccine Manufacturers Hike Prices 26/04/2021 Disha Shetty PUNE – Indian twitter for days has been a desperate space. There are appeals for oxygen cylinders, cries for funding to meet healthcare costs, and panic-stricken relatives scouting for hospital beds for their loved ones. Hospitals are now approaching the courts for help as they run out of oxygen. And even prominent lawyers and influencers […] Continue reading -> Pharmaceutical Industry Launches Document on IP Principles Amid Push for TRIPS Waiver 26/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan Amid a huge global push for the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property (IP) rights on products related to COVID-19 for the duration of the pandemic, the pharmaceutical industry launched a document on Monday – World IP Day – asserting that a “strong IP system advances public health” . According to the 10-point […] Continue reading -> Ambitious Push to Resume Routine Immunisations to Save 50 Million Lives – COVAX Waits for Indian Vaccines 26/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan Fifty countries have not yet resumed routine immunisations disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting 228 million people – mainly children – and there have already been serious measles outbreaks in Yemen, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to World Health Organization (WHO) director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyusus. To address this, the […] Continue reading -> The ‘Patent Bargain’, Public Good & COVID19 26/04/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As the hotly contested proposal for an IP waiver on COVID-related health products comes up again for debate on Friday, 30 April at the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Council, legal expert Hyo Yoon Kang looks at the foundations of IP law to challenge “TRIPS waiver” naysayers. Geneva Health Files [GHF]: You have argued that IP […] Continue reading -> India Faces Urgent Shortage Of Oxygen As Cases Soar – Japan Enters Third State of Emergency 24/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin India recorded the world’s highest daily toll of new infections for the second consecutive day on Friday, while Japan plans to impose its third state of emergency, just three months before the Tokyo Olympics are set to begin. India is currently facing its worst outbreak of SARS-CoV2 since the pandemic began, with over 330,000 new […] Continue reading -> In Fighting COVID-19, We Can’t Neglect Malaria 24/04/2021 Peter Sands World Malaria Day is a reminder that, as the world battles with COVID-19, we still haven’t beaten a much older pandemic. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that has plagued humanity for millennia and still kills over 400,000 people per year – mainly children under five. In fact, that grim number will almost certainly have increased […] Continue reading -> Pharma Execs: Unlock Export & Supply Chain Barriers & Ramp Up Sharing Of Excess Vaccine Doses To Beat Back COVID Pandemic 23/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of leading pharmaceutical industry executives called upon global health leaders to work together to unlock export barriers, open up supply chain bottlenecks, and encourage high-income countries that are hoarding vaccines to redirect their excess doses to the WHO co-sponsored COVAX global vaccine facility – as ways to rapidly scale up equitable vaccine access […] Continue reading -> ACT-Accelerator Celebrates 1st Anniversary Amid COVID-19 Surge in India 23/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan One of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic is the unprecedented collaboration of every sector of society to overcome it – best demonstrated by the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator), which celebrated its first anniversary on Friday. The ACT-Accelerator’s most famous pillar is the vaccine facility, COVAX, which has distributed almost 40 […] Continue reading -> Global Health Is In Disarray – But Is A Pandemic Treaty The Way Out ? 23/04/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Despite rising calls for a pandemic treaty, including from 25 world leaders in an open letter last month, some global health experts doubt that a treaty would be the most efficient way to quickly strengthen the world’s capacity to beat COVID – and prevent future pandemics. “I don’t think we have time to negotiate another […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pharmaceutical Industry Launches Document on IP Principles Amid Push for TRIPS Waiver 26/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan Amid a huge global push for the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property (IP) rights on products related to COVID-19 for the duration of the pandemic, the pharmaceutical industry launched a document on Monday – World IP Day – asserting that a “strong IP system advances public health” . According to the 10-point […] Continue reading -> Ambitious Push to Resume Routine Immunisations to Save 50 Million Lives – COVAX Waits for Indian Vaccines 26/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan Fifty countries have not yet resumed routine immunisations disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting 228 million people – mainly children – and there have already been serious measles outbreaks in Yemen, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to World Health Organization (WHO) director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyusus. To address this, the […] Continue reading -> The ‘Patent Bargain’, Public Good & COVID19 26/04/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As the hotly contested proposal for an IP waiver on COVID-related health products comes up again for debate on Friday, 30 April at the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Council, legal expert Hyo Yoon Kang looks at the foundations of IP law to challenge “TRIPS waiver” naysayers. Geneva Health Files [GHF]: You have argued that IP […] Continue reading -> India Faces Urgent Shortage Of Oxygen As Cases Soar – Japan Enters Third State of Emergency 24/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin India recorded the world’s highest daily toll of new infections for the second consecutive day on Friday, while Japan plans to impose its third state of emergency, just three months before the Tokyo Olympics are set to begin. India is currently facing its worst outbreak of SARS-CoV2 since the pandemic began, with over 330,000 new […] Continue reading -> In Fighting COVID-19, We Can’t Neglect Malaria 24/04/2021 Peter Sands World Malaria Day is a reminder that, as the world battles with COVID-19, we still haven’t beaten a much older pandemic. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that has plagued humanity for millennia and still kills over 400,000 people per year – mainly children under five. In fact, that grim number will almost certainly have increased […] Continue reading -> Pharma Execs: Unlock Export & Supply Chain Barriers & Ramp Up Sharing Of Excess Vaccine Doses To Beat Back COVID Pandemic 23/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of leading pharmaceutical industry executives called upon global health leaders to work together to unlock export barriers, open up supply chain bottlenecks, and encourage high-income countries that are hoarding vaccines to redirect their excess doses to the WHO co-sponsored COVAX global vaccine facility – as ways to rapidly scale up equitable vaccine access […] Continue reading -> ACT-Accelerator Celebrates 1st Anniversary Amid COVID-19 Surge in India 23/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan One of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic is the unprecedented collaboration of every sector of society to overcome it – best demonstrated by the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator), which celebrated its first anniversary on Friday. The ACT-Accelerator’s most famous pillar is the vaccine facility, COVAX, which has distributed almost 40 […] Continue reading -> Global Health Is In Disarray – But Is A Pandemic Treaty The Way Out ? 23/04/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Despite rising calls for a pandemic treaty, including from 25 world leaders in an open letter last month, some global health experts doubt that a treaty would be the most efficient way to quickly strengthen the world’s capacity to beat COVID – and prevent future pandemics. “I don’t think we have time to negotiate another […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Ambitious Push to Resume Routine Immunisations to Save 50 Million Lives – COVAX Waits for Indian Vaccines 26/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan Fifty countries have not yet resumed routine immunisations disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting 228 million people – mainly children – and there have already been serious measles outbreaks in Yemen, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to World Health Organization (WHO) director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyusus. To address this, the […] Continue reading -> The ‘Patent Bargain’, Public Good & COVID19 26/04/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As the hotly contested proposal for an IP waiver on COVID-related health products comes up again for debate on Friday, 30 April at the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Council, legal expert Hyo Yoon Kang looks at the foundations of IP law to challenge “TRIPS waiver” naysayers. Geneva Health Files [GHF]: You have argued that IP […] Continue reading -> India Faces Urgent Shortage Of Oxygen As Cases Soar – Japan Enters Third State of Emergency 24/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin India recorded the world’s highest daily toll of new infections for the second consecutive day on Friday, while Japan plans to impose its third state of emergency, just three months before the Tokyo Olympics are set to begin. India is currently facing its worst outbreak of SARS-CoV2 since the pandemic began, with over 330,000 new […] Continue reading -> In Fighting COVID-19, We Can’t Neglect Malaria 24/04/2021 Peter Sands World Malaria Day is a reminder that, as the world battles with COVID-19, we still haven’t beaten a much older pandemic. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that has plagued humanity for millennia and still kills over 400,000 people per year – mainly children under five. In fact, that grim number will almost certainly have increased […] Continue reading -> Pharma Execs: Unlock Export & Supply Chain Barriers & Ramp Up Sharing Of Excess Vaccine Doses To Beat Back COVID Pandemic 23/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of leading pharmaceutical industry executives called upon global health leaders to work together to unlock export barriers, open up supply chain bottlenecks, and encourage high-income countries that are hoarding vaccines to redirect their excess doses to the WHO co-sponsored COVAX global vaccine facility – as ways to rapidly scale up equitable vaccine access […] Continue reading -> ACT-Accelerator Celebrates 1st Anniversary Amid COVID-19 Surge in India 23/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan One of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic is the unprecedented collaboration of every sector of society to overcome it – best demonstrated by the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator), which celebrated its first anniversary on Friday. The ACT-Accelerator’s most famous pillar is the vaccine facility, COVAX, which has distributed almost 40 […] Continue reading -> Global Health Is In Disarray – But Is A Pandemic Treaty The Way Out ? 23/04/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Despite rising calls for a pandemic treaty, including from 25 world leaders in an open letter last month, some global health experts doubt that a treaty would be the most efficient way to quickly strengthen the world’s capacity to beat COVID – and prevent future pandemics. “I don’t think we have time to negotiate another […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
The ‘Patent Bargain’, Public Good & COVID19 26/04/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As the hotly contested proposal for an IP waiver on COVID-related health products comes up again for debate on Friday, 30 April at the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Council, legal expert Hyo Yoon Kang looks at the foundations of IP law to challenge “TRIPS waiver” naysayers. Geneva Health Files [GHF]: You have argued that IP […] Continue reading -> India Faces Urgent Shortage Of Oxygen As Cases Soar – Japan Enters Third State of Emergency 24/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin India recorded the world’s highest daily toll of new infections for the second consecutive day on Friday, while Japan plans to impose its third state of emergency, just three months before the Tokyo Olympics are set to begin. India is currently facing its worst outbreak of SARS-CoV2 since the pandemic began, with over 330,000 new […] Continue reading -> In Fighting COVID-19, We Can’t Neglect Malaria 24/04/2021 Peter Sands World Malaria Day is a reminder that, as the world battles with COVID-19, we still haven’t beaten a much older pandemic. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that has plagued humanity for millennia and still kills over 400,000 people per year – mainly children under five. In fact, that grim number will almost certainly have increased […] Continue reading -> Pharma Execs: Unlock Export & Supply Chain Barriers & Ramp Up Sharing Of Excess Vaccine Doses To Beat Back COVID Pandemic 23/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of leading pharmaceutical industry executives called upon global health leaders to work together to unlock export barriers, open up supply chain bottlenecks, and encourage high-income countries that are hoarding vaccines to redirect their excess doses to the WHO co-sponsored COVAX global vaccine facility – as ways to rapidly scale up equitable vaccine access […] Continue reading -> ACT-Accelerator Celebrates 1st Anniversary Amid COVID-19 Surge in India 23/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan One of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic is the unprecedented collaboration of every sector of society to overcome it – best demonstrated by the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator), which celebrated its first anniversary on Friday. The ACT-Accelerator’s most famous pillar is the vaccine facility, COVAX, which has distributed almost 40 […] Continue reading -> Global Health Is In Disarray – But Is A Pandemic Treaty The Way Out ? 23/04/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Despite rising calls for a pandemic treaty, including from 25 world leaders in an open letter last month, some global health experts doubt that a treaty would be the most efficient way to quickly strengthen the world’s capacity to beat COVID – and prevent future pandemics. “I don’t think we have time to negotiate another […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
India Faces Urgent Shortage Of Oxygen As Cases Soar – Japan Enters Third State of Emergency 24/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin India recorded the world’s highest daily toll of new infections for the second consecutive day on Friday, while Japan plans to impose its third state of emergency, just three months before the Tokyo Olympics are set to begin. India is currently facing its worst outbreak of SARS-CoV2 since the pandemic began, with over 330,000 new […] Continue reading -> In Fighting COVID-19, We Can’t Neglect Malaria 24/04/2021 Peter Sands World Malaria Day is a reminder that, as the world battles with COVID-19, we still haven’t beaten a much older pandemic. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that has plagued humanity for millennia and still kills over 400,000 people per year – mainly children under five. In fact, that grim number will almost certainly have increased […] Continue reading -> Pharma Execs: Unlock Export & Supply Chain Barriers & Ramp Up Sharing Of Excess Vaccine Doses To Beat Back COVID Pandemic 23/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of leading pharmaceutical industry executives called upon global health leaders to work together to unlock export barriers, open up supply chain bottlenecks, and encourage high-income countries that are hoarding vaccines to redirect their excess doses to the WHO co-sponsored COVAX global vaccine facility – as ways to rapidly scale up equitable vaccine access […] Continue reading -> ACT-Accelerator Celebrates 1st Anniversary Amid COVID-19 Surge in India 23/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan One of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic is the unprecedented collaboration of every sector of society to overcome it – best demonstrated by the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator), which celebrated its first anniversary on Friday. The ACT-Accelerator’s most famous pillar is the vaccine facility, COVAX, which has distributed almost 40 […] Continue reading -> Global Health Is In Disarray – But Is A Pandemic Treaty The Way Out ? 23/04/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Despite rising calls for a pandemic treaty, including from 25 world leaders in an open letter last month, some global health experts doubt that a treaty would be the most efficient way to quickly strengthen the world’s capacity to beat COVID – and prevent future pandemics. “I don’t think we have time to negotiate another […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
In Fighting COVID-19, We Can’t Neglect Malaria 24/04/2021 Peter Sands World Malaria Day is a reminder that, as the world battles with COVID-19, we still haven’t beaten a much older pandemic. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that has plagued humanity for millennia and still kills over 400,000 people per year – mainly children under five. In fact, that grim number will almost certainly have increased […] Continue reading -> Pharma Execs: Unlock Export & Supply Chain Barriers & Ramp Up Sharing Of Excess Vaccine Doses To Beat Back COVID Pandemic 23/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of leading pharmaceutical industry executives called upon global health leaders to work together to unlock export barriers, open up supply chain bottlenecks, and encourage high-income countries that are hoarding vaccines to redirect their excess doses to the WHO co-sponsored COVAX global vaccine facility – as ways to rapidly scale up equitable vaccine access […] Continue reading -> ACT-Accelerator Celebrates 1st Anniversary Amid COVID-19 Surge in India 23/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan One of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic is the unprecedented collaboration of every sector of society to overcome it – best demonstrated by the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator), which celebrated its first anniversary on Friday. The ACT-Accelerator’s most famous pillar is the vaccine facility, COVAX, which has distributed almost 40 […] Continue reading -> Global Health Is In Disarray – But Is A Pandemic Treaty The Way Out ? 23/04/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Despite rising calls for a pandemic treaty, including from 25 world leaders in an open letter last month, some global health experts doubt that a treaty would be the most efficient way to quickly strengthen the world’s capacity to beat COVID – and prevent future pandemics. “I don’t think we have time to negotiate another […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pharma Execs: Unlock Export & Supply Chain Barriers & Ramp Up Sharing Of Excess Vaccine Doses To Beat Back COVID Pandemic 23/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of leading pharmaceutical industry executives called upon global health leaders to work together to unlock export barriers, open up supply chain bottlenecks, and encourage high-income countries that are hoarding vaccines to redirect their excess doses to the WHO co-sponsored COVAX global vaccine facility – as ways to rapidly scale up equitable vaccine access […] Continue reading -> ACT-Accelerator Celebrates 1st Anniversary Amid COVID-19 Surge in India 23/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan One of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic is the unprecedented collaboration of every sector of society to overcome it – best demonstrated by the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator), which celebrated its first anniversary on Friday. The ACT-Accelerator’s most famous pillar is the vaccine facility, COVAX, which has distributed almost 40 […] Continue reading -> Global Health Is In Disarray – But Is A Pandemic Treaty The Way Out ? 23/04/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Despite rising calls for a pandemic treaty, including from 25 world leaders in an open letter last month, some global health experts doubt that a treaty would be the most efficient way to quickly strengthen the world’s capacity to beat COVID – and prevent future pandemics. “I don’t think we have time to negotiate another […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
ACT-Accelerator Celebrates 1st Anniversary Amid COVID-19 Surge in India 23/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan One of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic is the unprecedented collaboration of every sector of society to overcome it – best demonstrated by the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator), which celebrated its first anniversary on Friday. The ACT-Accelerator’s most famous pillar is the vaccine facility, COVAX, which has distributed almost 40 […] Continue reading -> Global Health Is In Disarray – But Is A Pandemic Treaty The Way Out ? 23/04/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Despite rising calls for a pandemic treaty, including from 25 world leaders in an open letter last month, some global health experts doubt that a treaty would be the most efficient way to quickly strengthen the world’s capacity to beat COVID – and prevent future pandemics. “I don’t think we have time to negotiate another […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Health Is In Disarray – But Is A Pandemic Treaty The Way Out ? 23/04/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Despite rising calls for a pandemic treaty, including from 25 world leaders in an open letter last month, some global health experts doubt that a treaty would be the most efficient way to quickly strengthen the world’s capacity to beat COVID – and prevent future pandemics. “I don’t think we have time to negotiate another […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts