WHO Sets up Special Initiative to Address Delta Variant, as Africa Set to Miss Vaccine Targets 30/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan A special global initiative to respond to the Delta variant has been set up, as COVID-19 cases are expected to reach 200 million within the next two weeks. Meanwhile, 70% of African countries will miss the World Health Organization’s (WHO) target to vaccinate 10% of their populations against COVID-19 by the end of September, and […] Continue reading -> Re-allocate One Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to LMICs, Panel Co-Chairs Appeal to UN Member States 29/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan A billion COVID-19 vaccine doses should be reallocated from high-income countries to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by September, and of another billion by mid-next year, former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark, told United Nations member states on Wednesday. The pair, who co-chaired the […] Continue reading -> Rome Meeting Proposes ‘People-Centred and Nature-Positive Change’ to Food System 29/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan World leaders have been given clear pointers on how to transform the global food system to be more equitable, nourishing and resistant to climate change, at the end of a three-day United Nations pre-summit attended by over 17,000 delegates. Focus now shifts to the Head of State-level summit in New York in September, but UN […] Continue reading -> Africa Grapples With How to Support Women Farmers at UN Food Systems Pre-Summit 28/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan As the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change exacerbate global food insecurity, African countries are committed to giving more support to small farmers – particularly women. This emerged at the United Nations Food Systems Pre-Summit in Italy, which opened on Monday as a precursor to a formal UN summit planned for September. Rwandan President Paul Kagame […] Continue reading -> While Global Tobacco Control Measures Improve, Electronic Cigarettes Evade Regulation in Many Countries 27/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan While there has been significant global progress in curbing conventional tobacco products, newer tobacco and nicotine products such as e-cigarettes are evading regulation, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2021 report on the tobacco epidemic. Some 5.3 billion people are now covered by at least one of the six tobacco ‘MPower’ control measures recommended […] Continue reading -> Tokyo Olympics Open with Pomp, Ceremony & Pandemic Jitters 23/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher, Kerry Cullinan & Raisa Santos The long-delayed 2020 edition of the Tokyo summer Olympics opened Friday against the sober backdrop of soaring COVID infection rates, but with plenty of pomp and ceremony nonetheless – including a massive fireworks display and an aerial show of drones resembling planet earth hovering above Olympic Stadium, while John Lennon’s “Imagine” echoed across the night […] Continue reading -> As COVID-19 Echoes the AIDS Pandemic, Africa’s Faith in Global Solidarity and COVAX Frays 22/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The two men at the centre of Africa’s COVID-19 response – John Nkengasong and Strive Masiwiya – vowed that the pandemic would not follow the same pattern as for HIV, where millions of Africans died because they could not get access to the life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine available in wealthy Western countries. […] Continue reading -> At Polarised TRIPS Meeting, Europe Continues to Oppose IP Waiver 21/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) remains deadlocked on the “fundamental question” of whether a waiver on intellectual property rights of COVID-related products is the best way to address equitable vaccine access during the pandemic. This is according to a draft oral status report adopted at Tuesday’s […] Continue reading -> Tired of Being Excluded from HIV Research, Transgender People Issue Manifesto 19/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Almost one in five trans women globally are living with HIV – 49 times greater than the general population – while HIV in trans men is woefully understudied. Yet trans and gender-diverse (TGD) people are “frequently and often systematically left out of HIV prevention research and responses”, according to No Data No More, a global […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Re-allocate One Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to LMICs, Panel Co-Chairs Appeal to UN Member States 29/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan A billion COVID-19 vaccine doses should be reallocated from high-income countries to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by September, and of another billion by mid-next year, former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark, told United Nations member states on Wednesday. The pair, who co-chaired the […] Continue reading -> Rome Meeting Proposes ‘People-Centred and Nature-Positive Change’ to Food System 29/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan World leaders have been given clear pointers on how to transform the global food system to be more equitable, nourishing and resistant to climate change, at the end of a three-day United Nations pre-summit attended by over 17,000 delegates. Focus now shifts to the Head of State-level summit in New York in September, but UN […] Continue reading -> Africa Grapples With How to Support Women Farmers at UN Food Systems Pre-Summit 28/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan As the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change exacerbate global food insecurity, African countries are committed to giving more support to small farmers – particularly women. This emerged at the United Nations Food Systems Pre-Summit in Italy, which opened on Monday as a precursor to a formal UN summit planned for September. Rwandan President Paul Kagame […] Continue reading -> While Global Tobacco Control Measures Improve, Electronic Cigarettes Evade Regulation in Many Countries 27/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan While there has been significant global progress in curbing conventional tobacco products, newer tobacco and nicotine products such as e-cigarettes are evading regulation, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2021 report on the tobacco epidemic. Some 5.3 billion people are now covered by at least one of the six tobacco ‘MPower’ control measures recommended […] Continue reading -> Tokyo Olympics Open with Pomp, Ceremony & Pandemic Jitters 23/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher, Kerry Cullinan & Raisa Santos The long-delayed 2020 edition of the Tokyo summer Olympics opened Friday against the sober backdrop of soaring COVID infection rates, but with plenty of pomp and ceremony nonetheless – including a massive fireworks display and an aerial show of drones resembling planet earth hovering above Olympic Stadium, while John Lennon’s “Imagine” echoed across the night […] Continue reading -> As COVID-19 Echoes the AIDS Pandemic, Africa’s Faith in Global Solidarity and COVAX Frays 22/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The two men at the centre of Africa’s COVID-19 response – John Nkengasong and Strive Masiwiya – vowed that the pandemic would not follow the same pattern as for HIV, where millions of Africans died because they could not get access to the life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine available in wealthy Western countries. […] Continue reading -> At Polarised TRIPS Meeting, Europe Continues to Oppose IP Waiver 21/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) remains deadlocked on the “fundamental question” of whether a waiver on intellectual property rights of COVID-related products is the best way to address equitable vaccine access during the pandemic. This is according to a draft oral status report adopted at Tuesday’s […] Continue reading -> Tired of Being Excluded from HIV Research, Transgender People Issue Manifesto 19/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Almost one in five trans women globally are living with HIV – 49 times greater than the general population – while HIV in trans men is woefully understudied. Yet trans and gender-diverse (TGD) people are “frequently and often systematically left out of HIV prevention research and responses”, according to No Data No More, a global […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Rome Meeting Proposes ‘People-Centred and Nature-Positive Change’ to Food System 29/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan World leaders have been given clear pointers on how to transform the global food system to be more equitable, nourishing and resistant to climate change, at the end of a three-day United Nations pre-summit attended by over 17,000 delegates. Focus now shifts to the Head of State-level summit in New York in September, but UN […] Continue reading -> Africa Grapples With How to Support Women Farmers at UN Food Systems Pre-Summit 28/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan As the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change exacerbate global food insecurity, African countries are committed to giving more support to small farmers – particularly women. This emerged at the United Nations Food Systems Pre-Summit in Italy, which opened on Monday as a precursor to a formal UN summit planned for September. Rwandan President Paul Kagame […] Continue reading -> While Global Tobacco Control Measures Improve, Electronic Cigarettes Evade Regulation in Many Countries 27/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan While there has been significant global progress in curbing conventional tobacco products, newer tobacco and nicotine products such as e-cigarettes are evading regulation, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2021 report on the tobacco epidemic. Some 5.3 billion people are now covered by at least one of the six tobacco ‘MPower’ control measures recommended […] Continue reading -> Tokyo Olympics Open with Pomp, Ceremony & Pandemic Jitters 23/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher, Kerry Cullinan & Raisa Santos The long-delayed 2020 edition of the Tokyo summer Olympics opened Friday against the sober backdrop of soaring COVID infection rates, but with plenty of pomp and ceremony nonetheless – including a massive fireworks display and an aerial show of drones resembling planet earth hovering above Olympic Stadium, while John Lennon’s “Imagine” echoed across the night […] Continue reading -> As COVID-19 Echoes the AIDS Pandemic, Africa’s Faith in Global Solidarity and COVAX Frays 22/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The two men at the centre of Africa’s COVID-19 response – John Nkengasong and Strive Masiwiya – vowed that the pandemic would not follow the same pattern as for HIV, where millions of Africans died because they could not get access to the life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine available in wealthy Western countries. […] Continue reading -> At Polarised TRIPS Meeting, Europe Continues to Oppose IP Waiver 21/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) remains deadlocked on the “fundamental question” of whether a waiver on intellectual property rights of COVID-related products is the best way to address equitable vaccine access during the pandemic. This is according to a draft oral status report adopted at Tuesday’s […] Continue reading -> Tired of Being Excluded from HIV Research, Transgender People Issue Manifesto 19/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Almost one in five trans women globally are living with HIV – 49 times greater than the general population – while HIV in trans men is woefully understudied. Yet trans and gender-diverse (TGD) people are “frequently and often systematically left out of HIV prevention research and responses”, according to No Data No More, a global […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Africa Grapples With How to Support Women Farmers at UN Food Systems Pre-Summit 28/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan As the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change exacerbate global food insecurity, African countries are committed to giving more support to small farmers – particularly women. This emerged at the United Nations Food Systems Pre-Summit in Italy, which opened on Monday as a precursor to a formal UN summit planned for September. Rwandan President Paul Kagame […] Continue reading -> While Global Tobacco Control Measures Improve, Electronic Cigarettes Evade Regulation in Many Countries 27/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan While there has been significant global progress in curbing conventional tobacco products, newer tobacco and nicotine products such as e-cigarettes are evading regulation, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2021 report on the tobacco epidemic. Some 5.3 billion people are now covered by at least one of the six tobacco ‘MPower’ control measures recommended […] Continue reading -> Tokyo Olympics Open with Pomp, Ceremony & Pandemic Jitters 23/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher, Kerry Cullinan & Raisa Santos The long-delayed 2020 edition of the Tokyo summer Olympics opened Friday against the sober backdrop of soaring COVID infection rates, but with plenty of pomp and ceremony nonetheless – including a massive fireworks display and an aerial show of drones resembling planet earth hovering above Olympic Stadium, while John Lennon’s “Imagine” echoed across the night […] Continue reading -> As COVID-19 Echoes the AIDS Pandemic, Africa’s Faith in Global Solidarity and COVAX Frays 22/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The two men at the centre of Africa’s COVID-19 response – John Nkengasong and Strive Masiwiya – vowed that the pandemic would not follow the same pattern as for HIV, where millions of Africans died because they could not get access to the life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine available in wealthy Western countries. […] Continue reading -> At Polarised TRIPS Meeting, Europe Continues to Oppose IP Waiver 21/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) remains deadlocked on the “fundamental question” of whether a waiver on intellectual property rights of COVID-related products is the best way to address equitable vaccine access during the pandemic. This is according to a draft oral status report adopted at Tuesday’s […] Continue reading -> Tired of Being Excluded from HIV Research, Transgender People Issue Manifesto 19/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Almost one in five trans women globally are living with HIV – 49 times greater than the general population – while HIV in trans men is woefully understudied. Yet trans and gender-diverse (TGD) people are “frequently and often systematically left out of HIV prevention research and responses”, according to No Data No More, a global […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
While Global Tobacco Control Measures Improve, Electronic Cigarettes Evade Regulation in Many Countries 27/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan While there has been significant global progress in curbing conventional tobacco products, newer tobacco and nicotine products such as e-cigarettes are evading regulation, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2021 report on the tobacco epidemic. Some 5.3 billion people are now covered by at least one of the six tobacco ‘MPower’ control measures recommended […] Continue reading -> Tokyo Olympics Open with Pomp, Ceremony & Pandemic Jitters 23/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher, Kerry Cullinan & Raisa Santos The long-delayed 2020 edition of the Tokyo summer Olympics opened Friday against the sober backdrop of soaring COVID infection rates, but with plenty of pomp and ceremony nonetheless – including a massive fireworks display and an aerial show of drones resembling planet earth hovering above Olympic Stadium, while John Lennon’s “Imagine” echoed across the night […] Continue reading -> As COVID-19 Echoes the AIDS Pandemic, Africa’s Faith in Global Solidarity and COVAX Frays 22/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The two men at the centre of Africa’s COVID-19 response – John Nkengasong and Strive Masiwiya – vowed that the pandemic would not follow the same pattern as for HIV, where millions of Africans died because they could not get access to the life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine available in wealthy Western countries. […] Continue reading -> At Polarised TRIPS Meeting, Europe Continues to Oppose IP Waiver 21/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) remains deadlocked on the “fundamental question” of whether a waiver on intellectual property rights of COVID-related products is the best way to address equitable vaccine access during the pandemic. This is according to a draft oral status report adopted at Tuesday’s […] Continue reading -> Tired of Being Excluded from HIV Research, Transgender People Issue Manifesto 19/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Almost one in five trans women globally are living with HIV – 49 times greater than the general population – while HIV in trans men is woefully understudied. Yet trans and gender-diverse (TGD) people are “frequently and often systematically left out of HIV prevention research and responses”, according to No Data No More, a global […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Tokyo Olympics Open with Pomp, Ceremony & Pandemic Jitters 23/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher, Kerry Cullinan & Raisa Santos The long-delayed 2020 edition of the Tokyo summer Olympics opened Friday against the sober backdrop of soaring COVID infection rates, but with plenty of pomp and ceremony nonetheless – including a massive fireworks display and an aerial show of drones resembling planet earth hovering above Olympic Stadium, while John Lennon’s “Imagine” echoed across the night […] Continue reading -> As COVID-19 Echoes the AIDS Pandemic, Africa’s Faith in Global Solidarity and COVAX Frays 22/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The two men at the centre of Africa’s COVID-19 response – John Nkengasong and Strive Masiwiya – vowed that the pandemic would not follow the same pattern as for HIV, where millions of Africans died because they could not get access to the life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine available in wealthy Western countries. […] Continue reading -> At Polarised TRIPS Meeting, Europe Continues to Oppose IP Waiver 21/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) remains deadlocked on the “fundamental question” of whether a waiver on intellectual property rights of COVID-related products is the best way to address equitable vaccine access during the pandemic. This is according to a draft oral status report adopted at Tuesday’s […] Continue reading -> Tired of Being Excluded from HIV Research, Transgender People Issue Manifesto 19/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Almost one in five trans women globally are living with HIV – 49 times greater than the general population – while HIV in trans men is woefully understudied. Yet trans and gender-diverse (TGD) people are “frequently and often systematically left out of HIV prevention research and responses”, according to No Data No More, a global […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As COVID-19 Echoes the AIDS Pandemic, Africa’s Faith in Global Solidarity and COVAX Frays 22/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The two men at the centre of Africa’s COVID-19 response – John Nkengasong and Strive Masiwiya – vowed that the pandemic would not follow the same pattern as for HIV, where millions of Africans died because they could not get access to the life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine available in wealthy Western countries. […] Continue reading -> At Polarised TRIPS Meeting, Europe Continues to Oppose IP Waiver 21/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) remains deadlocked on the “fundamental question” of whether a waiver on intellectual property rights of COVID-related products is the best way to address equitable vaccine access during the pandemic. This is according to a draft oral status report adopted at Tuesday’s […] Continue reading -> Tired of Being Excluded from HIV Research, Transgender People Issue Manifesto 19/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Almost one in five trans women globally are living with HIV – 49 times greater than the general population – while HIV in trans men is woefully understudied. Yet trans and gender-diverse (TGD) people are “frequently and often systematically left out of HIV prevention research and responses”, according to No Data No More, a global […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
At Polarised TRIPS Meeting, Europe Continues to Oppose IP Waiver 21/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) remains deadlocked on the “fundamental question” of whether a waiver on intellectual property rights of COVID-related products is the best way to address equitable vaccine access during the pandemic. This is according to a draft oral status report adopted at Tuesday’s […] Continue reading -> Tired of Being Excluded from HIV Research, Transgender People Issue Manifesto 19/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Almost one in five trans women globally are living with HIV – 49 times greater than the general population – while HIV in trans men is woefully understudied. Yet trans and gender-diverse (TGD) people are “frequently and often systematically left out of HIV prevention research and responses”, according to No Data No More, a global […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Tired of Being Excluded from HIV Research, Transgender People Issue Manifesto 19/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Almost one in five trans women globally are living with HIV – 49 times greater than the general population – while HIV in trans men is woefully understudied. Yet trans and gender-diverse (TGD) people are “frequently and often systematically left out of HIV prevention research and responses”, according to No Data No More, a global […] Continue reading -> Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Burkina Faso, Djibouti and Ethiopia Will be First African Countries to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by US 16/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia will be the first African countries to benefit from the US donation of COVID-19 vaccines, with a million doses expected “in the coming days” as part of the US pledge to provide 25 million vaccines to the continent, US officials and the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, said on Friday. This […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts