Lacking Resources & Authority, WHO Was Too Slow To Act Against COVID-19 – Says Independent Review Panel 19/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan, Raisa Santos & Madeleine Hoecklin The World Health Organization’s (WHO) response to COVID-19 was too slow, hampered by an antiquated pandemic alert system, lack of resources and a lack of authority with member states, according to an interim report by the Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and Response, presented to the WHO’s Executive Board meeting on Tuesday. It took the […] Continue reading -> COVAX Is Ready To Deliver Vaccines, WHO Officials Tell WHO Executive Board – But Regulatory Approvals Still Lagging For Key COVAX Products 19/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVID-19 vaccine access platform, COVAX, is geared up to deliver vaccines to “far more” than 20% of member states’ populations beyond 2021, Dr Kate O’Brien, the body’s director of vaccines, told its Executive Board meeting on Tuesday. She was responding to concerns and criticisms expressed by member states at the […] Continue reading -> WHO Has ‘Outsourced’ Its Role On Vaccine Access – Civil Society Groups Claim 12/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has “outsourced” its role in vaccine access and sidelined member states by leaving the running of the COVAX vaccine procurement facility to GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance and CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Initiative), Third World Network’s Sangeeta Shashikant told a civil society forum on Tuesday. “Disparity in access is the […] Continue reading -> WHO Stresses That China Trip To Investigate SARS-CoV2 Virus Origins is Not About Blame; Urges All Countries to Improve Genome Sequencing Research 11/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Madeleine Hoecklin The World Health Organization (WHO) research investigation in China to study the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus that triggered a worldwide pandemic of COVID-19 is not intended to apportion blame, Executive Director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme Michael Ryan stressed in a press briefing on Monday. The statement was made hours after WHO Executive Director […] Continue reading -> South Africa to Start Vaccinating Health Workers As WHO Warns Against Bilateral Deals Outside COVAX 07/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – As South Africa reported its highest COVID-19 cases ever this week – over 20,000 in one day – Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced that the country had procured 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine and would start vaccinating health workers by the end of this month. The South African government […] Continue reading -> Denial And Under-Reporting: Africa Heads Ill-Prepared Into COVID-19 Second Wave 22/12/2020 Kerry Cullinan, Zarina Geloo & Paul Adepoju Cape Town – As South Africa records over 930,000 COVID-19 cases and its scientists race to understand whether a new variant is driving the country’s second wave of infections, countries across the African continent are reporting an increase in cases. But there is widespread anecdotal evidence that many African countries are massively under-reporting their COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Most Countries Can Expect Vaccine Supply in Early 2021 – But The Pandemic is Far From Over, Warns WHO 04/12/2020 Kerry Cullinan While the UK and US are likely to start vaccinating its citizens against COVID-19 before the end of the year, the 189 countries that are part of the COVAX initiative should expect to start getting vaccines towards the end of the first quarter of 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Currently through COVAX, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Newer posts
COVAX Is Ready To Deliver Vaccines, WHO Officials Tell WHO Executive Board – But Regulatory Approvals Still Lagging For Key COVAX Products 19/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVID-19 vaccine access platform, COVAX, is geared up to deliver vaccines to “far more” than 20% of member states’ populations beyond 2021, Dr Kate O’Brien, the body’s director of vaccines, told its Executive Board meeting on Tuesday. She was responding to concerns and criticisms expressed by member states at the […] Continue reading -> WHO Has ‘Outsourced’ Its Role On Vaccine Access – Civil Society Groups Claim 12/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has “outsourced” its role in vaccine access and sidelined member states by leaving the running of the COVAX vaccine procurement facility to GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance and CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Initiative), Third World Network’s Sangeeta Shashikant told a civil society forum on Tuesday. “Disparity in access is the […] Continue reading -> WHO Stresses That China Trip To Investigate SARS-CoV2 Virus Origins is Not About Blame; Urges All Countries to Improve Genome Sequencing Research 11/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Madeleine Hoecklin The World Health Organization (WHO) research investigation in China to study the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus that triggered a worldwide pandemic of COVID-19 is not intended to apportion blame, Executive Director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme Michael Ryan stressed in a press briefing on Monday. The statement was made hours after WHO Executive Director […] Continue reading -> South Africa to Start Vaccinating Health Workers As WHO Warns Against Bilateral Deals Outside COVAX 07/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – As South Africa reported its highest COVID-19 cases ever this week – over 20,000 in one day – Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced that the country had procured 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine and would start vaccinating health workers by the end of this month. The South African government […] Continue reading -> Denial And Under-Reporting: Africa Heads Ill-Prepared Into COVID-19 Second Wave 22/12/2020 Kerry Cullinan, Zarina Geloo & Paul Adepoju Cape Town – As South Africa records over 930,000 COVID-19 cases and its scientists race to understand whether a new variant is driving the country’s second wave of infections, countries across the African continent are reporting an increase in cases. But there is widespread anecdotal evidence that many African countries are massively under-reporting their COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Most Countries Can Expect Vaccine Supply in Early 2021 – But The Pandemic is Far From Over, Warns WHO 04/12/2020 Kerry Cullinan While the UK and US are likely to start vaccinating its citizens against COVID-19 before the end of the year, the 189 countries that are part of the COVAX initiative should expect to start getting vaccines towards the end of the first quarter of 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Currently through COVAX, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Newer posts
WHO Has ‘Outsourced’ Its Role On Vaccine Access – Civil Society Groups Claim 12/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has “outsourced” its role in vaccine access and sidelined member states by leaving the running of the COVAX vaccine procurement facility to GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance and CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Initiative), Third World Network’s Sangeeta Shashikant told a civil society forum on Tuesday. “Disparity in access is the […] Continue reading -> WHO Stresses That China Trip To Investigate SARS-CoV2 Virus Origins is Not About Blame; Urges All Countries to Improve Genome Sequencing Research 11/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Madeleine Hoecklin The World Health Organization (WHO) research investigation in China to study the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus that triggered a worldwide pandemic of COVID-19 is not intended to apportion blame, Executive Director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme Michael Ryan stressed in a press briefing on Monday. The statement was made hours after WHO Executive Director […] Continue reading -> South Africa to Start Vaccinating Health Workers As WHO Warns Against Bilateral Deals Outside COVAX 07/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – As South Africa reported its highest COVID-19 cases ever this week – over 20,000 in one day – Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced that the country had procured 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine and would start vaccinating health workers by the end of this month. The South African government […] Continue reading -> Denial And Under-Reporting: Africa Heads Ill-Prepared Into COVID-19 Second Wave 22/12/2020 Kerry Cullinan, Zarina Geloo & Paul Adepoju Cape Town – As South Africa records over 930,000 COVID-19 cases and its scientists race to understand whether a new variant is driving the country’s second wave of infections, countries across the African continent are reporting an increase in cases. But there is widespread anecdotal evidence that many African countries are massively under-reporting their COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Most Countries Can Expect Vaccine Supply in Early 2021 – But The Pandemic is Far From Over, Warns WHO 04/12/2020 Kerry Cullinan While the UK and US are likely to start vaccinating its citizens against COVID-19 before the end of the year, the 189 countries that are part of the COVAX initiative should expect to start getting vaccines towards the end of the first quarter of 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Currently through COVAX, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Newer posts
WHO Stresses That China Trip To Investigate SARS-CoV2 Virus Origins is Not About Blame; Urges All Countries to Improve Genome Sequencing Research 11/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Madeleine Hoecklin The World Health Organization (WHO) research investigation in China to study the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus that triggered a worldwide pandemic of COVID-19 is not intended to apportion blame, Executive Director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme Michael Ryan stressed in a press briefing on Monday. The statement was made hours after WHO Executive Director […] Continue reading -> South Africa to Start Vaccinating Health Workers As WHO Warns Against Bilateral Deals Outside COVAX 07/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – As South Africa reported its highest COVID-19 cases ever this week – over 20,000 in one day – Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced that the country had procured 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine and would start vaccinating health workers by the end of this month. The South African government […] Continue reading -> Denial And Under-Reporting: Africa Heads Ill-Prepared Into COVID-19 Second Wave 22/12/2020 Kerry Cullinan, Zarina Geloo & Paul Adepoju Cape Town – As South Africa records over 930,000 COVID-19 cases and its scientists race to understand whether a new variant is driving the country’s second wave of infections, countries across the African continent are reporting an increase in cases. But there is widespread anecdotal evidence that many African countries are massively under-reporting their COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Most Countries Can Expect Vaccine Supply in Early 2021 – But The Pandemic is Far From Over, Warns WHO 04/12/2020 Kerry Cullinan While the UK and US are likely to start vaccinating its citizens against COVID-19 before the end of the year, the 189 countries that are part of the COVAX initiative should expect to start getting vaccines towards the end of the first quarter of 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Currently through COVAX, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Newer posts
South Africa to Start Vaccinating Health Workers As WHO Warns Against Bilateral Deals Outside COVAX 07/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – As South Africa reported its highest COVID-19 cases ever this week – over 20,000 in one day – Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced that the country had procured 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine and would start vaccinating health workers by the end of this month. The South African government […] Continue reading -> Denial And Under-Reporting: Africa Heads Ill-Prepared Into COVID-19 Second Wave 22/12/2020 Kerry Cullinan, Zarina Geloo & Paul Adepoju Cape Town – As South Africa records over 930,000 COVID-19 cases and its scientists race to understand whether a new variant is driving the country’s second wave of infections, countries across the African continent are reporting an increase in cases. But there is widespread anecdotal evidence that many African countries are massively under-reporting their COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Most Countries Can Expect Vaccine Supply in Early 2021 – But The Pandemic is Far From Over, Warns WHO 04/12/2020 Kerry Cullinan While the UK and US are likely to start vaccinating its citizens against COVID-19 before the end of the year, the 189 countries that are part of the COVAX initiative should expect to start getting vaccines towards the end of the first quarter of 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Currently through COVAX, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Newer posts
Denial And Under-Reporting: Africa Heads Ill-Prepared Into COVID-19 Second Wave 22/12/2020 Kerry Cullinan, Zarina Geloo & Paul Adepoju Cape Town – As South Africa records over 930,000 COVID-19 cases and its scientists race to understand whether a new variant is driving the country’s second wave of infections, countries across the African continent are reporting an increase in cases. But there is widespread anecdotal evidence that many African countries are massively under-reporting their COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Most Countries Can Expect Vaccine Supply in Early 2021 – But The Pandemic is Far From Over, Warns WHO 04/12/2020 Kerry Cullinan While the UK and US are likely to start vaccinating its citizens against COVID-19 before the end of the year, the 189 countries that are part of the COVAX initiative should expect to start getting vaccines towards the end of the first quarter of 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Currently through COVAX, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Newer posts
Most Countries Can Expect Vaccine Supply in Early 2021 – But The Pandemic is Far From Over, Warns WHO 04/12/2020 Kerry Cullinan While the UK and US are likely to start vaccinating its citizens against COVID-19 before the end of the year, the 189 countries that are part of the COVAX initiative should expect to start getting vaccines towards the end of the first quarter of 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Currently through COVAX, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Newer posts