MSF Calls On COVID-19 Test Manufacturer To Further Slash Prices 07/05/2021 Editorial team Humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called on US diagnostics corporation Cepheid, which produces the GeneXpert testing machines that run COVID-19 tests, to immediately reduce the prices for the tests to allow for more people to be diagnosed as the pandemic continues to ravage parts of the world. MSF’s plea comes after Cepheid on […] Continue reading -> Cape Town Plans Vaccine Outreach Targeting Homeless as Part of ‘Healthy Cities’ grant 07/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The city is planning a vaccine outreach campaign aimed at encouraging an estimated 530,000 homeless people and migrants to get vaccinated. Cape Town is one of 18 cities that has been chosen by Bloomberg Philanthropies’ ‘Healthy Cities’ initiative for a grant of up to $50,000 to support vaccine distribution to reach high-risk […] Continue reading -> WHO & UNICEF Call For Better Hygiene & More Affordable Water & Sanitation To Stop The Spread Of Deadly Infections 06/05/2021 Editorial team Low-and-middle-income countries have made significantly less progress than high-income countries in implementing hand hygiene and infection prevention programmes that can stop deadly diseases, from diarrhoea to COVID-19, according to a recent A World Health Organization survey of 88 countries. And one in four health care facilities in poorer countries do not have basic water services […] Continue reading -> New Report Calls For More Midwives To Help Prevent Millions Of Childbirth Deaths 05/05/2021 Chandre Prince Two in every three deaths in childbirth could be prevented by 2035 if the world starts recruiting and training more midwives, a new report on the “State of World’s Midwifery 2021” has found. The report, launched by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) on Wednesday found a global shortfall of 900,000 midwives – and said that […] Continue reading -> After Tough Negotiations, Pfizer Delivers First COVID Vaccines to South Africa 03/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan JOHANNESBURG – South Africa received its first batch of 325,260 Pfizer vaccine doses late on Sunday night, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced. This follows lengthy negotiations between the South African government and Pfizer, during which the company made “difficult and sometimes unreasonable” terms including at one stage that the country put up sovereign assets as […] Continue reading -> Massive Moderna Investment Will Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Supply to 3 Billion In 2022 30/04/2021 Raisa Santos Moderna has announced new investments from Europe and the US to increase global vaccine supply, expecting to increase 2022 capacity to up to 3 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. The announcement was followed by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision to list the Moderna vaccine for emergency use, making it the fifth vaccine to […] Continue reading -> More Strokes Observed Among Young & Healthy COVID Patients – New Study Finds 29/04/2021 Editorial team A new study of stroke patients hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic, has found a higher rate of young and healthy stroke victims, as compared to averages before the pandemic began. The researchers in 136 hospitals across 32 nations found that some 25% of stroke patients who had also been sick with COVID-19, were under the […] Continue reading -> Countries That Aimed For COVID ‘Elimination’ Instead Of ‘Mitigation’ Fared Better In Pandemic 29/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A handful of five countries that forcefully acted to eliminate COVID-19 transmission fared better over the duration of the pandemic than others – experiencing far fewer deaths, faster economic recovery, and the preservation of a greater range of personal liberties, according to a sweeping review, published in The Lancet on Thursday. The review of policies […] Continue reading -> HIV Self-testing Kits Prices Slashed In Half: Vital Tool To Help People Know Their Status 28/04/2021 Chandre Prince JOHANNESBURG – A new agreement to slash the price of HIV self-tests in half could ultimately assist eight million people estimated to be unaware of their HIV status to know they are infected – and get them on treatment. The agreement announced on Wednesday between the Geneva-based international health agency, Unitaid, and the US-based global […] Continue reading -> New Wave Of Appeals For WTO Waiver On IP For COVID Treatments Ahead of TRIPS Council Meeting 27/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Nearly 400 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and of national parliaments from across the European Union issued a joint appeal Tuesday calling for the European Commission to drop its opposition to a proposed WTO waiver on IP related to COVID-19 health technologies for the duration of the pandemic, being co-sponsored by India and South […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Cape Town Plans Vaccine Outreach Targeting Homeless as Part of ‘Healthy Cities’ grant 07/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The city is planning a vaccine outreach campaign aimed at encouraging an estimated 530,000 homeless people and migrants to get vaccinated. Cape Town is one of 18 cities that has been chosen by Bloomberg Philanthropies’ ‘Healthy Cities’ initiative for a grant of up to $50,000 to support vaccine distribution to reach high-risk […] Continue reading -> WHO & UNICEF Call For Better Hygiene & More Affordable Water & Sanitation To Stop The Spread Of Deadly Infections 06/05/2021 Editorial team Low-and-middle-income countries have made significantly less progress than high-income countries in implementing hand hygiene and infection prevention programmes that can stop deadly diseases, from diarrhoea to COVID-19, according to a recent A World Health Organization survey of 88 countries. And one in four health care facilities in poorer countries do not have basic water services […] Continue reading -> New Report Calls For More Midwives To Help Prevent Millions Of Childbirth Deaths 05/05/2021 Chandre Prince Two in every three deaths in childbirth could be prevented by 2035 if the world starts recruiting and training more midwives, a new report on the “State of World’s Midwifery 2021” has found. The report, launched by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) on Wednesday found a global shortfall of 900,000 midwives – and said that […] Continue reading -> After Tough Negotiations, Pfizer Delivers First COVID Vaccines to South Africa 03/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan JOHANNESBURG – South Africa received its first batch of 325,260 Pfizer vaccine doses late on Sunday night, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced. This follows lengthy negotiations between the South African government and Pfizer, during which the company made “difficult and sometimes unreasonable” terms including at one stage that the country put up sovereign assets as […] Continue reading -> Massive Moderna Investment Will Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Supply to 3 Billion In 2022 30/04/2021 Raisa Santos Moderna has announced new investments from Europe and the US to increase global vaccine supply, expecting to increase 2022 capacity to up to 3 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. The announcement was followed by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision to list the Moderna vaccine for emergency use, making it the fifth vaccine to […] Continue reading -> More Strokes Observed Among Young & Healthy COVID Patients – New Study Finds 29/04/2021 Editorial team A new study of stroke patients hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic, has found a higher rate of young and healthy stroke victims, as compared to averages before the pandemic began. The researchers in 136 hospitals across 32 nations found that some 25% of stroke patients who had also been sick with COVID-19, were under the […] Continue reading -> Countries That Aimed For COVID ‘Elimination’ Instead Of ‘Mitigation’ Fared Better In Pandemic 29/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A handful of five countries that forcefully acted to eliminate COVID-19 transmission fared better over the duration of the pandemic than others – experiencing far fewer deaths, faster economic recovery, and the preservation of a greater range of personal liberties, according to a sweeping review, published in The Lancet on Thursday. The review of policies […] Continue reading -> HIV Self-testing Kits Prices Slashed In Half: Vital Tool To Help People Know Their Status 28/04/2021 Chandre Prince JOHANNESBURG – A new agreement to slash the price of HIV self-tests in half could ultimately assist eight million people estimated to be unaware of their HIV status to know they are infected – and get them on treatment. The agreement announced on Wednesday between the Geneva-based international health agency, Unitaid, and the US-based global […] Continue reading -> New Wave Of Appeals For WTO Waiver On IP For COVID Treatments Ahead of TRIPS Council Meeting 27/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Nearly 400 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and of national parliaments from across the European Union issued a joint appeal Tuesday calling for the European Commission to drop its opposition to a proposed WTO waiver on IP related to COVID-19 health technologies for the duration of the pandemic, being co-sponsored by India and South […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO & UNICEF Call For Better Hygiene & More Affordable Water & Sanitation To Stop The Spread Of Deadly Infections 06/05/2021 Editorial team Low-and-middle-income countries have made significantly less progress than high-income countries in implementing hand hygiene and infection prevention programmes that can stop deadly diseases, from diarrhoea to COVID-19, according to a recent A World Health Organization survey of 88 countries. And one in four health care facilities in poorer countries do not have basic water services […] Continue reading -> New Report Calls For More Midwives To Help Prevent Millions Of Childbirth Deaths 05/05/2021 Chandre Prince Two in every three deaths in childbirth could be prevented by 2035 if the world starts recruiting and training more midwives, a new report on the “State of World’s Midwifery 2021” has found. The report, launched by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) on Wednesday found a global shortfall of 900,000 midwives – and said that […] Continue reading -> After Tough Negotiations, Pfizer Delivers First COVID Vaccines to South Africa 03/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan JOHANNESBURG – South Africa received its first batch of 325,260 Pfizer vaccine doses late on Sunday night, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced. This follows lengthy negotiations between the South African government and Pfizer, during which the company made “difficult and sometimes unreasonable” terms including at one stage that the country put up sovereign assets as […] Continue reading -> Massive Moderna Investment Will Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Supply to 3 Billion In 2022 30/04/2021 Raisa Santos Moderna has announced new investments from Europe and the US to increase global vaccine supply, expecting to increase 2022 capacity to up to 3 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. The announcement was followed by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision to list the Moderna vaccine for emergency use, making it the fifth vaccine to […] Continue reading -> More Strokes Observed Among Young & Healthy COVID Patients – New Study Finds 29/04/2021 Editorial team A new study of stroke patients hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic, has found a higher rate of young and healthy stroke victims, as compared to averages before the pandemic began. The researchers in 136 hospitals across 32 nations found that some 25% of stroke patients who had also been sick with COVID-19, were under the […] Continue reading -> Countries That Aimed For COVID ‘Elimination’ Instead Of ‘Mitigation’ Fared Better In Pandemic 29/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A handful of five countries that forcefully acted to eliminate COVID-19 transmission fared better over the duration of the pandemic than others – experiencing far fewer deaths, faster economic recovery, and the preservation of a greater range of personal liberties, according to a sweeping review, published in The Lancet on Thursday. The review of policies […] Continue reading -> HIV Self-testing Kits Prices Slashed In Half: Vital Tool To Help People Know Their Status 28/04/2021 Chandre Prince JOHANNESBURG – A new agreement to slash the price of HIV self-tests in half could ultimately assist eight million people estimated to be unaware of their HIV status to know they are infected – and get them on treatment. The agreement announced on Wednesday between the Geneva-based international health agency, Unitaid, and the US-based global […] Continue reading -> New Wave Of Appeals For WTO Waiver On IP For COVID Treatments Ahead of TRIPS Council Meeting 27/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Nearly 400 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and of national parliaments from across the European Union issued a joint appeal Tuesday calling for the European Commission to drop its opposition to a proposed WTO waiver on IP related to COVID-19 health technologies for the duration of the pandemic, being co-sponsored by India and South […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Report Calls For More Midwives To Help Prevent Millions Of Childbirth Deaths 05/05/2021 Chandre Prince Two in every three deaths in childbirth could be prevented by 2035 if the world starts recruiting and training more midwives, a new report on the “State of World’s Midwifery 2021” has found. The report, launched by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) on Wednesday found a global shortfall of 900,000 midwives – and said that […] Continue reading -> After Tough Negotiations, Pfizer Delivers First COVID Vaccines to South Africa 03/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan JOHANNESBURG – South Africa received its first batch of 325,260 Pfizer vaccine doses late on Sunday night, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced. This follows lengthy negotiations between the South African government and Pfizer, during which the company made “difficult and sometimes unreasonable” terms including at one stage that the country put up sovereign assets as […] Continue reading -> Massive Moderna Investment Will Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Supply to 3 Billion In 2022 30/04/2021 Raisa Santos Moderna has announced new investments from Europe and the US to increase global vaccine supply, expecting to increase 2022 capacity to up to 3 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. The announcement was followed by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision to list the Moderna vaccine for emergency use, making it the fifth vaccine to […] Continue reading -> More Strokes Observed Among Young & Healthy COVID Patients – New Study Finds 29/04/2021 Editorial team A new study of stroke patients hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic, has found a higher rate of young and healthy stroke victims, as compared to averages before the pandemic began. The researchers in 136 hospitals across 32 nations found that some 25% of stroke patients who had also been sick with COVID-19, were under the […] Continue reading -> Countries That Aimed For COVID ‘Elimination’ Instead Of ‘Mitigation’ Fared Better In Pandemic 29/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A handful of five countries that forcefully acted to eliminate COVID-19 transmission fared better over the duration of the pandemic than others – experiencing far fewer deaths, faster economic recovery, and the preservation of a greater range of personal liberties, according to a sweeping review, published in The Lancet on Thursday. The review of policies […] Continue reading -> HIV Self-testing Kits Prices Slashed In Half: Vital Tool To Help People Know Their Status 28/04/2021 Chandre Prince JOHANNESBURG – A new agreement to slash the price of HIV self-tests in half could ultimately assist eight million people estimated to be unaware of their HIV status to know they are infected – and get them on treatment. The agreement announced on Wednesday between the Geneva-based international health agency, Unitaid, and the US-based global […] Continue reading -> New Wave Of Appeals For WTO Waiver On IP For COVID Treatments Ahead of TRIPS Council Meeting 27/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Nearly 400 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and of national parliaments from across the European Union issued a joint appeal Tuesday calling for the European Commission to drop its opposition to a proposed WTO waiver on IP related to COVID-19 health technologies for the duration of the pandemic, being co-sponsored by India and South […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
After Tough Negotiations, Pfizer Delivers First COVID Vaccines to South Africa 03/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan JOHANNESBURG – South Africa received its first batch of 325,260 Pfizer vaccine doses late on Sunday night, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced. This follows lengthy negotiations between the South African government and Pfizer, during which the company made “difficult and sometimes unreasonable” terms including at one stage that the country put up sovereign assets as […] Continue reading -> Massive Moderna Investment Will Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Supply to 3 Billion In 2022 30/04/2021 Raisa Santos Moderna has announced new investments from Europe and the US to increase global vaccine supply, expecting to increase 2022 capacity to up to 3 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. The announcement was followed by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision to list the Moderna vaccine for emergency use, making it the fifth vaccine to […] Continue reading -> More Strokes Observed Among Young & Healthy COVID Patients – New Study Finds 29/04/2021 Editorial team A new study of stroke patients hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic, has found a higher rate of young and healthy stroke victims, as compared to averages before the pandemic began. The researchers in 136 hospitals across 32 nations found that some 25% of stroke patients who had also been sick with COVID-19, were under the […] Continue reading -> Countries That Aimed For COVID ‘Elimination’ Instead Of ‘Mitigation’ Fared Better In Pandemic 29/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A handful of five countries that forcefully acted to eliminate COVID-19 transmission fared better over the duration of the pandemic than others – experiencing far fewer deaths, faster economic recovery, and the preservation of a greater range of personal liberties, according to a sweeping review, published in The Lancet on Thursday. The review of policies […] Continue reading -> HIV Self-testing Kits Prices Slashed In Half: Vital Tool To Help People Know Their Status 28/04/2021 Chandre Prince JOHANNESBURG – A new agreement to slash the price of HIV self-tests in half could ultimately assist eight million people estimated to be unaware of their HIV status to know they are infected – and get them on treatment. The agreement announced on Wednesday between the Geneva-based international health agency, Unitaid, and the US-based global […] Continue reading -> New Wave Of Appeals For WTO Waiver On IP For COVID Treatments Ahead of TRIPS Council Meeting 27/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Nearly 400 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and of national parliaments from across the European Union issued a joint appeal Tuesday calling for the European Commission to drop its opposition to a proposed WTO waiver on IP related to COVID-19 health technologies for the duration of the pandemic, being co-sponsored by India and South […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Massive Moderna Investment Will Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Supply to 3 Billion In 2022 30/04/2021 Raisa Santos Moderna has announced new investments from Europe and the US to increase global vaccine supply, expecting to increase 2022 capacity to up to 3 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. The announcement was followed by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision to list the Moderna vaccine for emergency use, making it the fifth vaccine to […] Continue reading -> More Strokes Observed Among Young & Healthy COVID Patients – New Study Finds 29/04/2021 Editorial team A new study of stroke patients hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic, has found a higher rate of young and healthy stroke victims, as compared to averages before the pandemic began. The researchers in 136 hospitals across 32 nations found that some 25% of stroke patients who had also been sick with COVID-19, were under the […] Continue reading -> Countries That Aimed For COVID ‘Elimination’ Instead Of ‘Mitigation’ Fared Better In Pandemic 29/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A handful of five countries that forcefully acted to eliminate COVID-19 transmission fared better over the duration of the pandemic than others – experiencing far fewer deaths, faster economic recovery, and the preservation of a greater range of personal liberties, according to a sweeping review, published in The Lancet on Thursday. The review of policies […] Continue reading -> HIV Self-testing Kits Prices Slashed In Half: Vital Tool To Help People Know Their Status 28/04/2021 Chandre Prince JOHANNESBURG – A new agreement to slash the price of HIV self-tests in half could ultimately assist eight million people estimated to be unaware of their HIV status to know they are infected – and get them on treatment. The agreement announced on Wednesday between the Geneva-based international health agency, Unitaid, and the US-based global […] Continue reading -> New Wave Of Appeals For WTO Waiver On IP For COVID Treatments Ahead of TRIPS Council Meeting 27/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Nearly 400 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and of national parliaments from across the European Union issued a joint appeal Tuesday calling for the European Commission to drop its opposition to a proposed WTO waiver on IP related to COVID-19 health technologies for the duration of the pandemic, being co-sponsored by India and South […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
More Strokes Observed Among Young & Healthy COVID Patients – New Study Finds 29/04/2021 Editorial team A new study of stroke patients hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic, has found a higher rate of young and healthy stroke victims, as compared to averages before the pandemic began. The researchers in 136 hospitals across 32 nations found that some 25% of stroke patients who had also been sick with COVID-19, were under the […] Continue reading -> Countries That Aimed For COVID ‘Elimination’ Instead Of ‘Mitigation’ Fared Better In Pandemic 29/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A handful of five countries that forcefully acted to eliminate COVID-19 transmission fared better over the duration of the pandemic than others – experiencing far fewer deaths, faster economic recovery, and the preservation of a greater range of personal liberties, according to a sweeping review, published in The Lancet on Thursday. The review of policies […] Continue reading -> HIV Self-testing Kits Prices Slashed In Half: Vital Tool To Help People Know Their Status 28/04/2021 Chandre Prince JOHANNESBURG – A new agreement to slash the price of HIV self-tests in half could ultimately assist eight million people estimated to be unaware of their HIV status to know they are infected – and get them on treatment. The agreement announced on Wednesday between the Geneva-based international health agency, Unitaid, and the US-based global […] Continue reading -> New Wave Of Appeals For WTO Waiver On IP For COVID Treatments Ahead of TRIPS Council Meeting 27/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Nearly 400 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and of national parliaments from across the European Union issued a joint appeal Tuesday calling for the European Commission to drop its opposition to a proposed WTO waiver on IP related to COVID-19 health technologies for the duration of the pandemic, being co-sponsored by India and South […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Countries That Aimed For COVID ‘Elimination’ Instead Of ‘Mitigation’ Fared Better In Pandemic 29/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A handful of five countries that forcefully acted to eliminate COVID-19 transmission fared better over the duration of the pandemic than others – experiencing far fewer deaths, faster economic recovery, and the preservation of a greater range of personal liberties, according to a sweeping review, published in The Lancet on Thursday. The review of policies […] Continue reading -> HIV Self-testing Kits Prices Slashed In Half: Vital Tool To Help People Know Their Status 28/04/2021 Chandre Prince JOHANNESBURG – A new agreement to slash the price of HIV self-tests in half could ultimately assist eight million people estimated to be unaware of their HIV status to know they are infected – and get them on treatment. The agreement announced on Wednesday between the Geneva-based international health agency, Unitaid, and the US-based global […] Continue reading -> New Wave Of Appeals For WTO Waiver On IP For COVID Treatments Ahead of TRIPS Council Meeting 27/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Nearly 400 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and of national parliaments from across the European Union issued a joint appeal Tuesday calling for the European Commission to drop its opposition to a proposed WTO waiver on IP related to COVID-19 health technologies for the duration of the pandemic, being co-sponsored by India and South […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
HIV Self-testing Kits Prices Slashed In Half: Vital Tool To Help People Know Their Status 28/04/2021 Chandre Prince JOHANNESBURG – A new agreement to slash the price of HIV self-tests in half could ultimately assist eight million people estimated to be unaware of their HIV status to know they are infected – and get them on treatment. The agreement announced on Wednesday between the Geneva-based international health agency, Unitaid, and the US-based global […] Continue reading -> New Wave Of Appeals For WTO Waiver On IP For COVID Treatments Ahead of TRIPS Council Meeting 27/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Nearly 400 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and of national parliaments from across the European Union issued a joint appeal Tuesday calling for the European Commission to drop its opposition to a proposed WTO waiver on IP related to COVID-19 health technologies for the duration of the pandemic, being co-sponsored by India and South […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Wave Of Appeals For WTO Waiver On IP For COVID Treatments Ahead of TRIPS Council Meeting 27/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Nearly 400 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and of national parliaments from across the European Union issued a joint appeal Tuesday calling for the European Commission to drop its opposition to a proposed WTO waiver on IP related to COVID-19 health technologies for the duration of the pandemic, being co-sponsored by India and South […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts