WHO Issues Urgent Call to Develop New Vaccines to Tackle Drug-Resistant Bacteria 12/07/2022 Dann Okoth NAIROBI — With antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on the rise globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday issued an urgent call to step up investment and research into vaccine candidates that can tackle the problem of drug-resistant bacteria in a new report that looks at key research gaps and opportunities. Antimicrobial resistance, which refers to bacteria, […] Continue reading -> UN Human Rights Council’s Resolution on Access to Medicines and Vaccines Welcomed by Civil Society 11/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Citizens and NGOs welcomed the United Nations Human Rights Council’s adoption of a much-debated draft resolution that calls on nations to ensure everyone has access to medicines and vaccines. The resolution was adopted by consensus Friday shortly before the close of the HRC’s 50th session, sending what proponents called a “clear message” that access to […] Continue reading -> Some 1.1 Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Likely Wasted Since Rollout Began 11/07/2022 Editorial team Some 1.1 billion COVID-19 vaccines are likely to have been wasted since the global rollout began, according to new findings by Airfinity, a global health surveillance firm. Airfinity’s analysis, released Monday, assumed a 10% wastage rate from June 2021 when global dose sharing began. This rate is taken from confirmed wastage in the United States […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency Recommends Second COVID Booster for People Over 60 – as WHO Ponders Status of COVID Emergency 08/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher With cases of Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 soaring in Europe and around the world, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommends everyone 60 and older get a second COVID-19 booster shot. EMA’s recommendation came shortly before WHO reconvened its COVID Emergency Committee on Friday to reconsider its global recommendations for the pandemic – and if the […] Continue reading -> First-Ever Cases of Marburg Virus Disease Reported in Ghana 08/07/2022 Editorial team Ghana has reported two suspected cases of the rare and deadly Marburg virus disease – the first to ever be recorded within its borders. Marburg is a highly infectious viral haemorrhagic fever in the same family as the more well-known Ebola virus disease, said WHO’s Ghana Country Office in making the announcement. It has a […] Continue reading -> African Innovation Gets Major Boost with New Pharma Technology Foundation 07/07/2022 Ochieng’ Ogodo The African Development Bank is establishing a foundation with the aim of spending at least $3 billion over the next decade to boost Africa’s access to technologies needed to make medicines, vaccines, and other pharmaceutical products. The bank’s board approved the establishment of the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation with an eye to towards creating what […] Continue reading -> WHO Concern as Monkeypox Cases Jump by 77% in a Week 07/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan With a 77% increase in new monkeypox cases in the past week, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Emergency Committee is increasingly likely to declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) when it reconvenes on or before 18 July. By Thursday, 59 countries had reported monkeypox cases, with Spain (1804 cases), UK […] Continue reading -> Long-Neglected Tuberculosis Could Be Stopped by 2030 – at a Cost of $250 Billion 07/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan After year-long consultations, the Stop TB Partnership launched its global plan to end tuberculosis by 2030, which would involve the diagnosis and treatment of 50 million people at a cost of $250 billion. TB, the second biggest infectious disease killer in the world after COVID-19, has been neglected by donors in the past – yet […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Support Steady Despite Global Partnership’s ‘Transition’ 06/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Organizers say they have no plans to “sunset” the support they offer countries through the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, the global partnership to facilitate equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines. The ACT-A, however, will undergo a “transition” when its strategic plan and budget ends in September, according to the World Health […] Continue reading -> East Africa’s Attempt to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Services Faces Opposition 05/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan A Bill that aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls in six East African countries faces a tough uphill battle to approval, with opposition from conservatives who claim that it would promote abortion and LBGTQ rights Over the past week, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has conducted […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UN Human Rights Council’s Resolution on Access to Medicines and Vaccines Welcomed by Civil Society 11/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Citizens and NGOs welcomed the United Nations Human Rights Council’s adoption of a much-debated draft resolution that calls on nations to ensure everyone has access to medicines and vaccines. The resolution was adopted by consensus Friday shortly before the close of the HRC’s 50th session, sending what proponents called a “clear message” that access to […] Continue reading -> Some 1.1 Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Likely Wasted Since Rollout Began 11/07/2022 Editorial team Some 1.1 billion COVID-19 vaccines are likely to have been wasted since the global rollout began, according to new findings by Airfinity, a global health surveillance firm. Airfinity’s analysis, released Monday, assumed a 10% wastage rate from June 2021 when global dose sharing began. This rate is taken from confirmed wastage in the United States […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency Recommends Second COVID Booster for People Over 60 – as WHO Ponders Status of COVID Emergency 08/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher With cases of Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 soaring in Europe and around the world, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommends everyone 60 and older get a second COVID-19 booster shot. EMA’s recommendation came shortly before WHO reconvened its COVID Emergency Committee on Friday to reconsider its global recommendations for the pandemic – and if the […] Continue reading -> First-Ever Cases of Marburg Virus Disease Reported in Ghana 08/07/2022 Editorial team Ghana has reported two suspected cases of the rare and deadly Marburg virus disease – the first to ever be recorded within its borders. Marburg is a highly infectious viral haemorrhagic fever in the same family as the more well-known Ebola virus disease, said WHO’s Ghana Country Office in making the announcement. It has a […] Continue reading -> African Innovation Gets Major Boost with New Pharma Technology Foundation 07/07/2022 Ochieng’ Ogodo The African Development Bank is establishing a foundation with the aim of spending at least $3 billion over the next decade to boost Africa’s access to technologies needed to make medicines, vaccines, and other pharmaceutical products. The bank’s board approved the establishment of the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation with an eye to towards creating what […] Continue reading -> WHO Concern as Monkeypox Cases Jump by 77% in a Week 07/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan With a 77% increase in new monkeypox cases in the past week, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Emergency Committee is increasingly likely to declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) when it reconvenes on or before 18 July. By Thursday, 59 countries had reported monkeypox cases, with Spain (1804 cases), UK […] Continue reading -> Long-Neglected Tuberculosis Could Be Stopped by 2030 – at a Cost of $250 Billion 07/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan After year-long consultations, the Stop TB Partnership launched its global plan to end tuberculosis by 2030, which would involve the diagnosis and treatment of 50 million people at a cost of $250 billion. TB, the second biggest infectious disease killer in the world after COVID-19, has been neglected by donors in the past – yet […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Support Steady Despite Global Partnership’s ‘Transition’ 06/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Organizers say they have no plans to “sunset” the support they offer countries through the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, the global partnership to facilitate equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines. The ACT-A, however, will undergo a “transition” when its strategic plan and budget ends in September, according to the World Health […] Continue reading -> East Africa’s Attempt to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Services Faces Opposition 05/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan A Bill that aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls in six East African countries faces a tough uphill battle to approval, with opposition from conservatives who claim that it would promote abortion and LBGTQ rights Over the past week, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has conducted […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Some 1.1 Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Likely Wasted Since Rollout Began 11/07/2022 Editorial team Some 1.1 billion COVID-19 vaccines are likely to have been wasted since the global rollout began, according to new findings by Airfinity, a global health surveillance firm. Airfinity’s analysis, released Monday, assumed a 10% wastage rate from June 2021 when global dose sharing began. This rate is taken from confirmed wastage in the United States […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency Recommends Second COVID Booster for People Over 60 – as WHO Ponders Status of COVID Emergency 08/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher With cases of Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 soaring in Europe and around the world, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommends everyone 60 and older get a second COVID-19 booster shot. EMA’s recommendation came shortly before WHO reconvened its COVID Emergency Committee on Friday to reconsider its global recommendations for the pandemic – and if the […] Continue reading -> First-Ever Cases of Marburg Virus Disease Reported in Ghana 08/07/2022 Editorial team Ghana has reported two suspected cases of the rare and deadly Marburg virus disease – the first to ever be recorded within its borders. Marburg is a highly infectious viral haemorrhagic fever in the same family as the more well-known Ebola virus disease, said WHO’s Ghana Country Office in making the announcement. It has a […] Continue reading -> African Innovation Gets Major Boost with New Pharma Technology Foundation 07/07/2022 Ochieng’ Ogodo The African Development Bank is establishing a foundation with the aim of spending at least $3 billion over the next decade to boost Africa’s access to technologies needed to make medicines, vaccines, and other pharmaceutical products. The bank’s board approved the establishment of the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation with an eye to towards creating what […] Continue reading -> WHO Concern as Monkeypox Cases Jump by 77% in a Week 07/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan With a 77% increase in new monkeypox cases in the past week, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Emergency Committee is increasingly likely to declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) when it reconvenes on or before 18 July. By Thursday, 59 countries had reported monkeypox cases, with Spain (1804 cases), UK […] Continue reading -> Long-Neglected Tuberculosis Could Be Stopped by 2030 – at a Cost of $250 Billion 07/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan After year-long consultations, the Stop TB Partnership launched its global plan to end tuberculosis by 2030, which would involve the diagnosis and treatment of 50 million people at a cost of $250 billion. TB, the second biggest infectious disease killer in the world after COVID-19, has been neglected by donors in the past – yet […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Support Steady Despite Global Partnership’s ‘Transition’ 06/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Organizers say they have no plans to “sunset” the support they offer countries through the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, the global partnership to facilitate equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines. The ACT-A, however, will undergo a “transition” when its strategic plan and budget ends in September, according to the World Health […] Continue reading -> East Africa’s Attempt to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Services Faces Opposition 05/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan A Bill that aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls in six East African countries faces a tough uphill battle to approval, with opposition from conservatives who claim that it would promote abortion and LBGTQ rights Over the past week, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has conducted […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
European Medicines Agency Recommends Second COVID Booster for People Over 60 – as WHO Ponders Status of COVID Emergency 08/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher With cases of Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 soaring in Europe and around the world, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommends everyone 60 and older get a second COVID-19 booster shot. EMA’s recommendation came shortly before WHO reconvened its COVID Emergency Committee on Friday to reconsider its global recommendations for the pandemic – and if the […] Continue reading -> First-Ever Cases of Marburg Virus Disease Reported in Ghana 08/07/2022 Editorial team Ghana has reported two suspected cases of the rare and deadly Marburg virus disease – the first to ever be recorded within its borders. Marburg is a highly infectious viral haemorrhagic fever in the same family as the more well-known Ebola virus disease, said WHO’s Ghana Country Office in making the announcement. It has a […] Continue reading -> African Innovation Gets Major Boost with New Pharma Technology Foundation 07/07/2022 Ochieng’ Ogodo The African Development Bank is establishing a foundation with the aim of spending at least $3 billion over the next decade to boost Africa’s access to technologies needed to make medicines, vaccines, and other pharmaceutical products. The bank’s board approved the establishment of the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation with an eye to towards creating what […] Continue reading -> WHO Concern as Monkeypox Cases Jump by 77% in a Week 07/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan With a 77% increase in new monkeypox cases in the past week, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Emergency Committee is increasingly likely to declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) when it reconvenes on or before 18 July. By Thursday, 59 countries had reported monkeypox cases, with Spain (1804 cases), UK […] Continue reading -> Long-Neglected Tuberculosis Could Be Stopped by 2030 – at a Cost of $250 Billion 07/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan After year-long consultations, the Stop TB Partnership launched its global plan to end tuberculosis by 2030, which would involve the diagnosis and treatment of 50 million people at a cost of $250 billion. TB, the second biggest infectious disease killer in the world after COVID-19, has been neglected by donors in the past – yet […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Support Steady Despite Global Partnership’s ‘Transition’ 06/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Organizers say they have no plans to “sunset” the support they offer countries through the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, the global partnership to facilitate equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines. The ACT-A, however, will undergo a “transition” when its strategic plan and budget ends in September, according to the World Health […] Continue reading -> East Africa’s Attempt to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Services Faces Opposition 05/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan A Bill that aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls in six East African countries faces a tough uphill battle to approval, with opposition from conservatives who claim that it would promote abortion and LBGTQ rights Over the past week, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has conducted […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
First-Ever Cases of Marburg Virus Disease Reported in Ghana 08/07/2022 Editorial team Ghana has reported two suspected cases of the rare and deadly Marburg virus disease – the first to ever be recorded within its borders. Marburg is a highly infectious viral haemorrhagic fever in the same family as the more well-known Ebola virus disease, said WHO’s Ghana Country Office in making the announcement. It has a […] Continue reading -> African Innovation Gets Major Boost with New Pharma Technology Foundation 07/07/2022 Ochieng’ Ogodo The African Development Bank is establishing a foundation with the aim of spending at least $3 billion over the next decade to boost Africa’s access to technologies needed to make medicines, vaccines, and other pharmaceutical products. The bank’s board approved the establishment of the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation with an eye to towards creating what […] Continue reading -> WHO Concern as Monkeypox Cases Jump by 77% in a Week 07/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan With a 77% increase in new monkeypox cases in the past week, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Emergency Committee is increasingly likely to declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) when it reconvenes on or before 18 July. By Thursday, 59 countries had reported monkeypox cases, with Spain (1804 cases), UK […] Continue reading -> Long-Neglected Tuberculosis Could Be Stopped by 2030 – at a Cost of $250 Billion 07/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan After year-long consultations, the Stop TB Partnership launched its global plan to end tuberculosis by 2030, which would involve the diagnosis and treatment of 50 million people at a cost of $250 billion. TB, the second biggest infectious disease killer in the world after COVID-19, has been neglected by donors in the past – yet […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Support Steady Despite Global Partnership’s ‘Transition’ 06/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Organizers say they have no plans to “sunset” the support they offer countries through the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, the global partnership to facilitate equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines. The ACT-A, however, will undergo a “transition” when its strategic plan and budget ends in September, according to the World Health […] Continue reading -> East Africa’s Attempt to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Services Faces Opposition 05/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan A Bill that aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls in six East African countries faces a tough uphill battle to approval, with opposition from conservatives who claim that it would promote abortion and LBGTQ rights Over the past week, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has conducted […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
African Innovation Gets Major Boost with New Pharma Technology Foundation 07/07/2022 Ochieng’ Ogodo The African Development Bank is establishing a foundation with the aim of spending at least $3 billion over the next decade to boost Africa’s access to technologies needed to make medicines, vaccines, and other pharmaceutical products. The bank’s board approved the establishment of the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation with an eye to towards creating what […] Continue reading -> WHO Concern as Monkeypox Cases Jump by 77% in a Week 07/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan With a 77% increase in new monkeypox cases in the past week, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Emergency Committee is increasingly likely to declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) when it reconvenes on or before 18 July. By Thursday, 59 countries had reported monkeypox cases, with Spain (1804 cases), UK […] Continue reading -> Long-Neglected Tuberculosis Could Be Stopped by 2030 – at a Cost of $250 Billion 07/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan After year-long consultations, the Stop TB Partnership launched its global plan to end tuberculosis by 2030, which would involve the diagnosis and treatment of 50 million people at a cost of $250 billion. TB, the second biggest infectious disease killer in the world after COVID-19, has been neglected by donors in the past – yet […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Support Steady Despite Global Partnership’s ‘Transition’ 06/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Organizers say they have no plans to “sunset” the support they offer countries through the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, the global partnership to facilitate equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines. The ACT-A, however, will undergo a “transition” when its strategic plan and budget ends in September, according to the World Health […] Continue reading -> East Africa’s Attempt to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Services Faces Opposition 05/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan A Bill that aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls in six East African countries faces a tough uphill battle to approval, with opposition from conservatives who claim that it would promote abortion and LBGTQ rights Over the past week, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has conducted […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Concern as Monkeypox Cases Jump by 77% in a Week 07/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan With a 77% increase in new monkeypox cases in the past week, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Emergency Committee is increasingly likely to declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) when it reconvenes on or before 18 July. By Thursday, 59 countries had reported monkeypox cases, with Spain (1804 cases), UK […] Continue reading -> Long-Neglected Tuberculosis Could Be Stopped by 2030 – at a Cost of $250 Billion 07/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan After year-long consultations, the Stop TB Partnership launched its global plan to end tuberculosis by 2030, which would involve the diagnosis and treatment of 50 million people at a cost of $250 billion. TB, the second biggest infectious disease killer in the world after COVID-19, has been neglected by donors in the past – yet […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Support Steady Despite Global Partnership’s ‘Transition’ 06/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Organizers say they have no plans to “sunset” the support they offer countries through the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, the global partnership to facilitate equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines. The ACT-A, however, will undergo a “transition” when its strategic plan and budget ends in September, according to the World Health […] Continue reading -> East Africa’s Attempt to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Services Faces Opposition 05/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan A Bill that aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls in six East African countries faces a tough uphill battle to approval, with opposition from conservatives who claim that it would promote abortion and LBGTQ rights Over the past week, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has conducted […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Long-Neglected Tuberculosis Could Be Stopped by 2030 – at a Cost of $250 Billion 07/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan After year-long consultations, the Stop TB Partnership launched its global plan to end tuberculosis by 2030, which would involve the diagnosis and treatment of 50 million people at a cost of $250 billion. TB, the second biggest infectious disease killer in the world after COVID-19, has been neglected by donors in the past – yet […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Support Steady Despite Global Partnership’s ‘Transition’ 06/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Organizers say they have no plans to “sunset” the support they offer countries through the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, the global partnership to facilitate equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines. The ACT-A, however, will undergo a “transition” when its strategic plan and budget ends in September, according to the World Health […] Continue reading -> East Africa’s Attempt to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Services Faces Opposition 05/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan A Bill that aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls in six East African countries faces a tough uphill battle to approval, with opposition from conservatives who claim that it would promote abortion and LBGTQ rights Over the past week, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has conducted […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID-19 Support Steady Despite Global Partnership’s ‘Transition’ 06/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Organizers say they have no plans to “sunset” the support they offer countries through the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, the global partnership to facilitate equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines. The ACT-A, however, will undergo a “transition” when its strategic plan and budget ends in September, according to the World Health […] Continue reading -> East Africa’s Attempt to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Services Faces Opposition 05/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan A Bill that aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls in six East African countries faces a tough uphill battle to approval, with opposition from conservatives who claim that it would promote abortion and LBGTQ rights Over the past week, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has conducted […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
East Africa’s Attempt to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Services Faces Opposition 05/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan A Bill that aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls in six East African countries faces a tough uphill battle to approval, with opposition from conservatives who claim that it would promote abortion and LBGTQ rights Over the past week, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has conducted […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts