US $8.8 Billion Pledged For Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance – Smashing US $7.4 Billion Goal 04/06/2020 Grace Ren & Svĕt Lustig Vijay Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance raised a whopping US $8.8 billion at the first ever virtual Global Vaccine Summit co-hosted Thursday by the United Kingdom, surpassing the fundraising goal of US $7.4 billion. “We have secured a fantastic US $8.8. billion for Gavi’s work over the next five years and I’d like to thank everyone very, […] Continue reading -> Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance Receives Big Private Industry Funding Commitments – Ahead Of Pledging Summit 03/06/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Grace Ren A day ahead of a major pledging event, Gavi-the Vaccine Alliance has received some US $70 million in pledges from a broad range of corporations, foundations, initiatives and individual philanthropists to modernise, streamline and strengthen its delivery of vaccines to children in the world’s poorest countries over the next 15 years. Meanwhile, Médecins sans Frontières […] Continue reading -> WHO Technical Group Advises Public Mask Use To Prevent COVID-19 Transmission – Particularly In ‘Closed’ Environments 03/06/2020 Grace Ren The World Health Organization finally appears poised to recommend wider public use of masks as an additional measure to prevent transmission of COVID-19 – after months of hesitation while countries took unilateral action mandating face coverings, particularly for busy shops, transport systems and public settings. The WHO move, announced at a Wednesday press briefing, follows […] Continue reading -> Dogs Could Detect Coronavirus in 250 People Per Hour, Reports New Study 02/06/2020 Gauri Saxena Dogs could be trained to discern COVID-19 in humans, reported researchers from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Medical Detection Dogs and Durham University in a podcast last Wednesday. The study has received £500,000 from the UK government and hopes to be able to train dogs for rapid virus detection in airports […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Is Exacerbating Antibiotic Use – And Antimicrobial Resistance Is Rising Fast, WHO Warns 02/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay As the COVID-19 pandemic spawns increased antibiotic use all over the world, more drug-resistant microbes are bound to bite us back , said Dr. Tedros at a WHO press conference on Monday. The repercussions on disease treatment and deaths will be severe, given that the world is running out of effective ways to treat antimicrobial […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Faced ‘Considerable Frustration’ With China’s Delays In Releasing Vital Coronavirus Information 02/06/2020 Editorial team China stalled for ‘at least’ two weeks in providing the World Health Organization with detailed data on COVID-19 cases, frustrating WHO’s top echelons – even as they tried to put on a positive public face, according to an investigative report by the Associated Press of exchanges that occured in January. China also withheld the genome […] Continue reading -> Twin Plagues Of COVID-19 And Police Brutality Rock United States – Both Affect Minorities Disproportionately 01/06/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher “I can’t breathe” could have been a slogan for those suffering the worst effects of COVID-19. But now it has become the battle cry of Americans angered over the police killing by strangulation of a Minneapolis man, George Floyd, last week. While this is the latest in a years-long series of violent events involving African […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Has ‘Severely’ Disrupted Chronic Disease Care, WHO Warns 01/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay A new survey by WHO has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has ‘severely’ disrupted the delivery of services to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in almost 80% of countries surveyed – or 122 out of 150 countries. This is of “significant concern” WHO said on Monday in a statement, because people with NCDs also […] Continue reading -> Masks Are Necessary To Reduce Asymptomatic Transmission Of COVID-19 Through Aerosols And Droplets, Say Health Experts 29/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Aerosol transmission of COVID-19 is looking to be more significant, and it is ‘essential’ to introduce widespread mask use to reduce COVID-19 transmission by that route – aerosol chemists and infectious disease researchers wrote in a commentary published in Science. The authors refer to a growing body of evidence on aerosols and masks that runs […] Continue reading -> US To ‘Terminate Relationship’ With The World Health Organization – Announcement Coincides With WHO Launch Of ‘COVID-19 Technology Access Pool’ 29/05/2020 Grace Ren US President Donald Trump announced on Friday he was terminating the US’ relationship with the World Health Organization. Trump’s declaration came hours after WHO’s celebratory launch of a new ‘Solidarity Call to Action ,’ urging countries to make patents and data for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines freely available as ‘global public goods.’ Some 37 countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance Receives Big Private Industry Funding Commitments – Ahead Of Pledging Summit 03/06/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Grace Ren A day ahead of a major pledging event, Gavi-the Vaccine Alliance has received some US $70 million in pledges from a broad range of corporations, foundations, initiatives and individual philanthropists to modernise, streamline and strengthen its delivery of vaccines to children in the world’s poorest countries over the next 15 years. Meanwhile, Médecins sans Frontières […] Continue reading -> WHO Technical Group Advises Public Mask Use To Prevent COVID-19 Transmission – Particularly In ‘Closed’ Environments 03/06/2020 Grace Ren The World Health Organization finally appears poised to recommend wider public use of masks as an additional measure to prevent transmission of COVID-19 – after months of hesitation while countries took unilateral action mandating face coverings, particularly for busy shops, transport systems and public settings. The WHO move, announced at a Wednesday press briefing, follows […] Continue reading -> Dogs Could Detect Coronavirus in 250 People Per Hour, Reports New Study 02/06/2020 Gauri Saxena Dogs could be trained to discern COVID-19 in humans, reported researchers from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Medical Detection Dogs and Durham University in a podcast last Wednesday. The study has received £500,000 from the UK government and hopes to be able to train dogs for rapid virus detection in airports […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Is Exacerbating Antibiotic Use – And Antimicrobial Resistance Is Rising Fast, WHO Warns 02/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay As the COVID-19 pandemic spawns increased antibiotic use all over the world, more drug-resistant microbes are bound to bite us back , said Dr. Tedros at a WHO press conference on Monday. The repercussions on disease treatment and deaths will be severe, given that the world is running out of effective ways to treat antimicrobial […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Faced ‘Considerable Frustration’ With China’s Delays In Releasing Vital Coronavirus Information 02/06/2020 Editorial team China stalled for ‘at least’ two weeks in providing the World Health Organization with detailed data on COVID-19 cases, frustrating WHO’s top echelons – even as they tried to put on a positive public face, according to an investigative report by the Associated Press of exchanges that occured in January. China also withheld the genome […] Continue reading -> Twin Plagues Of COVID-19 And Police Brutality Rock United States – Both Affect Minorities Disproportionately 01/06/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher “I can’t breathe” could have been a slogan for those suffering the worst effects of COVID-19. But now it has become the battle cry of Americans angered over the police killing by strangulation of a Minneapolis man, George Floyd, last week. While this is the latest in a years-long series of violent events involving African […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Has ‘Severely’ Disrupted Chronic Disease Care, WHO Warns 01/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay A new survey by WHO has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has ‘severely’ disrupted the delivery of services to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in almost 80% of countries surveyed – or 122 out of 150 countries. This is of “significant concern” WHO said on Monday in a statement, because people with NCDs also […] Continue reading -> Masks Are Necessary To Reduce Asymptomatic Transmission Of COVID-19 Through Aerosols And Droplets, Say Health Experts 29/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Aerosol transmission of COVID-19 is looking to be more significant, and it is ‘essential’ to introduce widespread mask use to reduce COVID-19 transmission by that route – aerosol chemists and infectious disease researchers wrote in a commentary published in Science. The authors refer to a growing body of evidence on aerosols and masks that runs […] Continue reading -> US To ‘Terminate Relationship’ With The World Health Organization – Announcement Coincides With WHO Launch Of ‘COVID-19 Technology Access Pool’ 29/05/2020 Grace Ren US President Donald Trump announced on Friday he was terminating the US’ relationship with the World Health Organization. Trump’s declaration came hours after WHO’s celebratory launch of a new ‘Solidarity Call to Action ,’ urging countries to make patents and data for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines freely available as ‘global public goods.’ Some 37 countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Technical Group Advises Public Mask Use To Prevent COVID-19 Transmission – Particularly In ‘Closed’ Environments 03/06/2020 Grace Ren The World Health Organization finally appears poised to recommend wider public use of masks as an additional measure to prevent transmission of COVID-19 – after months of hesitation while countries took unilateral action mandating face coverings, particularly for busy shops, transport systems and public settings. The WHO move, announced at a Wednesday press briefing, follows […] Continue reading -> Dogs Could Detect Coronavirus in 250 People Per Hour, Reports New Study 02/06/2020 Gauri Saxena Dogs could be trained to discern COVID-19 in humans, reported researchers from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Medical Detection Dogs and Durham University in a podcast last Wednesday. The study has received £500,000 from the UK government and hopes to be able to train dogs for rapid virus detection in airports […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Is Exacerbating Antibiotic Use – And Antimicrobial Resistance Is Rising Fast, WHO Warns 02/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay As the COVID-19 pandemic spawns increased antibiotic use all over the world, more drug-resistant microbes are bound to bite us back , said Dr. Tedros at a WHO press conference on Monday. The repercussions on disease treatment and deaths will be severe, given that the world is running out of effective ways to treat antimicrobial […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Faced ‘Considerable Frustration’ With China’s Delays In Releasing Vital Coronavirus Information 02/06/2020 Editorial team China stalled for ‘at least’ two weeks in providing the World Health Organization with detailed data on COVID-19 cases, frustrating WHO’s top echelons – even as they tried to put on a positive public face, according to an investigative report by the Associated Press of exchanges that occured in January. China also withheld the genome […] Continue reading -> Twin Plagues Of COVID-19 And Police Brutality Rock United States – Both Affect Minorities Disproportionately 01/06/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher “I can’t breathe” could have been a slogan for those suffering the worst effects of COVID-19. But now it has become the battle cry of Americans angered over the police killing by strangulation of a Minneapolis man, George Floyd, last week. While this is the latest in a years-long series of violent events involving African […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Has ‘Severely’ Disrupted Chronic Disease Care, WHO Warns 01/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay A new survey by WHO has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has ‘severely’ disrupted the delivery of services to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in almost 80% of countries surveyed – or 122 out of 150 countries. This is of “significant concern” WHO said on Monday in a statement, because people with NCDs also […] Continue reading -> Masks Are Necessary To Reduce Asymptomatic Transmission Of COVID-19 Through Aerosols And Droplets, Say Health Experts 29/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Aerosol transmission of COVID-19 is looking to be more significant, and it is ‘essential’ to introduce widespread mask use to reduce COVID-19 transmission by that route – aerosol chemists and infectious disease researchers wrote in a commentary published in Science. The authors refer to a growing body of evidence on aerosols and masks that runs […] Continue reading -> US To ‘Terminate Relationship’ With The World Health Organization – Announcement Coincides With WHO Launch Of ‘COVID-19 Technology Access Pool’ 29/05/2020 Grace Ren US President Donald Trump announced on Friday he was terminating the US’ relationship with the World Health Organization. Trump’s declaration came hours after WHO’s celebratory launch of a new ‘Solidarity Call to Action ,’ urging countries to make patents and data for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines freely available as ‘global public goods.’ Some 37 countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Dogs Could Detect Coronavirus in 250 People Per Hour, Reports New Study 02/06/2020 Gauri Saxena Dogs could be trained to discern COVID-19 in humans, reported researchers from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Medical Detection Dogs and Durham University in a podcast last Wednesday. The study has received £500,000 from the UK government and hopes to be able to train dogs for rapid virus detection in airports […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Is Exacerbating Antibiotic Use – And Antimicrobial Resistance Is Rising Fast, WHO Warns 02/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay As the COVID-19 pandemic spawns increased antibiotic use all over the world, more drug-resistant microbes are bound to bite us back , said Dr. Tedros at a WHO press conference on Monday. The repercussions on disease treatment and deaths will be severe, given that the world is running out of effective ways to treat antimicrobial […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Faced ‘Considerable Frustration’ With China’s Delays In Releasing Vital Coronavirus Information 02/06/2020 Editorial team China stalled for ‘at least’ two weeks in providing the World Health Organization with detailed data on COVID-19 cases, frustrating WHO’s top echelons – even as they tried to put on a positive public face, according to an investigative report by the Associated Press of exchanges that occured in January. China also withheld the genome […] Continue reading -> Twin Plagues Of COVID-19 And Police Brutality Rock United States – Both Affect Minorities Disproportionately 01/06/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher “I can’t breathe” could have been a slogan for those suffering the worst effects of COVID-19. But now it has become the battle cry of Americans angered over the police killing by strangulation of a Minneapolis man, George Floyd, last week. While this is the latest in a years-long series of violent events involving African […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Has ‘Severely’ Disrupted Chronic Disease Care, WHO Warns 01/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay A new survey by WHO has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has ‘severely’ disrupted the delivery of services to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in almost 80% of countries surveyed – or 122 out of 150 countries. This is of “significant concern” WHO said on Monday in a statement, because people with NCDs also […] Continue reading -> Masks Are Necessary To Reduce Asymptomatic Transmission Of COVID-19 Through Aerosols And Droplets, Say Health Experts 29/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Aerosol transmission of COVID-19 is looking to be more significant, and it is ‘essential’ to introduce widespread mask use to reduce COVID-19 transmission by that route – aerosol chemists and infectious disease researchers wrote in a commentary published in Science. The authors refer to a growing body of evidence on aerosols and masks that runs […] Continue reading -> US To ‘Terminate Relationship’ With The World Health Organization – Announcement Coincides With WHO Launch Of ‘COVID-19 Technology Access Pool’ 29/05/2020 Grace Ren US President Donald Trump announced on Friday he was terminating the US’ relationship with the World Health Organization. Trump’s declaration came hours after WHO’s celebratory launch of a new ‘Solidarity Call to Action ,’ urging countries to make patents and data for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines freely available as ‘global public goods.’ Some 37 countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID-19 Is Exacerbating Antibiotic Use – And Antimicrobial Resistance Is Rising Fast, WHO Warns 02/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay As the COVID-19 pandemic spawns increased antibiotic use all over the world, more drug-resistant microbes are bound to bite us back , said Dr. Tedros at a WHO press conference on Monday. The repercussions on disease treatment and deaths will be severe, given that the world is running out of effective ways to treat antimicrobial […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Faced ‘Considerable Frustration’ With China’s Delays In Releasing Vital Coronavirus Information 02/06/2020 Editorial team China stalled for ‘at least’ two weeks in providing the World Health Organization with detailed data on COVID-19 cases, frustrating WHO’s top echelons – even as they tried to put on a positive public face, according to an investigative report by the Associated Press of exchanges that occured in January. China also withheld the genome […] Continue reading -> Twin Plagues Of COVID-19 And Police Brutality Rock United States – Both Affect Minorities Disproportionately 01/06/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher “I can’t breathe” could have been a slogan for those suffering the worst effects of COVID-19. But now it has become the battle cry of Americans angered over the police killing by strangulation of a Minneapolis man, George Floyd, last week. While this is the latest in a years-long series of violent events involving African […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Has ‘Severely’ Disrupted Chronic Disease Care, WHO Warns 01/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay A new survey by WHO has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has ‘severely’ disrupted the delivery of services to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in almost 80% of countries surveyed – or 122 out of 150 countries. This is of “significant concern” WHO said on Monday in a statement, because people with NCDs also […] Continue reading -> Masks Are Necessary To Reduce Asymptomatic Transmission Of COVID-19 Through Aerosols And Droplets, Say Health Experts 29/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Aerosol transmission of COVID-19 is looking to be more significant, and it is ‘essential’ to introduce widespread mask use to reduce COVID-19 transmission by that route – aerosol chemists and infectious disease researchers wrote in a commentary published in Science. The authors refer to a growing body of evidence on aerosols and masks that runs […] Continue reading -> US To ‘Terminate Relationship’ With The World Health Organization – Announcement Coincides With WHO Launch Of ‘COVID-19 Technology Access Pool’ 29/05/2020 Grace Ren US President Donald Trump announced on Friday he was terminating the US’ relationship with the World Health Organization. Trump’s declaration came hours after WHO’s celebratory launch of a new ‘Solidarity Call to Action ,’ urging countries to make patents and data for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines freely available as ‘global public goods.’ Some 37 countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Officials Faced ‘Considerable Frustration’ With China’s Delays In Releasing Vital Coronavirus Information 02/06/2020 Editorial team China stalled for ‘at least’ two weeks in providing the World Health Organization with detailed data on COVID-19 cases, frustrating WHO’s top echelons – even as they tried to put on a positive public face, according to an investigative report by the Associated Press of exchanges that occured in January. China also withheld the genome […] Continue reading -> Twin Plagues Of COVID-19 And Police Brutality Rock United States – Both Affect Minorities Disproportionately 01/06/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher “I can’t breathe” could have been a slogan for those suffering the worst effects of COVID-19. But now it has become the battle cry of Americans angered over the police killing by strangulation of a Minneapolis man, George Floyd, last week. While this is the latest in a years-long series of violent events involving African […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Has ‘Severely’ Disrupted Chronic Disease Care, WHO Warns 01/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay A new survey by WHO has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has ‘severely’ disrupted the delivery of services to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in almost 80% of countries surveyed – or 122 out of 150 countries. This is of “significant concern” WHO said on Monday in a statement, because people with NCDs also […] Continue reading -> Masks Are Necessary To Reduce Asymptomatic Transmission Of COVID-19 Through Aerosols And Droplets, Say Health Experts 29/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Aerosol transmission of COVID-19 is looking to be more significant, and it is ‘essential’ to introduce widespread mask use to reduce COVID-19 transmission by that route – aerosol chemists and infectious disease researchers wrote in a commentary published in Science. The authors refer to a growing body of evidence on aerosols and masks that runs […] Continue reading -> US To ‘Terminate Relationship’ With The World Health Organization – Announcement Coincides With WHO Launch Of ‘COVID-19 Technology Access Pool’ 29/05/2020 Grace Ren US President Donald Trump announced on Friday he was terminating the US’ relationship with the World Health Organization. Trump’s declaration came hours after WHO’s celebratory launch of a new ‘Solidarity Call to Action ,’ urging countries to make patents and data for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines freely available as ‘global public goods.’ Some 37 countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Twin Plagues Of COVID-19 And Police Brutality Rock United States – Both Affect Minorities Disproportionately 01/06/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher “I can’t breathe” could have been a slogan for those suffering the worst effects of COVID-19. But now it has become the battle cry of Americans angered over the police killing by strangulation of a Minneapolis man, George Floyd, last week. While this is the latest in a years-long series of violent events involving African […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Has ‘Severely’ Disrupted Chronic Disease Care, WHO Warns 01/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay A new survey by WHO has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has ‘severely’ disrupted the delivery of services to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in almost 80% of countries surveyed – or 122 out of 150 countries. This is of “significant concern” WHO said on Monday in a statement, because people with NCDs also […] Continue reading -> Masks Are Necessary To Reduce Asymptomatic Transmission Of COVID-19 Through Aerosols And Droplets, Say Health Experts 29/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Aerosol transmission of COVID-19 is looking to be more significant, and it is ‘essential’ to introduce widespread mask use to reduce COVID-19 transmission by that route – aerosol chemists and infectious disease researchers wrote in a commentary published in Science. The authors refer to a growing body of evidence on aerosols and masks that runs […] Continue reading -> US To ‘Terminate Relationship’ With The World Health Organization – Announcement Coincides With WHO Launch Of ‘COVID-19 Technology Access Pool’ 29/05/2020 Grace Ren US President Donald Trump announced on Friday he was terminating the US’ relationship with the World Health Organization. Trump’s declaration came hours after WHO’s celebratory launch of a new ‘Solidarity Call to Action ,’ urging countries to make patents and data for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines freely available as ‘global public goods.’ Some 37 countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID-19 Has ‘Severely’ Disrupted Chronic Disease Care, WHO Warns 01/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay A new survey by WHO has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has ‘severely’ disrupted the delivery of services to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in almost 80% of countries surveyed – or 122 out of 150 countries. This is of “significant concern” WHO said on Monday in a statement, because people with NCDs also […] Continue reading -> Masks Are Necessary To Reduce Asymptomatic Transmission Of COVID-19 Through Aerosols And Droplets, Say Health Experts 29/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Aerosol transmission of COVID-19 is looking to be more significant, and it is ‘essential’ to introduce widespread mask use to reduce COVID-19 transmission by that route – aerosol chemists and infectious disease researchers wrote in a commentary published in Science. The authors refer to a growing body of evidence on aerosols and masks that runs […] Continue reading -> US To ‘Terminate Relationship’ With The World Health Organization – Announcement Coincides With WHO Launch Of ‘COVID-19 Technology Access Pool’ 29/05/2020 Grace Ren US President Donald Trump announced on Friday he was terminating the US’ relationship with the World Health Organization. Trump’s declaration came hours after WHO’s celebratory launch of a new ‘Solidarity Call to Action ,’ urging countries to make patents and data for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines freely available as ‘global public goods.’ Some 37 countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Masks Are Necessary To Reduce Asymptomatic Transmission Of COVID-19 Through Aerosols And Droplets, Say Health Experts 29/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Aerosol transmission of COVID-19 is looking to be more significant, and it is ‘essential’ to introduce widespread mask use to reduce COVID-19 transmission by that route – aerosol chemists and infectious disease researchers wrote in a commentary published in Science. The authors refer to a growing body of evidence on aerosols and masks that runs […] Continue reading -> US To ‘Terminate Relationship’ With The World Health Organization – Announcement Coincides With WHO Launch Of ‘COVID-19 Technology Access Pool’ 29/05/2020 Grace Ren US President Donald Trump announced on Friday he was terminating the US’ relationship with the World Health Organization. Trump’s declaration came hours after WHO’s celebratory launch of a new ‘Solidarity Call to Action ,’ urging countries to make patents and data for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines freely available as ‘global public goods.’ Some 37 countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US To ‘Terminate Relationship’ With The World Health Organization – Announcement Coincides With WHO Launch Of ‘COVID-19 Technology Access Pool’ 29/05/2020 Grace Ren US President Donald Trump announced on Friday he was terminating the US’ relationship with the World Health Organization. Trump’s declaration came hours after WHO’s celebratory launch of a new ‘Solidarity Call to Action ,’ urging countries to make patents and data for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines freely available as ‘global public goods.’ Some 37 countries […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts