The ‘Patent Bargain’, Public Good & COVID19 26/04/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As the hotly contested proposal for an IP waiver on COVID-related health products comes up again for debate on Friday, 30 April at the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Council, legal expert Hyo Yoon Kang looks at the foundations of IP law to challenge “TRIPS waiver” naysayers. Geneva Health Files [GHF]: You have argued that IP […] Continue reading -> ACT-Accelerator Celebrates 1st Anniversary Amid COVID-19 Surge in India 23/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan One of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic is the unprecedented collaboration of every sector of society to overcome it – best demonstrated by the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator), which celebrated its first anniversary on Friday. The ACT-Accelerator’s most famous pillar is the vaccine facility, COVAX, which has distributed almost 40 […] Continue reading -> UK Study Shows Similar, Significant Reductions In COVID-19 Infections With Single Dose Of Oxford-AstraZeneca Or Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine 23/04/2021 Raisa Santos COVID-19 infections fell significantly – by 65% percent – after a first dose of either the Oxford-AstraZeneca or the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in a study of more than 373,000 British residents who received one of the two jabs. The first in a series of two new studies, published by the University of Oxford, found that the […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Quietly Suspends Vaccination Of Healthcare Workers – Then Abruptly Resumes Following Media Queries 21/04/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Muhammed Nadeem Chaudhry Islamabad, Pakistan: Even as Pakistan faced an intense third wave of COVID-19, health authorities ‘silently’ suspended vaccination registration for its frontline Healthcare Workers (HCWs) for more than a month – ostensibly because of low registration and concerns about fake registrations. But following queries by Health Policy Watch on Monday, Ministry of Health officials suddenly did […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency Reaffirms Benefits Of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine 21/04/2021 Chandre Prince There is a “possible link” between the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and very rare cases of blood clots, but the benefits of the single-dose vaccine outweigh the risks, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced. In a statement released on Tuesday, the EMA safety committee said that the rare, but serious blood clot disorders, […] Continue reading -> As COVID Cases Surge – India Makes US$ 550 Million Investments In Local Vaccine Production & Opens Private Market To Vaccine Imports 20/04/2021 Menaka Rao DELHI – In a twin bid to get ahead of a surging COVID-19 epidemic, the Indian government said that it will make “advance payments” totally some US$ 550 million to domestic COVID-19 vaccine makers – as well as opening up the market to private sector import and sales of other approved COVID-19 vaccines. Under the […] Continue reading -> Africa Gets €100m Boost From EU To Support COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns 20/04/2021 Paul Adepoju The European Union (EU) today pledged €100 million towards a humanitarian fund that will assist with COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in Africa. The initiative was announced today at a press briefing addressed by Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa CDC and Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management. According to the EU, the new fund […] Continue reading -> Higher Risk of Blood Clots From COVID-19 Than Vaccines 19/04/2021 Chandre Prince The risk of developing a rare brain blood clot is eight to ten times higher in people infected with COVID-19 than those who get a vaccine, a new study has found. The study by Oxford University last week reported that the risk of the rare blood clotting known as cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) following COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 Surge Coincides With ‘Worrying’ Global Increases, Say WHO Officials 16/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin As the world quickly approaches the highest weekly rate of infection recorded since the start of the pandemic over a year ago, several countries that have largely held COVID-19 at bay so far are seeing surges in infections. Papua New Guinea (PNG), a small Pacific island state that successfully shielded itself from the SARS-CoV2 virus […] Continue reading -> Gavi Receives $400 Million in Donations at High-Level Event To Expand Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines 15/04/2021 Editorial team In a vital step forward that will help accelerate global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Gavi, the vaccine alliance raised some $400 million in donations at a high-level event on Thursday, just a week after the global COVAX facility reached 100 countries with almost 40 million vaccine doses. The event was hosted by US Secretary of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
ACT-Accelerator Celebrates 1st Anniversary Amid COVID-19 Surge in India 23/04/2021 Kerry Cullinan One of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic is the unprecedented collaboration of every sector of society to overcome it – best demonstrated by the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator), which celebrated its first anniversary on Friday. The ACT-Accelerator’s most famous pillar is the vaccine facility, COVAX, which has distributed almost 40 […] Continue reading -> UK Study Shows Similar, Significant Reductions In COVID-19 Infections With Single Dose Of Oxford-AstraZeneca Or Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine 23/04/2021 Raisa Santos COVID-19 infections fell significantly – by 65% percent – after a first dose of either the Oxford-AstraZeneca or the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in a study of more than 373,000 British residents who received one of the two jabs. The first in a series of two new studies, published by the University of Oxford, found that the […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Quietly Suspends Vaccination Of Healthcare Workers – Then Abruptly Resumes Following Media Queries 21/04/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Muhammed Nadeem Chaudhry Islamabad, Pakistan: Even as Pakistan faced an intense third wave of COVID-19, health authorities ‘silently’ suspended vaccination registration for its frontline Healthcare Workers (HCWs) for more than a month – ostensibly because of low registration and concerns about fake registrations. But following queries by Health Policy Watch on Monday, Ministry of Health officials suddenly did […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency Reaffirms Benefits Of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine 21/04/2021 Chandre Prince There is a “possible link” between the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and very rare cases of blood clots, but the benefits of the single-dose vaccine outweigh the risks, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced. In a statement released on Tuesday, the EMA safety committee said that the rare, but serious blood clot disorders, […] Continue reading -> As COVID Cases Surge – India Makes US$ 550 Million Investments In Local Vaccine Production & Opens Private Market To Vaccine Imports 20/04/2021 Menaka Rao DELHI – In a twin bid to get ahead of a surging COVID-19 epidemic, the Indian government said that it will make “advance payments” totally some US$ 550 million to domestic COVID-19 vaccine makers – as well as opening up the market to private sector import and sales of other approved COVID-19 vaccines. Under the […] Continue reading -> Africa Gets €100m Boost From EU To Support COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns 20/04/2021 Paul Adepoju The European Union (EU) today pledged €100 million towards a humanitarian fund that will assist with COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in Africa. The initiative was announced today at a press briefing addressed by Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa CDC and Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management. According to the EU, the new fund […] Continue reading -> Higher Risk of Blood Clots From COVID-19 Than Vaccines 19/04/2021 Chandre Prince The risk of developing a rare brain blood clot is eight to ten times higher in people infected with COVID-19 than those who get a vaccine, a new study has found. The study by Oxford University last week reported that the risk of the rare blood clotting known as cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) following COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 Surge Coincides With ‘Worrying’ Global Increases, Say WHO Officials 16/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin As the world quickly approaches the highest weekly rate of infection recorded since the start of the pandemic over a year ago, several countries that have largely held COVID-19 at bay so far are seeing surges in infections. Papua New Guinea (PNG), a small Pacific island state that successfully shielded itself from the SARS-CoV2 virus […] Continue reading -> Gavi Receives $400 Million in Donations at High-Level Event To Expand Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines 15/04/2021 Editorial team In a vital step forward that will help accelerate global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Gavi, the vaccine alliance raised some $400 million in donations at a high-level event on Thursday, just a week after the global COVAX facility reached 100 countries with almost 40 million vaccine doses. The event was hosted by US Secretary of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UK Study Shows Similar, Significant Reductions In COVID-19 Infections With Single Dose Of Oxford-AstraZeneca Or Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine 23/04/2021 Raisa Santos COVID-19 infections fell significantly – by 65% percent – after a first dose of either the Oxford-AstraZeneca or the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in a study of more than 373,000 British residents who received one of the two jabs. The first in a series of two new studies, published by the University of Oxford, found that the […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Quietly Suspends Vaccination Of Healthcare Workers – Then Abruptly Resumes Following Media Queries 21/04/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Muhammed Nadeem Chaudhry Islamabad, Pakistan: Even as Pakistan faced an intense third wave of COVID-19, health authorities ‘silently’ suspended vaccination registration for its frontline Healthcare Workers (HCWs) for more than a month – ostensibly because of low registration and concerns about fake registrations. But following queries by Health Policy Watch on Monday, Ministry of Health officials suddenly did […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency Reaffirms Benefits Of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine 21/04/2021 Chandre Prince There is a “possible link” between the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and very rare cases of blood clots, but the benefits of the single-dose vaccine outweigh the risks, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced. In a statement released on Tuesday, the EMA safety committee said that the rare, but serious blood clot disorders, […] Continue reading -> As COVID Cases Surge – India Makes US$ 550 Million Investments In Local Vaccine Production & Opens Private Market To Vaccine Imports 20/04/2021 Menaka Rao DELHI – In a twin bid to get ahead of a surging COVID-19 epidemic, the Indian government said that it will make “advance payments” totally some US$ 550 million to domestic COVID-19 vaccine makers – as well as opening up the market to private sector import and sales of other approved COVID-19 vaccines. Under the […] Continue reading -> Africa Gets €100m Boost From EU To Support COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns 20/04/2021 Paul Adepoju The European Union (EU) today pledged €100 million towards a humanitarian fund that will assist with COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in Africa. The initiative was announced today at a press briefing addressed by Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa CDC and Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management. According to the EU, the new fund […] Continue reading -> Higher Risk of Blood Clots From COVID-19 Than Vaccines 19/04/2021 Chandre Prince The risk of developing a rare brain blood clot is eight to ten times higher in people infected with COVID-19 than those who get a vaccine, a new study has found. The study by Oxford University last week reported that the risk of the rare blood clotting known as cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) following COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 Surge Coincides With ‘Worrying’ Global Increases, Say WHO Officials 16/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin As the world quickly approaches the highest weekly rate of infection recorded since the start of the pandemic over a year ago, several countries that have largely held COVID-19 at bay so far are seeing surges in infections. Papua New Guinea (PNG), a small Pacific island state that successfully shielded itself from the SARS-CoV2 virus […] Continue reading -> Gavi Receives $400 Million in Donations at High-Level Event To Expand Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines 15/04/2021 Editorial team In a vital step forward that will help accelerate global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Gavi, the vaccine alliance raised some $400 million in donations at a high-level event on Thursday, just a week after the global COVAX facility reached 100 countries with almost 40 million vaccine doses. The event was hosted by US Secretary of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pakistan Quietly Suspends Vaccination Of Healthcare Workers – Then Abruptly Resumes Following Media Queries 21/04/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Muhammed Nadeem Chaudhry Islamabad, Pakistan: Even as Pakistan faced an intense third wave of COVID-19, health authorities ‘silently’ suspended vaccination registration for its frontline Healthcare Workers (HCWs) for more than a month – ostensibly because of low registration and concerns about fake registrations. But following queries by Health Policy Watch on Monday, Ministry of Health officials suddenly did […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency Reaffirms Benefits Of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine 21/04/2021 Chandre Prince There is a “possible link” between the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and very rare cases of blood clots, but the benefits of the single-dose vaccine outweigh the risks, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced. In a statement released on Tuesday, the EMA safety committee said that the rare, but serious blood clot disorders, […] Continue reading -> As COVID Cases Surge – India Makes US$ 550 Million Investments In Local Vaccine Production & Opens Private Market To Vaccine Imports 20/04/2021 Menaka Rao DELHI – In a twin bid to get ahead of a surging COVID-19 epidemic, the Indian government said that it will make “advance payments” totally some US$ 550 million to domestic COVID-19 vaccine makers – as well as opening up the market to private sector import and sales of other approved COVID-19 vaccines. Under the […] Continue reading -> Africa Gets €100m Boost From EU To Support COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns 20/04/2021 Paul Adepoju The European Union (EU) today pledged €100 million towards a humanitarian fund that will assist with COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in Africa. The initiative was announced today at a press briefing addressed by Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa CDC and Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management. According to the EU, the new fund […] Continue reading -> Higher Risk of Blood Clots From COVID-19 Than Vaccines 19/04/2021 Chandre Prince The risk of developing a rare brain blood clot is eight to ten times higher in people infected with COVID-19 than those who get a vaccine, a new study has found. The study by Oxford University last week reported that the risk of the rare blood clotting known as cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) following COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 Surge Coincides With ‘Worrying’ Global Increases, Say WHO Officials 16/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin As the world quickly approaches the highest weekly rate of infection recorded since the start of the pandemic over a year ago, several countries that have largely held COVID-19 at bay so far are seeing surges in infections. Papua New Guinea (PNG), a small Pacific island state that successfully shielded itself from the SARS-CoV2 virus […] Continue reading -> Gavi Receives $400 Million in Donations at High-Level Event To Expand Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines 15/04/2021 Editorial team In a vital step forward that will help accelerate global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Gavi, the vaccine alliance raised some $400 million in donations at a high-level event on Thursday, just a week after the global COVAX facility reached 100 countries with almost 40 million vaccine doses. The event was hosted by US Secretary of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
European Medicines Agency Reaffirms Benefits Of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine 21/04/2021 Chandre Prince There is a “possible link” between the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and very rare cases of blood clots, but the benefits of the single-dose vaccine outweigh the risks, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced. In a statement released on Tuesday, the EMA safety committee said that the rare, but serious blood clot disorders, […] Continue reading -> As COVID Cases Surge – India Makes US$ 550 Million Investments In Local Vaccine Production & Opens Private Market To Vaccine Imports 20/04/2021 Menaka Rao DELHI – In a twin bid to get ahead of a surging COVID-19 epidemic, the Indian government said that it will make “advance payments” totally some US$ 550 million to domestic COVID-19 vaccine makers – as well as opening up the market to private sector import and sales of other approved COVID-19 vaccines. Under the […] Continue reading -> Africa Gets €100m Boost From EU To Support COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns 20/04/2021 Paul Adepoju The European Union (EU) today pledged €100 million towards a humanitarian fund that will assist with COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in Africa. The initiative was announced today at a press briefing addressed by Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa CDC and Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management. According to the EU, the new fund […] Continue reading -> Higher Risk of Blood Clots From COVID-19 Than Vaccines 19/04/2021 Chandre Prince The risk of developing a rare brain blood clot is eight to ten times higher in people infected with COVID-19 than those who get a vaccine, a new study has found. The study by Oxford University last week reported that the risk of the rare blood clotting known as cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) following COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 Surge Coincides With ‘Worrying’ Global Increases, Say WHO Officials 16/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin As the world quickly approaches the highest weekly rate of infection recorded since the start of the pandemic over a year ago, several countries that have largely held COVID-19 at bay so far are seeing surges in infections. Papua New Guinea (PNG), a small Pacific island state that successfully shielded itself from the SARS-CoV2 virus […] Continue reading -> Gavi Receives $400 Million in Donations at High-Level Event To Expand Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines 15/04/2021 Editorial team In a vital step forward that will help accelerate global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Gavi, the vaccine alliance raised some $400 million in donations at a high-level event on Thursday, just a week after the global COVAX facility reached 100 countries with almost 40 million vaccine doses. The event was hosted by US Secretary of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As COVID Cases Surge – India Makes US$ 550 Million Investments In Local Vaccine Production & Opens Private Market To Vaccine Imports 20/04/2021 Menaka Rao DELHI – In a twin bid to get ahead of a surging COVID-19 epidemic, the Indian government said that it will make “advance payments” totally some US$ 550 million to domestic COVID-19 vaccine makers – as well as opening up the market to private sector import and sales of other approved COVID-19 vaccines. Under the […] Continue reading -> Africa Gets €100m Boost From EU To Support COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns 20/04/2021 Paul Adepoju The European Union (EU) today pledged €100 million towards a humanitarian fund that will assist with COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in Africa. The initiative was announced today at a press briefing addressed by Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa CDC and Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management. According to the EU, the new fund […] Continue reading -> Higher Risk of Blood Clots From COVID-19 Than Vaccines 19/04/2021 Chandre Prince The risk of developing a rare brain blood clot is eight to ten times higher in people infected with COVID-19 than those who get a vaccine, a new study has found. The study by Oxford University last week reported that the risk of the rare blood clotting known as cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) following COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 Surge Coincides With ‘Worrying’ Global Increases, Say WHO Officials 16/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin As the world quickly approaches the highest weekly rate of infection recorded since the start of the pandemic over a year ago, several countries that have largely held COVID-19 at bay so far are seeing surges in infections. Papua New Guinea (PNG), a small Pacific island state that successfully shielded itself from the SARS-CoV2 virus […] Continue reading -> Gavi Receives $400 Million in Donations at High-Level Event To Expand Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines 15/04/2021 Editorial team In a vital step forward that will help accelerate global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Gavi, the vaccine alliance raised some $400 million in donations at a high-level event on Thursday, just a week after the global COVAX facility reached 100 countries with almost 40 million vaccine doses. The event was hosted by US Secretary of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Africa Gets €100m Boost From EU To Support COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns 20/04/2021 Paul Adepoju The European Union (EU) today pledged €100 million towards a humanitarian fund that will assist with COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in Africa. The initiative was announced today at a press briefing addressed by Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa CDC and Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management. According to the EU, the new fund […] Continue reading -> Higher Risk of Blood Clots From COVID-19 Than Vaccines 19/04/2021 Chandre Prince The risk of developing a rare brain blood clot is eight to ten times higher in people infected with COVID-19 than those who get a vaccine, a new study has found. The study by Oxford University last week reported that the risk of the rare blood clotting known as cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) following COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 Surge Coincides With ‘Worrying’ Global Increases, Say WHO Officials 16/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin As the world quickly approaches the highest weekly rate of infection recorded since the start of the pandemic over a year ago, several countries that have largely held COVID-19 at bay so far are seeing surges in infections. Papua New Guinea (PNG), a small Pacific island state that successfully shielded itself from the SARS-CoV2 virus […] Continue reading -> Gavi Receives $400 Million in Donations at High-Level Event To Expand Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines 15/04/2021 Editorial team In a vital step forward that will help accelerate global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Gavi, the vaccine alliance raised some $400 million in donations at a high-level event on Thursday, just a week after the global COVAX facility reached 100 countries with almost 40 million vaccine doses. The event was hosted by US Secretary of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Higher Risk of Blood Clots From COVID-19 Than Vaccines 19/04/2021 Chandre Prince The risk of developing a rare brain blood clot is eight to ten times higher in people infected with COVID-19 than those who get a vaccine, a new study has found. The study by Oxford University last week reported that the risk of the rare blood clotting known as cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) following COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 Surge Coincides With ‘Worrying’ Global Increases, Say WHO Officials 16/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin As the world quickly approaches the highest weekly rate of infection recorded since the start of the pandemic over a year ago, several countries that have largely held COVID-19 at bay so far are seeing surges in infections. Papua New Guinea (PNG), a small Pacific island state that successfully shielded itself from the SARS-CoV2 virus […] Continue reading -> Gavi Receives $400 Million in Donations at High-Level Event To Expand Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines 15/04/2021 Editorial team In a vital step forward that will help accelerate global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Gavi, the vaccine alliance raised some $400 million in donations at a high-level event on Thursday, just a week after the global COVAX facility reached 100 countries with almost 40 million vaccine doses. The event was hosted by US Secretary of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 Surge Coincides With ‘Worrying’ Global Increases, Say WHO Officials 16/04/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin As the world quickly approaches the highest weekly rate of infection recorded since the start of the pandemic over a year ago, several countries that have largely held COVID-19 at bay so far are seeing surges in infections. Papua New Guinea (PNG), a small Pacific island state that successfully shielded itself from the SARS-CoV2 virus […] Continue reading -> Gavi Receives $400 Million in Donations at High-Level Event To Expand Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines 15/04/2021 Editorial team In a vital step forward that will help accelerate global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Gavi, the vaccine alliance raised some $400 million in donations at a high-level event on Thursday, just a week after the global COVAX facility reached 100 countries with almost 40 million vaccine doses. The event was hosted by US Secretary of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Gavi Receives $400 Million in Donations at High-Level Event To Expand Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines 15/04/2021 Editorial team In a vital step forward that will help accelerate global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Gavi, the vaccine alliance raised some $400 million in donations at a high-level event on Thursday, just a week after the global COVAX facility reached 100 countries with almost 40 million vaccine doses. The event was hosted by US Secretary of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts