Afghanistan’s Fragile Health System in Shatters as Taliban Assume Power – WHO Calls for ‘Humanitarian Airbridge’ 22/08/2021 Shadi Khan Saif KABUL – As the Taliban blitzed through towns and villages of Afghanistan finally capturing Kabul August 15, the war-ravaged country’s fragile health system was also crumbling, leaving the sick and vulnerable in despair. Over the past week, the health ministry’s previously daily updates of coronavirus infections, vaccinations and other key updates on public health have […] Continue reading -> Soaring Cases and Little Vaccination: As Delta Spreads, A COVID-19 Middle East Snapshot 20/08/2021 The New Humanitarian The Delta variant is finding fertile ground to spread – and claim lives – around the Middle East and North Africa. The New Humanitarian, a nonprofit newsroom covering crises around the world, provides a snapshot of COVID-19 across the region. After months of relative calm, COVID-19 has again been coursing through much of the Middle […] Continue reading -> COVID Booster Vaccines Gain Traction with New US Campaign – Despite WHO Appeals for Moratorium 19/08/2021 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher US Health officials confirmed on Wednesday that the country will begin to offer a third COVID ‘booster’ vaccine, beginning the week of September 20, to Americans who were vaccinated earliest in the vaccination rollout. It’s now “very clear” that immunity starts to fall after the initial two doses, and with the dominance of the Delta […] Continue reading -> WHO Rolling Out Emergency Aid in Afghanistan – Stresses Importance of Retaining Women Health Workers 18/08/2021 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has affirmed that it is staying in Afghanistan and providing emergency aid to the tens of thousands of recent victims of conflict and displacement – even as staff in some NGOs go into hiding or desperately seek to leave the country for fear of their lives. “The World Health Organization (WHO) is committed to […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Urgent Appeal For US $11.5 Billion For COVID Tests, Treatments, and Vaccines 17/08/2021 Raisa Santos With more COVID-19 cases reported in the first half of 2021 than in the whole of 2020, despite high vaccination rates in some countries, the WHO-led Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator) has mounted a US $11.5 billion appeal to stem the surge of dangerous variants and save lives. Called the Rapid ACT-Accelerator Delta Response […] Continue reading -> Ivory Coast Declares First Ebola Outbreak After More Than 25 Years 16/08/2021 Raisa Santos The Ivory Coast has confirmed this Sunday its first case of Ebola since 1994 – in a case that was apparently imported from Guinea. That is despite the fact that Guinea’s outbreak was formally declared as over by WHO in June – reflecting the way the deadly virus can lie dormant in some individuals, only […] Continue reading -> ‘Fractionation’ Proposed to Address Vaccine Shortages, as Pharma Makes Case for Boosters 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As wealthy countries opt to give third COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to vulnerable citizens, some researchers have called instead for “fractional doses” to stretch the scarce resources. “If you have two million doses of vaccine, you can give that as two doses to one million people. But what about if you gave fractional doses?” asked […] Continue reading -> US Wildfire Smoke in May Have Contributed to Excess COVID Cases and Deaths in 2020 13/08/2021 Raisa Santos While the US was contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, huge wildfires that swept across the country in 2020 may have contributed to thousands of COVID cases and deaths, according to a US study on fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) air pollution from wildfires and COVID-19. The study, conducted by researchers at the Harvard Chan School […] Continue reading -> Kenya Mandates COVID-19 Vaccines for Civil Servants as Africa’s Vaccine Rollout Gathers Speed 13/08/2021 Paul Adepoju The Kenyan government’s decision to compel its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has received the support of Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC). “I support policies that get citizens of Africa to go out there and get vaccinated whenever they have an opportunity to have access to vaccines. […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward. The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). While […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Soaring Cases and Little Vaccination: As Delta Spreads, A COVID-19 Middle East Snapshot 20/08/2021 The New Humanitarian The Delta variant is finding fertile ground to spread – and claim lives – around the Middle East and North Africa. The New Humanitarian, a nonprofit newsroom covering crises around the world, provides a snapshot of COVID-19 across the region. After months of relative calm, COVID-19 has again been coursing through much of the Middle […] Continue reading -> COVID Booster Vaccines Gain Traction with New US Campaign – Despite WHO Appeals for Moratorium 19/08/2021 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher US Health officials confirmed on Wednesday that the country will begin to offer a third COVID ‘booster’ vaccine, beginning the week of September 20, to Americans who were vaccinated earliest in the vaccination rollout. It’s now “very clear” that immunity starts to fall after the initial two doses, and with the dominance of the Delta […] Continue reading -> WHO Rolling Out Emergency Aid in Afghanistan – Stresses Importance of Retaining Women Health Workers 18/08/2021 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has affirmed that it is staying in Afghanistan and providing emergency aid to the tens of thousands of recent victims of conflict and displacement – even as staff in some NGOs go into hiding or desperately seek to leave the country for fear of their lives. “The World Health Organization (WHO) is committed to […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Urgent Appeal For US $11.5 Billion For COVID Tests, Treatments, and Vaccines 17/08/2021 Raisa Santos With more COVID-19 cases reported in the first half of 2021 than in the whole of 2020, despite high vaccination rates in some countries, the WHO-led Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator) has mounted a US $11.5 billion appeal to stem the surge of dangerous variants and save lives. Called the Rapid ACT-Accelerator Delta Response […] Continue reading -> Ivory Coast Declares First Ebola Outbreak After More Than 25 Years 16/08/2021 Raisa Santos The Ivory Coast has confirmed this Sunday its first case of Ebola since 1994 – in a case that was apparently imported from Guinea. That is despite the fact that Guinea’s outbreak was formally declared as over by WHO in June – reflecting the way the deadly virus can lie dormant in some individuals, only […] Continue reading -> ‘Fractionation’ Proposed to Address Vaccine Shortages, as Pharma Makes Case for Boosters 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As wealthy countries opt to give third COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to vulnerable citizens, some researchers have called instead for “fractional doses” to stretch the scarce resources. “If you have two million doses of vaccine, you can give that as two doses to one million people. But what about if you gave fractional doses?” asked […] Continue reading -> US Wildfire Smoke in May Have Contributed to Excess COVID Cases and Deaths in 2020 13/08/2021 Raisa Santos While the US was contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, huge wildfires that swept across the country in 2020 may have contributed to thousands of COVID cases and deaths, according to a US study on fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) air pollution from wildfires and COVID-19. The study, conducted by researchers at the Harvard Chan School […] Continue reading -> Kenya Mandates COVID-19 Vaccines for Civil Servants as Africa’s Vaccine Rollout Gathers Speed 13/08/2021 Paul Adepoju The Kenyan government’s decision to compel its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has received the support of Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC). “I support policies that get citizens of Africa to go out there and get vaccinated whenever they have an opportunity to have access to vaccines. […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward. The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). While […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID Booster Vaccines Gain Traction with New US Campaign – Despite WHO Appeals for Moratorium 19/08/2021 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher US Health officials confirmed on Wednesday that the country will begin to offer a third COVID ‘booster’ vaccine, beginning the week of September 20, to Americans who were vaccinated earliest in the vaccination rollout. It’s now “very clear” that immunity starts to fall after the initial two doses, and with the dominance of the Delta […] Continue reading -> WHO Rolling Out Emergency Aid in Afghanistan – Stresses Importance of Retaining Women Health Workers 18/08/2021 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has affirmed that it is staying in Afghanistan and providing emergency aid to the tens of thousands of recent victims of conflict and displacement – even as staff in some NGOs go into hiding or desperately seek to leave the country for fear of their lives. “The World Health Organization (WHO) is committed to […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Urgent Appeal For US $11.5 Billion For COVID Tests, Treatments, and Vaccines 17/08/2021 Raisa Santos With more COVID-19 cases reported in the first half of 2021 than in the whole of 2020, despite high vaccination rates in some countries, the WHO-led Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator) has mounted a US $11.5 billion appeal to stem the surge of dangerous variants and save lives. Called the Rapid ACT-Accelerator Delta Response […] Continue reading -> Ivory Coast Declares First Ebola Outbreak After More Than 25 Years 16/08/2021 Raisa Santos The Ivory Coast has confirmed this Sunday its first case of Ebola since 1994 – in a case that was apparently imported from Guinea. That is despite the fact that Guinea’s outbreak was formally declared as over by WHO in June – reflecting the way the deadly virus can lie dormant in some individuals, only […] Continue reading -> ‘Fractionation’ Proposed to Address Vaccine Shortages, as Pharma Makes Case for Boosters 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As wealthy countries opt to give third COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to vulnerable citizens, some researchers have called instead for “fractional doses” to stretch the scarce resources. “If you have two million doses of vaccine, you can give that as two doses to one million people. But what about if you gave fractional doses?” asked […] Continue reading -> US Wildfire Smoke in May Have Contributed to Excess COVID Cases and Deaths in 2020 13/08/2021 Raisa Santos While the US was contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, huge wildfires that swept across the country in 2020 may have contributed to thousands of COVID cases and deaths, according to a US study on fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) air pollution from wildfires and COVID-19. The study, conducted by researchers at the Harvard Chan School […] Continue reading -> Kenya Mandates COVID-19 Vaccines for Civil Servants as Africa’s Vaccine Rollout Gathers Speed 13/08/2021 Paul Adepoju The Kenyan government’s decision to compel its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has received the support of Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC). “I support policies that get citizens of Africa to go out there and get vaccinated whenever they have an opportunity to have access to vaccines. […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward. The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). While […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Rolling Out Emergency Aid in Afghanistan – Stresses Importance of Retaining Women Health Workers 18/08/2021 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has affirmed that it is staying in Afghanistan and providing emergency aid to the tens of thousands of recent victims of conflict and displacement – even as staff in some NGOs go into hiding or desperately seek to leave the country for fear of their lives. “The World Health Organization (WHO) is committed to […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Urgent Appeal For US $11.5 Billion For COVID Tests, Treatments, and Vaccines 17/08/2021 Raisa Santos With more COVID-19 cases reported in the first half of 2021 than in the whole of 2020, despite high vaccination rates in some countries, the WHO-led Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator) has mounted a US $11.5 billion appeal to stem the surge of dangerous variants and save lives. Called the Rapid ACT-Accelerator Delta Response […] Continue reading -> Ivory Coast Declares First Ebola Outbreak After More Than 25 Years 16/08/2021 Raisa Santos The Ivory Coast has confirmed this Sunday its first case of Ebola since 1994 – in a case that was apparently imported from Guinea. That is despite the fact that Guinea’s outbreak was formally declared as over by WHO in June – reflecting the way the deadly virus can lie dormant in some individuals, only […] Continue reading -> ‘Fractionation’ Proposed to Address Vaccine Shortages, as Pharma Makes Case for Boosters 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As wealthy countries opt to give third COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to vulnerable citizens, some researchers have called instead for “fractional doses” to stretch the scarce resources. “If you have two million doses of vaccine, you can give that as two doses to one million people. But what about if you gave fractional doses?” asked […] Continue reading -> US Wildfire Smoke in May Have Contributed to Excess COVID Cases and Deaths in 2020 13/08/2021 Raisa Santos While the US was contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, huge wildfires that swept across the country in 2020 may have contributed to thousands of COVID cases and deaths, according to a US study on fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) air pollution from wildfires and COVID-19. The study, conducted by researchers at the Harvard Chan School […] Continue reading -> Kenya Mandates COVID-19 Vaccines for Civil Servants as Africa’s Vaccine Rollout Gathers Speed 13/08/2021 Paul Adepoju The Kenyan government’s decision to compel its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has received the support of Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC). “I support policies that get citizens of Africa to go out there and get vaccinated whenever they have an opportunity to have access to vaccines. […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward. The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). While […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Issues Urgent Appeal For US $11.5 Billion For COVID Tests, Treatments, and Vaccines 17/08/2021 Raisa Santos With more COVID-19 cases reported in the first half of 2021 than in the whole of 2020, despite high vaccination rates in some countries, the WHO-led Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator) has mounted a US $11.5 billion appeal to stem the surge of dangerous variants and save lives. Called the Rapid ACT-Accelerator Delta Response […] Continue reading -> Ivory Coast Declares First Ebola Outbreak After More Than 25 Years 16/08/2021 Raisa Santos The Ivory Coast has confirmed this Sunday its first case of Ebola since 1994 – in a case that was apparently imported from Guinea. That is despite the fact that Guinea’s outbreak was formally declared as over by WHO in June – reflecting the way the deadly virus can lie dormant in some individuals, only […] Continue reading -> ‘Fractionation’ Proposed to Address Vaccine Shortages, as Pharma Makes Case for Boosters 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As wealthy countries opt to give third COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to vulnerable citizens, some researchers have called instead for “fractional doses” to stretch the scarce resources. “If you have two million doses of vaccine, you can give that as two doses to one million people. But what about if you gave fractional doses?” asked […] Continue reading -> US Wildfire Smoke in May Have Contributed to Excess COVID Cases and Deaths in 2020 13/08/2021 Raisa Santos While the US was contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, huge wildfires that swept across the country in 2020 may have contributed to thousands of COVID cases and deaths, according to a US study on fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) air pollution from wildfires and COVID-19. The study, conducted by researchers at the Harvard Chan School […] Continue reading -> Kenya Mandates COVID-19 Vaccines for Civil Servants as Africa’s Vaccine Rollout Gathers Speed 13/08/2021 Paul Adepoju The Kenyan government’s decision to compel its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has received the support of Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC). “I support policies that get citizens of Africa to go out there and get vaccinated whenever they have an opportunity to have access to vaccines. […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward. The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). While […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Ivory Coast Declares First Ebola Outbreak After More Than 25 Years 16/08/2021 Raisa Santos The Ivory Coast has confirmed this Sunday its first case of Ebola since 1994 – in a case that was apparently imported from Guinea. That is despite the fact that Guinea’s outbreak was formally declared as over by WHO in June – reflecting the way the deadly virus can lie dormant in some individuals, only […] Continue reading -> ‘Fractionation’ Proposed to Address Vaccine Shortages, as Pharma Makes Case for Boosters 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As wealthy countries opt to give third COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to vulnerable citizens, some researchers have called instead for “fractional doses” to stretch the scarce resources. “If you have two million doses of vaccine, you can give that as two doses to one million people. But what about if you gave fractional doses?” asked […] Continue reading -> US Wildfire Smoke in May Have Contributed to Excess COVID Cases and Deaths in 2020 13/08/2021 Raisa Santos While the US was contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, huge wildfires that swept across the country in 2020 may have contributed to thousands of COVID cases and deaths, according to a US study on fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) air pollution from wildfires and COVID-19. The study, conducted by researchers at the Harvard Chan School […] Continue reading -> Kenya Mandates COVID-19 Vaccines for Civil Servants as Africa’s Vaccine Rollout Gathers Speed 13/08/2021 Paul Adepoju The Kenyan government’s decision to compel its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has received the support of Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC). “I support policies that get citizens of Africa to go out there and get vaccinated whenever they have an opportunity to have access to vaccines. […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward. The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). While […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Fractionation’ Proposed to Address Vaccine Shortages, as Pharma Makes Case for Boosters 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As wealthy countries opt to give third COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to vulnerable citizens, some researchers have called instead for “fractional doses” to stretch the scarce resources. “If you have two million doses of vaccine, you can give that as two doses to one million people. But what about if you gave fractional doses?” asked […] Continue reading -> US Wildfire Smoke in May Have Contributed to Excess COVID Cases and Deaths in 2020 13/08/2021 Raisa Santos While the US was contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, huge wildfires that swept across the country in 2020 may have contributed to thousands of COVID cases and deaths, according to a US study on fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) air pollution from wildfires and COVID-19. The study, conducted by researchers at the Harvard Chan School […] Continue reading -> Kenya Mandates COVID-19 Vaccines for Civil Servants as Africa’s Vaccine Rollout Gathers Speed 13/08/2021 Paul Adepoju The Kenyan government’s decision to compel its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has received the support of Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC). “I support policies that get citizens of Africa to go out there and get vaccinated whenever they have an opportunity to have access to vaccines. […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward. The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). While […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US Wildfire Smoke in May Have Contributed to Excess COVID Cases and Deaths in 2020 13/08/2021 Raisa Santos While the US was contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, huge wildfires that swept across the country in 2020 may have contributed to thousands of COVID cases and deaths, according to a US study on fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) air pollution from wildfires and COVID-19. The study, conducted by researchers at the Harvard Chan School […] Continue reading -> Kenya Mandates COVID-19 Vaccines for Civil Servants as Africa’s Vaccine Rollout Gathers Speed 13/08/2021 Paul Adepoju The Kenyan government’s decision to compel its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has received the support of Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC). “I support policies that get citizens of Africa to go out there and get vaccinated whenever they have an opportunity to have access to vaccines. […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward. The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). While […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Kenya Mandates COVID-19 Vaccines for Civil Servants as Africa’s Vaccine Rollout Gathers Speed 13/08/2021 Paul Adepoju The Kenyan government’s decision to compel its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has received the support of Dr John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC). “I support policies that get citizens of Africa to go out there and get vaccinated whenever they have an opportunity to have access to vaccines. […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward. The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). While […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward. The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). While […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts