New GAVI Strategy To Strengthen Vaccine Delivery, Primary Health Care Systems

30/11/2018 Health Policy Watch

The Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has set parameters for a new five-year strategy for the public-private partnership that should not only expand delivery of priority vaccines but also strengthen primary health care systems that are a cornerstone to effective vaccine delivery. Continue reading ->

Immunisation Programmes In Africa Face Challenges

19/10/2018 Justus Wanzala

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Countries in sub-Saharan Africa face myriad obstacles in ensuring their populations receive requisite vaccinations to combat diseases. Continue reading ->

World Health Summit: 11 Groups Sign Collaboration; Civil Society Sees Lack Of NGOs

16/10/2018 Monika Ermert

BERLIN -- Answering the call by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg for a global action plan for pushing global health, heads of 11 major health organisations today signed “a commitment to find new ways of working together to accelerate progress towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals” at the close of the World Health Summit in Berlin. Continue reading ->

Lifesaving Vaccination: 8 Million People Across Africa To Benefit From New Initiative

22/08/2018 Leila Ueberschlag

Some 8 million people living in remote areas in Liberia, Uganda and Kenya will get support to access lifesaving vaccines, as a result of a new partnership between Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Audacious Project, Last Mile Health and Living Goods. The aim is to use digital technology to boost the number of community health workers as well as to integrate immunization information and data-capture into their daily routines. Continue reading ->

WHO, UNICEF, Pharma Meet On Supply Chains And Medicines Access

20/08/2018 William New

The World Health Organization, UNICEF, and member companies of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) will meet this week at WHO in Geneva to discuss global and regional supply chain strategies and initiatives related to global health. Continue reading ->