EMA Approves Expanded COVID Vaccine Manufacturing Capacity For Europe; India Interrupts COVAX Vaccine Deliveries To Low Income Countries 26/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has officially authorized expanded capacity in three new vaccine manufacturing facilities on the continent producing AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines – a move that the agency says should also help pharma suppliers ramp up their deliveries of now scarce vaccines to European Union bloc countries. At the same time, a […] Continue reading -> Kenya Goes Into Partial Lockdown As COVID-19 Cases Spike 26/03/2021 Esther Nakkazi NAIROBI – Kenya has suspended parliament and banned church gatherings in its capital, Nairobi, and four other counties as the country records its highest number of COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic started last year and amid a surge of positive cases. President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday announced partial lockdown and instituted new curfew measures to […] Continue reading -> Guinea Discharges Last Ebola Patient – But New Findings About Long Virus Life Demand Vigilance 25/03/2021 Pokuaa Oduro-Bonsrah (Geneva Solutions) – As Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo discharge their last Ebola patients, following the most recent outbreak, new research points to the virus’ long lasting ability to lurk within the body. So while the 42 day countdown begins to the day when both countries can declare that the current outbreak is […] Continue reading -> European Parliament Signals Approval of Digital Green Certificate Scheme 25/03/2021 Raisa Santos European Parliament members (MEPs) expressed overwhelming support for a coronavirus-related “Digital Green Certificate” to ease travel within the European Union, voting by a more than two-thirds majority to accelerate approval by the summer. But parliamentarians also warned that all efforts to recover from COVID-19 will be void unless Europeans are vaccinated more quickly. “We need […] Continue reading -> New Study: Rapid Antigen Tests Compare Well With Quarantine in Halting Travel-Imported COVID Cases 25/03/2021 Raisa Santos A new study published by a consortium of UK-based airline industry interests suggested that administration to travelers of a rapid antigen test upon arrival at their destination, may be just as effective as quarantine requirements, to stop imports of COVID-19 cases. The study, which reviewed case studies of airport testing procedures elsewhere, claims that a […] Continue reading -> India Investigates New SARS-CoV2 ‘Double Variant’ – Bearing Two Significant Spike Protein Mutations 25/03/2021 Menaka Rao NEW DELHI – Scientists have sequenced a new “double variant” of the coronavirus first identified in India – along with a handful of other variants of concern that are appearing during the second biggest wave of the virus since the pandemic began. The new double variant, bearing two significant mutations in the coronavirus spike protein, […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Appeals For Support To Address COVID-19 Health & Humanitarian Crisis In Syria 23/03/2021 Chandre Prince Syria needs $US 78-million to vaccinate 20% of its population against COVID-19 by the end of this year, and its pandemic response is being challenged by a worsening humanitarian crises in the country, including continued attacks on health care facilities. This is according to Akjemal Magtymova, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Syria, who […] Continue reading -> The COVID Pandemic As “X-Ray” – Zeroing In On Urban Water & Sanitation Gaps 22/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin COVID has highlighted deep-seated weaknesses in urban water and sanitation systems that are vital to health – but the pandemic has also underlined how improvements can hit back at the SARS-CoV2 virus – as well as reducing other traditional waterborne diseases. That was a key message at a seminar Monday on “Water and Sanitation in […] Continue reading -> Sputnik V Vaccine Developers Expand The Global Production Network; EU To Resolve Supply Dispute With AstraZeneca 19/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine have entered into a partnership with Stelis Biopharma, an India-based drugmaker, to produce 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Stelis is now the latest addition to the global production network for Sputnik V. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the company responsible for marketing the Sputnik vaccine abroad, […] Continue reading -> Mayors Appeal for Equitable Access to Vaccines – Independent Panel calls for contributions ahead of WHO submission 19/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Mayors from three capital cities in the global south have appealed for speedy “technology transfer” to enable them to produce their own COVID-19 vaccines at Friday’s World Health Organization (WHO) bi-weekly COVID-19 media briefing. The mayors’ appeal comes on the eve of a meeting next week between WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Kenya Goes Into Partial Lockdown As COVID-19 Cases Spike 26/03/2021 Esther Nakkazi NAIROBI – Kenya has suspended parliament and banned church gatherings in its capital, Nairobi, and four other counties as the country records its highest number of COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic started last year and amid a surge of positive cases. President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday announced partial lockdown and instituted new curfew measures to […] Continue reading -> Guinea Discharges Last Ebola Patient – But New Findings About Long Virus Life Demand Vigilance 25/03/2021 Pokuaa Oduro-Bonsrah (Geneva Solutions) – As Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo discharge their last Ebola patients, following the most recent outbreak, new research points to the virus’ long lasting ability to lurk within the body. So while the 42 day countdown begins to the day when both countries can declare that the current outbreak is […] Continue reading -> European Parliament Signals Approval of Digital Green Certificate Scheme 25/03/2021 Raisa Santos European Parliament members (MEPs) expressed overwhelming support for a coronavirus-related “Digital Green Certificate” to ease travel within the European Union, voting by a more than two-thirds majority to accelerate approval by the summer. But parliamentarians also warned that all efforts to recover from COVID-19 will be void unless Europeans are vaccinated more quickly. “We need […] Continue reading -> New Study: Rapid Antigen Tests Compare Well With Quarantine in Halting Travel-Imported COVID Cases 25/03/2021 Raisa Santos A new study published by a consortium of UK-based airline industry interests suggested that administration to travelers of a rapid antigen test upon arrival at their destination, may be just as effective as quarantine requirements, to stop imports of COVID-19 cases. The study, which reviewed case studies of airport testing procedures elsewhere, claims that a […] Continue reading -> India Investigates New SARS-CoV2 ‘Double Variant’ – Bearing Two Significant Spike Protein Mutations 25/03/2021 Menaka Rao NEW DELHI – Scientists have sequenced a new “double variant” of the coronavirus first identified in India – along with a handful of other variants of concern that are appearing during the second biggest wave of the virus since the pandemic began. The new double variant, bearing two significant mutations in the coronavirus spike protein, […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Appeals For Support To Address COVID-19 Health & Humanitarian Crisis In Syria 23/03/2021 Chandre Prince Syria needs $US 78-million to vaccinate 20% of its population against COVID-19 by the end of this year, and its pandemic response is being challenged by a worsening humanitarian crises in the country, including continued attacks on health care facilities. This is according to Akjemal Magtymova, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Syria, who […] Continue reading -> The COVID Pandemic As “X-Ray” – Zeroing In On Urban Water & Sanitation Gaps 22/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin COVID has highlighted deep-seated weaknesses in urban water and sanitation systems that are vital to health – but the pandemic has also underlined how improvements can hit back at the SARS-CoV2 virus – as well as reducing other traditional waterborne diseases. That was a key message at a seminar Monday on “Water and Sanitation in […] Continue reading -> Sputnik V Vaccine Developers Expand The Global Production Network; EU To Resolve Supply Dispute With AstraZeneca 19/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine have entered into a partnership with Stelis Biopharma, an India-based drugmaker, to produce 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Stelis is now the latest addition to the global production network for Sputnik V. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the company responsible for marketing the Sputnik vaccine abroad, […] Continue reading -> Mayors Appeal for Equitable Access to Vaccines – Independent Panel calls for contributions ahead of WHO submission 19/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Mayors from three capital cities in the global south have appealed for speedy “technology transfer” to enable them to produce their own COVID-19 vaccines at Friday’s World Health Organization (WHO) bi-weekly COVID-19 media briefing. The mayors’ appeal comes on the eve of a meeting next week between WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Guinea Discharges Last Ebola Patient – But New Findings About Long Virus Life Demand Vigilance 25/03/2021 Pokuaa Oduro-Bonsrah (Geneva Solutions) – As Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo discharge their last Ebola patients, following the most recent outbreak, new research points to the virus’ long lasting ability to lurk within the body. So while the 42 day countdown begins to the day when both countries can declare that the current outbreak is […] Continue reading -> European Parliament Signals Approval of Digital Green Certificate Scheme 25/03/2021 Raisa Santos European Parliament members (MEPs) expressed overwhelming support for a coronavirus-related “Digital Green Certificate” to ease travel within the European Union, voting by a more than two-thirds majority to accelerate approval by the summer. But parliamentarians also warned that all efforts to recover from COVID-19 will be void unless Europeans are vaccinated more quickly. “We need […] Continue reading -> New Study: Rapid Antigen Tests Compare Well With Quarantine in Halting Travel-Imported COVID Cases 25/03/2021 Raisa Santos A new study published by a consortium of UK-based airline industry interests suggested that administration to travelers of a rapid antigen test upon arrival at their destination, may be just as effective as quarantine requirements, to stop imports of COVID-19 cases. The study, which reviewed case studies of airport testing procedures elsewhere, claims that a […] Continue reading -> India Investigates New SARS-CoV2 ‘Double Variant’ – Bearing Two Significant Spike Protein Mutations 25/03/2021 Menaka Rao NEW DELHI – Scientists have sequenced a new “double variant” of the coronavirus first identified in India – along with a handful of other variants of concern that are appearing during the second biggest wave of the virus since the pandemic began. The new double variant, bearing two significant mutations in the coronavirus spike protein, […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Appeals For Support To Address COVID-19 Health & Humanitarian Crisis In Syria 23/03/2021 Chandre Prince Syria needs $US 78-million to vaccinate 20% of its population against COVID-19 by the end of this year, and its pandemic response is being challenged by a worsening humanitarian crises in the country, including continued attacks on health care facilities. This is according to Akjemal Magtymova, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Syria, who […] Continue reading -> The COVID Pandemic As “X-Ray” – Zeroing In On Urban Water & Sanitation Gaps 22/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin COVID has highlighted deep-seated weaknesses in urban water and sanitation systems that are vital to health – but the pandemic has also underlined how improvements can hit back at the SARS-CoV2 virus – as well as reducing other traditional waterborne diseases. That was a key message at a seminar Monday on “Water and Sanitation in […] Continue reading -> Sputnik V Vaccine Developers Expand The Global Production Network; EU To Resolve Supply Dispute With AstraZeneca 19/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine have entered into a partnership with Stelis Biopharma, an India-based drugmaker, to produce 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Stelis is now the latest addition to the global production network for Sputnik V. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the company responsible for marketing the Sputnik vaccine abroad, […] Continue reading -> Mayors Appeal for Equitable Access to Vaccines – Independent Panel calls for contributions ahead of WHO submission 19/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Mayors from three capital cities in the global south have appealed for speedy “technology transfer” to enable them to produce their own COVID-19 vaccines at Friday’s World Health Organization (WHO) bi-weekly COVID-19 media briefing. The mayors’ appeal comes on the eve of a meeting next week between WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
European Parliament Signals Approval of Digital Green Certificate Scheme 25/03/2021 Raisa Santos European Parliament members (MEPs) expressed overwhelming support for a coronavirus-related “Digital Green Certificate” to ease travel within the European Union, voting by a more than two-thirds majority to accelerate approval by the summer. But parliamentarians also warned that all efforts to recover from COVID-19 will be void unless Europeans are vaccinated more quickly. “We need […] Continue reading -> New Study: Rapid Antigen Tests Compare Well With Quarantine in Halting Travel-Imported COVID Cases 25/03/2021 Raisa Santos A new study published by a consortium of UK-based airline industry interests suggested that administration to travelers of a rapid antigen test upon arrival at their destination, may be just as effective as quarantine requirements, to stop imports of COVID-19 cases. The study, which reviewed case studies of airport testing procedures elsewhere, claims that a […] Continue reading -> India Investigates New SARS-CoV2 ‘Double Variant’ – Bearing Two Significant Spike Protein Mutations 25/03/2021 Menaka Rao NEW DELHI – Scientists have sequenced a new “double variant” of the coronavirus first identified in India – along with a handful of other variants of concern that are appearing during the second biggest wave of the virus since the pandemic began. The new double variant, bearing two significant mutations in the coronavirus spike protein, […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Appeals For Support To Address COVID-19 Health & Humanitarian Crisis In Syria 23/03/2021 Chandre Prince Syria needs $US 78-million to vaccinate 20% of its population against COVID-19 by the end of this year, and its pandemic response is being challenged by a worsening humanitarian crises in the country, including continued attacks on health care facilities. This is according to Akjemal Magtymova, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Syria, who […] Continue reading -> The COVID Pandemic As “X-Ray” – Zeroing In On Urban Water & Sanitation Gaps 22/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin COVID has highlighted deep-seated weaknesses in urban water and sanitation systems that are vital to health – but the pandemic has also underlined how improvements can hit back at the SARS-CoV2 virus – as well as reducing other traditional waterborne diseases. That was a key message at a seminar Monday on “Water and Sanitation in […] Continue reading -> Sputnik V Vaccine Developers Expand The Global Production Network; EU To Resolve Supply Dispute With AstraZeneca 19/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine have entered into a partnership with Stelis Biopharma, an India-based drugmaker, to produce 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Stelis is now the latest addition to the global production network for Sputnik V. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the company responsible for marketing the Sputnik vaccine abroad, […] Continue reading -> Mayors Appeal for Equitable Access to Vaccines – Independent Panel calls for contributions ahead of WHO submission 19/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Mayors from three capital cities in the global south have appealed for speedy “technology transfer” to enable them to produce their own COVID-19 vaccines at Friday’s World Health Organization (WHO) bi-weekly COVID-19 media briefing. The mayors’ appeal comes on the eve of a meeting next week between WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Study: Rapid Antigen Tests Compare Well With Quarantine in Halting Travel-Imported COVID Cases 25/03/2021 Raisa Santos A new study published by a consortium of UK-based airline industry interests suggested that administration to travelers of a rapid antigen test upon arrival at their destination, may be just as effective as quarantine requirements, to stop imports of COVID-19 cases. The study, which reviewed case studies of airport testing procedures elsewhere, claims that a […] Continue reading -> India Investigates New SARS-CoV2 ‘Double Variant’ – Bearing Two Significant Spike Protein Mutations 25/03/2021 Menaka Rao NEW DELHI – Scientists have sequenced a new “double variant” of the coronavirus first identified in India – along with a handful of other variants of concern that are appearing during the second biggest wave of the virus since the pandemic began. The new double variant, bearing two significant mutations in the coronavirus spike protein, […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Appeals For Support To Address COVID-19 Health & Humanitarian Crisis In Syria 23/03/2021 Chandre Prince Syria needs $US 78-million to vaccinate 20% of its population against COVID-19 by the end of this year, and its pandemic response is being challenged by a worsening humanitarian crises in the country, including continued attacks on health care facilities. This is according to Akjemal Magtymova, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Syria, who […] Continue reading -> The COVID Pandemic As “X-Ray” – Zeroing In On Urban Water & Sanitation Gaps 22/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin COVID has highlighted deep-seated weaknesses in urban water and sanitation systems that are vital to health – but the pandemic has also underlined how improvements can hit back at the SARS-CoV2 virus – as well as reducing other traditional waterborne diseases. That was a key message at a seminar Monday on “Water and Sanitation in […] Continue reading -> Sputnik V Vaccine Developers Expand The Global Production Network; EU To Resolve Supply Dispute With AstraZeneca 19/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine have entered into a partnership with Stelis Biopharma, an India-based drugmaker, to produce 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Stelis is now the latest addition to the global production network for Sputnik V. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the company responsible for marketing the Sputnik vaccine abroad, […] Continue reading -> Mayors Appeal for Equitable Access to Vaccines – Independent Panel calls for contributions ahead of WHO submission 19/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Mayors from three capital cities in the global south have appealed for speedy “technology transfer” to enable them to produce their own COVID-19 vaccines at Friday’s World Health Organization (WHO) bi-weekly COVID-19 media briefing. The mayors’ appeal comes on the eve of a meeting next week between WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
India Investigates New SARS-CoV2 ‘Double Variant’ – Bearing Two Significant Spike Protein Mutations 25/03/2021 Menaka Rao NEW DELHI – Scientists have sequenced a new “double variant” of the coronavirus first identified in India – along with a handful of other variants of concern that are appearing during the second biggest wave of the virus since the pandemic began. The new double variant, bearing two significant mutations in the coronavirus spike protein, […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Appeals For Support To Address COVID-19 Health & Humanitarian Crisis In Syria 23/03/2021 Chandre Prince Syria needs $US 78-million to vaccinate 20% of its population against COVID-19 by the end of this year, and its pandemic response is being challenged by a worsening humanitarian crises in the country, including continued attacks on health care facilities. This is according to Akjemal Magtymova, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Syria, who […] Continue reading -> The COVID Pandemic As “X-Ray” – Zeroing In On Urban Water & Sanitation Gaps 22/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin COVID has highlighted deep-seated weaknesses in urban water and sanitation systems that are vital to health – but the pandemic has also underlined how improvements can hit back at the SARS-CoV2 virus – as well as reducing other traditional waterborne diseases. That was a key message at a seminar Monday on “Water and Sanitation in […] Continue reading -> Sputnik V Vaccine Developers Expand The Global Production Network; EU To Resolve Supply Dispute With AstraZeneca 19/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine have entered into a partnership with Stelis Biopharma, an India-based drugmaker, to produce 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Stelis is now the latest addition to the global production network for Sputnik V. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the company responsible for marketing the Sputnik vaccine abroad, […] Continue reading -> Mayors Appeal for Equitable Access to Vaccines – Independent Panel calls for contributions ahead of WHO submission 19/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Mayors from three capital cities in the global south have appealed for speedy “technology transfer” to enable them to produce their own COVID-19 vaccines at Friday’s World Health Organization (WHO) bi-weekly COVID-19 media briefing. The mayors’ appeal comes on the eve of a meeting next week between WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Health Organization Appeals For Support To Address COVID-19 Health & Humanitarian Crisis In Syria 23/03/2021 Chandre Prince Syria needs $US 78-million to vaccinate 20% of its population against COVID-19 by the end of this year, and its pandemic response is being challenged by a worsening humanitarian crises in the country, including continued attacks on health care facilities. This is according to Akjemal Magtymova, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Syria, who […] Continue reading -> The COVID Pandemic As “X-Ray” – Zeroing In On Urban Water & Sanitation Gaps 22/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin COVID has highlighted deep-seated weaknesses in urban water and sanitation systems that are vital to health – but the pandemic has also underlined how improvements can hit back at the SARS-CoV2 virus – as well as reducing other traditional waterborne diseases. That was a key message at a seminar Monday on “Water and Sanitation in […] Continue reading -> Sputnik V Vaccine Developers Expand The Global Production Network; EU To Resolve Supply Dispute With AstraZeneca 19/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine have entered into a partnership with Stelis Biopharma, an India-based drugmaker, to produce 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Stelis is now the latest addition to the global production network for Sputnik V. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the company responsible for marketing the Sputnik vaccine abroad, […] Continue reading -> Mayors Appeal for Equitable Access to Vaccines – Independent Panel calls for contributions ahead of WHO submission 19/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Mayors from three capital cities in the global south have appealed for speedy “technology transfer” to enable them to produce their own COVID-19 vaccines at Friday’s World Health Organization (WHO) bi-weekly COVID-19 media briefing. The mayors’ appeal comes on the eve of a meeting next week between WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
The COVID Pandemic As “X-Ray” – Zeroing In On Urban Water & Sanitation Gaps 22/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin COVID has highlighted deep-seated weaknesses in urban water and sanitation systems that are vital to health – but the pandemic has also underlined how improvements can hit back at the SARS-CoV2 virus – as well as reducing other traditional waterborne diseases. That was a key message at a seminar Monday on “Water and Sanitation in […] Continue reading -> Sputnik V Vaccine Developers Expand The Global Production Network; EU To Resolve Supply Dispute With AstraZeneca 19/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine have entered into a partnership with Stelis Biopharma, an India-based drugmaker, to produce 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Stelis is now the latest addition to the global production network for Sputnik V. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the company responsible for marketing the Sputnik vaccine abroad, […] Continue reading -> Mayors Appeal for Equitable Access to Vaccines – Independent Panel calls for contributions ahead of WHO submission 19/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Mayors from three capital cities in the global south have appealed for speedy “technology transfer” to enable them to produce their own COVID-19 vaccines at Friday’s World Health Organization (WHO) bi-weekly COVID-19 media briefing. The mayors’ appeal comes on the eve of a meeting next week between WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Sputnik V Vaccine Developers Expand The Global Production Network; EU To Resolve Supply Dispute With AstraZeneca 19/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine have entered into a partnership with Stelis Biopharma, an India-based drugmaker, to produce 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Stelis is now the latest addition to the global production network for Sputnik V. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the company responsible for marketing the Sputnik vaccine abroad, […] Continue reading -> Mayors Appeal for Equitable Access to Vaccines – Independent Panel calls for contributions ahead of WHO submission 19/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Mayors from three capital cities in the global south have appealed for speedy “technology transfer” to enable them to produce their own COVID-19 vaccines at Friday’s World Health Organization (WHO) bi-weekly COVID-19 media briefing. The mayors’ appeal comes on the eve of a meeting next week between WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Mayors Appeal for Equitable Access to Vaccines – Independent Panel calls for contributions ahead of WHO submission 19/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Mayors from three capital cities in the global south have appealed for speedy “technology transfer” to enable them to produce their own COVID-19 vaccines at Friday’s World Health Organization (WHO) bi-weekly COVID-19 media briefing. The mayors’ appeal comes on the eve of a meeting next week between WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts