Global Health Diplomacy In The COVID-19 Era – Can Failure Usher In A New Era of Success? 22/02/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay More than a year into the world’s largest global health emergency, health diplomats have fought hard to ensure that every country across the globe secures access to lifesaving coronavirus health products, including vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics. That has not happened yet, given that 80% of countries that are now rolling out vaccines are either high-income […] Continue reading -> WHO Official Walks Back On China Comments About Imported Frozen Foods As Possible Source Of 2019 Wuhan SARS-CoV2 Outbreak 18/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The WHO head of the international expert mission to China to investigate the origins of the SARS-CoV2 virus, told a press briefing Thursday that the international expert group is not seriously considering the Chinese theory that the virus outbreak in Wuhan, first infected Wuhan residents through imported frozen foods. The theory that imported frozen foods […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Recommend AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Across All Ages & Countries – Signal For Start Of Global COVAX Vaccine Rollout 10/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A World Health Organization expert group has recommended the use of the AstraZeneca two-dose COVID-19 vaccine for use in countries worldwide – and among groups including people over the age of 65. The sweeping recommendation by WHO “Strategic Advisory Group of Experts” (SAGE) marks what WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan described as an “important milestone” […] Continue reading -> ‘China Box’: Buried WHO Report Of Italy’s COVID-19 Response Cited ‘Inconvenient Facts’ On Pandemic’s Initial Spread in Asia 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico The redacted WHO report on Italy’s pandemic response, “An Unprecedented Challenge” contained a brief timeline of events in the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China, which a number of WHO officials sought to amend or suppress even before the entire report was recalled. In fact, the so-called “China box” on the outbreak’s early […] Continue reading -> Patient Care After COVID: Providers Must Correct ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach, Experts Say 10/12/2020 Raisa Santos Raising a conversation about patients rights and patient care over the din of the COVID-19 pandemic is not easy. But hundreds of patient groups and thousands of attendees drew together virtually last week at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Patients Congress to talk about how to reclaim a voice and space for patient rights in the wake […] Continue reading -> AstraZeneca Breakthrough Heightens Competition Between Two Different World Views On Vaccine Procurement & Distribution 23/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher, Menaka Rao & Kerry Cullinan The vaccine zero hour is approaching. As Norway’s Minister of International Development Dag Ulstein and South Africa’s Minister of Health Zweili Mkhize made yet another urgent plea Monday for some US$4.3 billion right now and another $US23.9 billion in 2021 to massively roll out new COVID19 vaccines, drugs and tests that are now coming on […] Continue reading -> Rewriting the Script For Cervical Cancer – WHO Launches New Elimination Strategy 17/11/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the early 2000’s, when Kenyan doctor Sally Agallo Kwenda was diagnosed with cervical cancer, it was a big shock given she was not experiencing any pain or symptoms. A bigger shock, however, was her husband’s decision to walk out on her. He claimed that he could not live with a woman who could not […] Continue reading -> Geneva Is ‘Epicentre’ Of Global Health Innovation 17/11/2020 Kerry Cullinan Many Geneva-based health agencies have worked together for years to improve global access to diagnostics and treatment, but the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated much closer collaboration and speedier decision-making. This is according to experts from the WHO co-sponsored “ACT Accelerator” medicine access partnership – including UNITAID, the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), and the […] Continue reading -> World Trade Organization Enters COVID Pandemic Fray With Dispute Brewing Over Patent Rights 14/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A safe, proven vaccine for COVID-19 doesn’t yet exist. But the battle for access is heating up. Even as the world struggles to come up with a viable COVID-19 vaccine as well as new treatments, the debate over how to ensure that people around the world can get access to whatever products are available, now […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. 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WHO Official Walks Back On China Comments About Imported Frozen Foods As Possible Source Of 2019 Wuhan SARS-CoV2 Outbreak 18/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The WHO head of the international expert mission to China to investigate the origins of the SARS-CoV2 virus, told a press briefing Thursday that the international expert group is not seriously considering the Chinese theory that the virus outbreak in Wuhan, first infected Wuhan residents through imported frozen foods. The theory that imported frozen foods […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Recommend AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Across All Ages & Countries – Signal For Start Of Global COVAX Vaccine Rollout 10/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A World Health Organization expert group has recommended the use of the AstraZeneca two-dose COVID-19 vaccine for use in countries worldwide – and among groups including people over the age of 65. The sweeping recommendation by WHO “Strategic Advisory Group of Experts” (SAGE) marks what WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan described as an “important milestone” […] Continue reading -> ‘China Box’: Buried WHO Report Of Italy’s COVID-19 Response Cited ‘Inconvenient Facts’ On Pandemic’s Initial Spread in Asia 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico The redacted WHO report on Italy’s pandemic response, “An Unprecedented Challenge” contained a brief timeline of events in the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China, which a number of WHO officials sought to amend or suppress even before the entire report was recalled. In fact, the so-called “China box” on the outbreak’s early […] Continue reading -> Patient Care After COVID: Providers Must Correct ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach, Experts Say 10/12/2020 Raisa Santos Raising a conversation about patients rights and patient care over the din of the COVID-19 pandemic is not easy. But hundreds of patient groups and thousands of attendees drew together virtually last week at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Patients Congress to talk about how to reclaim a voice and space for patient rights in the wake […] Continue reading -> AstraZeneca Breakthrough Heightens Competition Between Two Different World Views On Vaccine Procurement & Distribution 23/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher, Menaka Rao & Kerry Cullinan The vaccine zero hour is approaching. As Norway’s Minister of International Development Dag Ulstein and South Africa’s Minister of Health Zweili Mkhize made yet another urgent plea Monday for some US$4.3 billion right now and another $US23.9 billion in 2021 to massively roll out new COVID19 vaccines, drugs and tests that are now coming on […] Continue reading -> Rewriting the Script For Cervical Cancer – WHO Launches New Elimination Strategy 17/11/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the early 2000’s, when Kenyan doctor Sally Agallo Kwenda was diagnosed with cervical cancer, it was a big shock given she was not experiencing any pain or symptoms. A bigger shock, however, was her husband’s decision to walk out on her. He claimed that he could not live with a woman who could not […] Continue reading -> Geneva Is ‘Epicentre’ Of Global Health Innovation 17/11/2020 Kerry Cullinan Many Geneva-based health agencies have worked together for years to improve global access to diagnostics and treatment, but the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated much closer collaboration and speedier decision-making. This is according to experts from the WHO co-sponsored “ACT Accelerator” medicine access partnership – including UNITAID, the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), and the […] Continue reading -> World Trade Organization Enters COVID Pandemic Fray With Dispute Brewing Over Patent Rights 14/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A safe, proven vaccine for COVID-19 doesn’t yet exist. But the battle for access is heating up. Even as the world struggles to come up with a viable COVID-19 vaccine as well as new treatments, the debate over how to ensure that people around the world can get access to whatever products are available, now […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. 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WHO Experts Recommend AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Across All Ages & Countries – Signal For Start Of Global COVAX Vaccine Rollout 10/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A World Health Organization expert group has recommended the use of the AstraZeneca two-dose COVID-19 vaccine for use in countries worldwide – and among groups including people over the age of 65. The sweeping recommendation by WHO “Strategic Advisory Group of Experts” (SAGE) marks what WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan described as an “important milestone” […] Continue reading -> ‘China Box’: Buried WHO Report Of Italy’s COVID-19 Response Cited ‘Inconvenient Facts’ On Pandemic’s Initial Spread in Asia 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico The redacted WHO report on Italy’s pandemic response, “An Unprecedented Challenge” contained a brief timeline of events in the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China, which a number of WHO officials sought to amend or suppress even before the entire report was recalled. In fact, the so-called “China box” on the outbreak’s early […] Continue reading -> Patient Care After COVID: Providers Must Correct ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach, Experts Say 10/12/2020 Raisa Santos Raising a conversation about patients rights and patient care over the din of the COVID-19 pandemic is not easy. But hundreds of patient groups and thousands of attendees drew together virtually last week at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Patients Congress to talk about how to reclaim a voice and space for patient rights in the wake […] Continue reading -> AstraZeneca Breakthrough Heightens Competition Between Two Different World Views On Vaccine Procurement & Distribution 23/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher, Menaka Rao & Kerry Cullinan The vaccine zero hour is approaching. As Norway’s Minister of International Development Dag Ulstein and South Africa’s Minister of Health Zweili Mkhize made yet another urgent plea Monday for some US$4.3 billion right now and another $US23.9 billion in 2021 to massively roll out new COVID19 vaccines, drugs and tests that are now coming on […] Continue reading -> Rewriting the Script For Cervical Cancer – WHO Launches New Elimination Strategy 17/11/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the early 2000’s, when Kenyan doctor Sally Agallo Kwenda was diagnosed with cervical cancer, it was a big shock given she was not experiencing any pain or symptoms. A bigger shock, however, was her husband’s decision to walk out on her. He claimed that he could not live with a woman who could not […] Continue reading -> Geneva Is ‘Epicentre’ Of Global Health Innovation 17/11/2020 Kerry Cullinan Many Geneva-based health agencies have worked together for years to improve global access to diagnostics and treatment, but the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated much closer collaboration and speedier decision-making. This is according to experts from the WHO co-sponsored “ACT Accelerator” medicine access partnership – including UNITAID, the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), and the […] Continue reading -> World Trade Organization Enters COVID Pandemic Fray With Dispute Brewing Over Patent Rights 14/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A safe, proven vaccine for COVID-19 doesn’t yet exist. But the battle for access is heating up. Even as the world struggles to come up with a viable COVID-19 vaccine as well as new treatments, the debate over how to ensure that people around the world can get access to whatever products are available, now […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
‘China Box’: Buried WHO Report Of Italy’s COVID-19 Response Cited ‘Inconvenient Facts’ On Pandemic’s Initial Spread in Asia 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico The redacted WHO report on Italy’s pandemic response, “An Unprecedented Challenge” contained a brief timeline of events in the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China, which a number of WHO officials sought to amend or suppress even before the entire report was recalled. In fact, the so-called “China box” on the outbreak’s early […] Continue reading -> Patient Care After COVID: Providers Must Correct ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach, Experts Say 10/12/2020 Raisa Santos Raising a conversation about patients rights and patient care over the din of the COVID-19 pandemic is not easy. But hundreds of patient groups and thousands of attendees drew together virtually last week at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Patients Congress to talk about how to reclaim a voice and space for patient rights in the wake […] Continue reading -> AstraZeneca Breakthrough Heightens Competition Between Two Different World Views On Vaccine Procurement & Distribution 23/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher, Menaka Rao & Kerry Cullinan The vaccine zero hour is approaching. As Norway’s Minister of International Development Dag Ulstein and South Africa’s Minister of Health Zweili Mkhize made yet another urgent plea Monday for some US$4.3 billion right now and another $US23.9 billion in 2021 to massively roll out new COVID19 vaccines, drugs and tests that are now coming on […] Continue reading -> Rewriting the Script For Cervical Cancer – WHO Launches New Elimination Strategy 17/11/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the early 2000’s, when Kenyan doctor Sally Agallo Kwenda was diagnosed with cervical cancer, it was a big shock given she was not experiencing any pain or symptoms. A bigger shock, however, was her husband’s decision to walk out on her. He claimed that he could not live with a woman who could not […] Continue reading -> Geneva Is ‘Epicentre’ Of Global Health Innovation 17/11/2020 Kerry Cullinan Many Geneva-based health agencies have worked together for years to improve global access to diagnostics and treatment, but the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated much closer collaboration and speedier decision-making. This is according to experts from the WHO co-sponsored “ACT Accelerator” medicine access partnership – including UNITAID, the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), and the […] Continue reading -> World Trade Organization Enters COVID Pandemic Fray With Dispute Brewing Over Patent Rights 14/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A safe, proven vaccine for COVID-19 doesn’t yet exist. But the battle for access is heating up. Even as the world struggles to come up with a viable COVID-19 vaccine as well as new treatments, the debate over how to ensure that people around the world can get access to whatever products are available, now […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Patient Care After COVID: Providers Must Correct ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach, Experts Say 10/12/2020 Raisa Santos Raising a conversation about patients rights and patient care over the din of the COVID-19 pandemic is not easy. But hundreds of patient groups and thousands of attendees drew together virtually last week at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Patients Congress to talk about how to reclaim a voice and space for patient rights in the wake […] Continue reading -> AstraZeneca Breakthrough Heightens Competition Between Two Different World Views On Vaccine Procurement & Distribution 23/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher, Menaka Rao & Kerry Cullinan The vaccine zero hour is approaching. As Norway’s Minister of International Development Dag Ulstein and South Africa’s Minister of Health Zweili Mkhize made yet another urgent plea Monday for some US$4.3 billion right now and another $US23.9 billion in 2021 to massively roll out new COVID19 vaccines, drugs and tests that are now coming on […] Continue reading -> Rewriting the Script For Cervical Cancer – WHO Launches New Elimination Strategy 17/11/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the early 2000’s, when Kenyan doctor Sally Agallo Kwenda was diagnosed with cervical cancer, it was a big shock given she was not experiencing any pain or symptoms. A bigger shock, however, was her husband’s decision to walk out on her. He claimed that he could not live with a woman who could not […] Continue reading -> Geneva Is ‘Epicentre’ Of Global Health Innovation 17/11/2020 Kerry Cullinan Many Geneva-based health agencies have worked together for years to improve global access to diagnostics and treatment, but the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated much closer collaboration and speedier decision-making. This is according to experts from the WHO co-sponsored “ACT Accelerator” medicine access partnership – including UNITAID, the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), and the […] Continue reading -> World Trade Organization Enters COVID Pandemic Fray With Dispute Brewing Over Patent Rights 14/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A safe, proven vaccine for COVID-19 doesn’t yet exist. But the battle for access is heating up. Even as the world struggles to come up with a viable COVID-19 vaccine as well as new treatments, the debate over how to ensure that people around the world can get access to whatever products are available, now […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
AstraZeneca Breakthrough Heightens Competition Between Two Different World Views On Vaccine Procurement & Distribution 23/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher, Menaka Rao & Kerry Cullinan The vaccine zero hour is approaching. As Norway’s Minister of International Development Dag Ulstein and South Africa’s Minister of Health Zweili Mkhize made yet another urgent plea Monday for some US$4.3 billion right now and another $US23.9 billion in 2021 to massively roll out new COVID19 vaccines, drugs and tests that are now coming on […] Continue reading -> Rewriting the Script For Cervical Cancer – WHO Launches New Elimination Strategy 17/11/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the early 2000’s, when Kenyan doctor Sally Agallo Kwenda was diagnosed with cervical cancer, it was a big shock given she was not experiencing any pain or symptoms. A bigger shock, however, was her husband’s decision to walk out on her. He claimed that he could not live with a woman who could not […] Continue reading -> Geneva Is ‘Epicentre’ Of Global Health Innovation 17/11/2020 Kerry Cullinan Many Geneva-based health agencies have worked together for years to improve global access to diagnostics and treatment, but the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated much closer collaboration and speedier decision-making. This is according to experts from the WHO co-sponsored “ACT Accelerator” medicine access partnership – including UNITAID, the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), and the […] Continue reading -> World Trade Organization Enters COVID Pandemic Fray With Dispute Brewing Over Patent Rights 14/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A safe, proven vaccine for COVID-19 doesn’t yet exist. But the battle for access is heating up. Even as the world struggles to come up with a viable COVID-19 vaccine as well as new treatments, the debate over how to ensure that people around the world can get access to whatever products are available, now […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Rewriting the Script For Cervical Cancer – WHO Launches New Elimination Strategy 17/11/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the early 2000’s, when Kenyan doctor Sally Agallo Kwenda was diagnosed with cervical cancer, it was a big shock given she was not experiencing any pain or symptoms. A bigger shock, however, was her husband’s decision to walk out on her. He claimed that he could not live with a woman who could not […] Continue reading -> Geneva Is ‘Epicentre’ Of Global Health Innovation 17/11/2020 Kerry Cullinan Many Geneva-based health agencies have worked together for years to improve global access to diagnostics and treatment, but the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated much closer collaboration and speedier decision-making. This is according to experts from the WHO co-sponsored “ACT Accelerator” medicine access partnership – including UNITAID, the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), and the […] Continue reading -> World Trade Organization Enters COVID Pandemic Fray With Dispute Brewing Over Patent Rights 14/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A safe, proven vaccine for COVID-19 doesn’t yet exist. But the battle for access is heating up. Even as the world struggles to come up with a viable COVID-19 vaccine as well as new treatments, the debate over how to ensure that people around the world can get access to whatever products are available, now […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Geneva Is ‘Epicentre’ Of Global Health Innovation 17/11/2020 Kerry Cullinan Many Geneva-based health agencies have worked together for years to improve global access to diagnostics and treatment, but the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated much closer collaboration and speedier decision-making. This is according to experts from the WHO co-sponsored “ACT Accelerator” medicine access partnership – including UNITAID, the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), and the […] Continue reading -> World Trade Organization Enters COVID Pandemic Fray With Dispute Brewing Over Patent Rights 14/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A safe, proven vaccine for COVID-19 doesn’t yet exist. But the battle for access is heating up. Even as the world struggles to come up with a viable COVID-19 vaccine as well as new treatments, the debate over how to ensure that people around the world can get access to whatever products are available, now […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
World Trade Organization Enters COVID Pandemic Fray With Dispute Brewing Over Patent Rights 14/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A safe, proven vaccine for COVID-19 doesn’t yet exist. But the battle for access is heating up. Even as the world struggles to come up with a viable COVID-19 vaccine as well as new treatments, the debate over how to ensure that people around the world can get access to whatever products are available, now […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts