COVID-19 Vaccination of Ugandan Health Workers on Track – As Country Races To Meet Targets 19/03/2021 Esther Nakkazi KAMPALA – On 12 March, Samson Wamani, a doctor at Mukono General Hospital, received his COVID-19 vaccine under a tent placed outside the hospital as Uganda implements its plan to vaccinate half the population in the next year. As the government already had a database of its health workers registered, all Wamani had to do […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls For Comprehensive Tobacco Control Measures To Protect Young Children In Context of ‘Nurturing Care’ 17/03/2021 Geoffrey Kamadi Tobacco use and second-hand smoking during pregnancy doubles the risk of sudden infant death and birth defects – issues highlighted in a new policy brief on the linkages between tobacco control and children’s health, published by the World Health Organisation(WHO). The brief, Tobacco Control To Improve Child Health and Development, notes that exposure to second-hand […] Continue reading -> WHO Solidarity Fund Raises over $242 million From Global Community 15/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Over 662,000 people, hundreds of corporations and organisations from 190 countries have donated $242 million to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund in the past year, according to Elizabeth Cousens, CEO of the UN Foundation. Addressing the World Health Organization (WHO) biweekly media briefing on Monday, the first anniversary of the fund, Cousens said the fund […] Continue reading -> In Israel’s ‘Living Laboratory’ – Vaccines Offer Hope At End Of Coronavirus Tunnel 12/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – One year after the COVID-19 global health emergency was termed a “pandemic” by the World Health Organization – new vaccines are showing their power and efficacy through sharp declines in case rates in Israel – as well as in the United Kingdom and the United States – the second and third countries in […] Continue reading -> One Year After Pandemic Was Declared – Taiwan’s Fast, Flexible Policies Preserve Normal Life 12/03/2021 Val Crawford Not many places resemble the pre-pandemic world more than Taiwan. Residents do wear masks, and the ways in which people use public spaces have changed. But in a locked-down world of damaged economies, Taiwan’s institutions are functioning; its classrooms, tourist sites and restaurants carry on. TAIPEI – One year after COVID-19 was declared to be […] Continue reading -> Patents ‘Not’ The Main Barrier To Equitable Vaccine Rollout – Two Leading Vaccine Scientists & Pharma Execs At WHO Event 08/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The structural barriers to a faster and more equitable COVID-19 vaccine roll-out go far beyond the issue of patents, declared two of the world’s leading vaccine researchers and pharma execs at a WHO event on Monday evening. Sarah Gilbert, developer of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and Özlem Türeci, chief medical officer of BioNTech, the developer of […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency Urges EU Member States To Postpone National Rollouts Of Russian Sputnik V Vaccine 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A senior official at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has cautioned EU member states to wait until the agency has reviewed the safety and efficacy data of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine before granting the vaccine emergency use authorization at national level, and beginning mass rollouts. Last week, the EMA formally began a rolling review of […] Continue reading -> Global Group of Scientists Calls For Fresh Investigation Into Origins of SARS-CoV2 Virus 05/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The WHO-convened international investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus is too politically limited by China and lacks the mandate to yield fully independent conclusions about how the novel coronavirus emerged and infected humans, according to a group of prominent international scientists – who have called for a new, independent and “unrestricted” probe into […] Continue reading -> New DG Iweala Calls On WTO To ‘Walk & Chew’ Gum – Talk With Pharma About Expanding COVID Vaccine Supplies While Talks Continue On ‘IP ‘Waiver’ 01/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a groundswell of growing support, a South African and Indian proposal to the World Trade Organization to suspend patents and other intellectual property on vital COVID-19 vaccines and other health products was put on hold by WTO’s General Council in its session on Monday – with the next debate likely to occur in May. […] Continue reading -> Ghana Kicks Off COVID Global Vaccine Campaign; ‘Regrettable’ That COVAX Rollout Is 3 Months Later Than In Rich Countries 01/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have become the first countries in the world to start vaccinating their health workers against COVID-19 with a supply of doses from the WHO co-sponsored global COVAX facility. But it is “regrettable” that this milestone has come almost three months after vaccine campaigns already began in rich countries, World Health Organisation’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Calls For Comprehensive Tobacco Control Measures To Protect Young Children In Context of ‘Nurturing Care’ 17/03/2021 Geoffrey Kamadi Tobacco use and second-hand smoking during pregnancy doubles the risk of sudden infant death and birth defects – issues highlighted in a new policy brief on the linkages between tobacco control and children’s health, published by the World Health Organisation(WHO). The brief, Tobacco Control To Improve Child Health and Development, notes that exposure to second-hand […] Continue reading -> WHO Solidarity Fund Raises over $242 million From Global Community 15/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Over 662,000 people, hundreds of corporations and organisations from 190 countries have donated $242 million to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund in the past year, according to Elizabeth Cousens, CEO of the UN Foundation. Addressing the World Health Organization (WHO) biweekly media briefing on Monday, the first anniversary of the fund, Cousens said the fund […] Continue reading -> In Israel’s ‘Living Laboratory’ – Vaccines Offer Hope At End Of Coronavirus Tunnel 12/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – One year after the COVID-19 global health emergency was termed a “pandemic” by the World Health Organization – new vaccines are showing their power and efficacy through sharp declines in case rates in Israel – as well as in the United Kingdom and the United States – the second and third countries in […] Continue reading -> One Year After Pandemic Was Declared – Taiwan’s Fast, Flexible Policies Preserve Normal Life 12/03/2021 Val Crawford Not many places resemble the pre-pandemic world more than Taiwan. Residents do wear masks, and the ways in which people use public spaces have changed. But in a locked-down world of damaged economies, Taiwan’s institutions are functioning; its classrooms, tourist sites and restaurants carry on. TAIPEI – One year after COVID-19 was declared to be […] Continue reading -> Patents ‘Not’ The Main Barrier To Equitable Vaccine Rollout – Two Leading Vaccine Scientists & Pharma Execs At WHO Event 08/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The structural barriers to a faster and more equitable COVID-19 vaccine roll-out go far beyond the issue of patents, declared two of the world’s leading vaccine researchers and pharma execs at a WHO event on Monday evening. Sarah Gilbert, developer of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and Özlem Türeci, chief medical officer of BioNTech, the developer of […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency Urges EU Member States To Postpone National Rollouts Of Russian Sputnik V Vaccine 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A senior official at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has cautioned EU member states to wait until the agency has reviewed the safety and efficacy data of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine before granting the vaccine emergency use authorization at national level, and beginning mass rollouts. Last week, the EMA formally began a rolling review of […] Continue reading -> Global Group of Scientists Calls For Fresh Investigation Into Origins of SARS-CoV2 Virus 05/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The WHO-convened international investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus is too politically limited by China and lacks the mandate to yield fully independent conclusions about how the novel coronavirus emerged and infected humans, according to a group of prominent international scientists – who have called for a new, independent and “unrestricted” probe into […] Continue reading -> New DG Iweala Calls On WTO To ‘Walk & Chew’ Gum – Talk With Pharma About Expanding COVID Vaccine Supplies While Talks Continue On ‘IP ‘Waiver’ 01/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a groundswell of growing support, a South African and Indian proposal to the World Trade Organization to suspend patents and other intellectual property on vital COVID-19 vaccines and other health products was put on hold by WTO’s General Council in its session on Monday – with the next debate likely to occur in May. […] Continue reading -> Ghana Kicks Off COVID Global Vaccine Campaign; ‘Regrettable’ That COVAX Rollout Is 3 Months Later Than In Rich Countries 01/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have become the first countries in the world to start vaccinating their health workers against COVID-19 with a supply of doses from the WHO co-sponsored global COVAX facility. But it is “regrettable” that this milestone has come almost three months after vaccine campaigns already began in rich countries, World Health Organisation’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Solidarity Fund Raises over $242 million From Global Community 15/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Over 662,000 people, hundreds of corporations and organisations from 190 countries have donated $242 million to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund in the past year, according to Elizabeth Cousens, CEO of the UN Foundation. Addressing the World Health Organization (WHO) biweekly media briefing on Monday, the first anniversary of the fund, Cousens said the fund […] Continue reading -> In Israel’s ‘Living Laboratory’ – Vaccines Offer Hope At End Of Coronavirus Tunnel 12/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – One year after the COVID-19 global health emergency was termed a “pandemic” by the World Health Organization – new vaccines are showing their power and efficacy through sharp declines in case rates in Israel – as well as in the United Kingdom and the United States – the second and third countries in […] Continue reading -> One Year After Pandemic Was Declared – Taiwan’s Fast, Flexible Policies Preserve Normal Life 12/03/2021 Val Crawford Not many places resemble the pre-pandemic world more than Taiwan. Residents do wear masks, and the ways in which people use public spaces have changed. But in a locked-down world of damaged economies, Taiwan’s institutions are functioning; its classrooms, tourist sites and restaurants carry on. TAIPEI – One year after COVID-19 was declared to be […] Continue reading -> Patents ‘Not’ The Main Barrier To Equitable Vaccine Rollout – Two Leading Vaccine Scientists & Pharma Execs At WHO Event 08/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The structural barriers to a faster and more equitable COVID-19 vaccine roll-out go far beyond the issue of patents, declared two of the world’s leading vaccine researchers and pharma execs at a WHO event on Monday evening. Sarah Gilbert, developer of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and Özlem Türeci, chief medical officer of BioNTech, the developer of […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency Urges EU Member States To Postpone National Rollouts Of Russian Sputnik V Vaccine 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A senior official at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has cautioned EU member states to wait until the agency has reviewed the safety and efficacy data of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine before granting the vaccine emergency use authorization at national level, and beginning mass rollouts. Last week, the EMA formally began a rolling review of […] Continue reading -> Global Group of Scientists Calls For Fresh Investigation Into Origins of SARS-CoV2 Virus 05/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The WHO-convened international investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus is too politically limited by China and lacks the mandate to yield fully independent conclusions about how the novel coronavirus emerged and infected humans, according to a group of prominent international scientists – who have called for a new, independent and “unrestricted” probe into […] Continue reading -> New DG Iweala Calls On WTO To ‘Walk & Chew’ Gum – Talk With Pharma About Expanding COVID Vaccine Supplies While Talks Continue On ‘IP ‘Waiver’ 01/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a groundswell of growing support, a South African and Indian proposal to the World Trade Organization to suspend patents and other intellectual property on vital COVID-19 vaccines and other health products was put on hold by WTO’s General Council in its session on Monday – with the next debate likely to occur in May. […] Continue reading -> Ghana Kicks Off COVID Global Vaccine Campaign; ‘Regrettable’ That COVAX Rollout Is 3 Months Later Than In Rich Countries 01/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have become the first countries in the world to start vaccinating their health workers against COVID-19 with a supply of doses from the WHO co-sponsored global COVAX facility. But it is “regrettable” that this milestone has come almost three months after vaccine campaigns already began in rich countries, World Health Organisation’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
In Israel’s ‘Living Laboratory’ – Vaccines Offer Hope At End Of Coronavirus Tunnel 12/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – One year after the COVID-19 global health emergency was termed a “pandemic” by the World Health Organization – new vaccines are showing their power and efficacy through sharp declines in case rates in Israel – as well as in the United Kingdom and the United States – the second and third countries in […] Continue reading -> One Year After Pandemic Was Declared – Taiwan’s Fast, Flexible Policies Preserve Normal Life 12/03/2021 Val Crawford Not many places resemble the pre-pandemic world more than Taiwan. Residents do wear masks, and the ways in which people use public spaces have changed. But in a locked-down world of damaged economies, Taiwan’s institutions are functioning; its classrooms, tourist sites and restaurants carry on. TAIPEI – One year after COVID-19 was declared to be […] Continue reading -> Patents ‘Not’ The Main Barrier To Equitable Vaccine Rollout – Two Leading Vaccine Scientists & Pharma Execs At WHO Event 08/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The structural barriers to a faster and more equitable COVID-19 vaccine roll-out go far beyond the issue of patents, declared two of the world’s leading vaccine researchers and pharma execs at a WHO event on Monday evening. Sarah Gilbert, developer of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and Özlem Türeci, chief medical officer of BioNTech, the developer of […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency Urges EU Member States To Postpone National Rollouts Of Russian Sputnik V Vaccine 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A senior official at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has cautioned EU member states to wait until the agency has reviewed the safety and efficacy data of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine before granting the vaccine emergency use authorization at national level, and beginning mass rollouts. Last week, the EMA formally began a rolling review of […] Continue reading -> Global Group of Scientists Calls For Fresh Investigation Into Origins of SARS-CoV2 Virus 05/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The WHO-convened international investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus is too politically limited by China and lacks the mandate to yield fully independent conclusions about how the novel coronavirus emerged and infected humans, according to a group of prominent international scientists – who have called for a new, independent and “unrestricted” probe into […] Continue reading -> New DG Iweala Calls On WTO To ‘Walk & Chew’ Gum – Talk With Pharma About Expanding COVID Vaccine Supplies While Talks Continue On ‘IP ‘Waiver’ 01/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a groundswell of growing support, a South African and Indian proposal to the World Trade Organization to suspend patents and other intellectual property on vital COVID-19 vaccines and other health products was put on hold by WTO’s General Council in its session on Monday – with the next debate likely to occur in May. […] Continue reading -> Ghana Kicks Off COVID Global Vaccine Campaign; ‘Regrettable’ That COVAX Rollout Is 3 Months Later Than In Rich Countries 01/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have become the first countries in the world to start vaccinating their health workers against COVID-19 with a supply of doses from the WHO co-sponsored global COVAX facility. But it is “regrettable” that this milestone has come almost three months after vaccine campaigns already began in rich countries, World Health Organisation’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
One Year After Pandemic Was Declared – Taiwan’s Fast, Flexible Policies Preserve Normal Life 12/03/2021 Val Crawford Not many places resemble the pre-pandemic world more than Taiwan. Residents do wear masks, and the ways in which people use public spaces have changed. But in a locked-down world of damaged economies, Taiwan’s institutions are functioning; its classrooms, tourist sites and restaurants carry on. TAIPEI – One year after COVID-19 was declared to be […] Continue reading -> Patents ‘Not’ The Main Barrier To Equitable Vaccine Rollout – Two Leading Vaccine Scientists & Pharma Execs At WHO Event 08/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The structural barriers to a faster and more equitable COVID-19 vaccine roll-out go far beyond the issue of patents, declared two of the world’s leading vaccine researchers and pharma execs at a WHO event on Monday evening. Sarah Gilbert, developer of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and Özlem Türeci, chief medical officer of BioNTech, the developer of […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency Urges EU Member States To Postpone National Rollouts Of Russian Sputnik V Vaccine 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A senior official at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has cautioned EU member states to wait until the agency has reviewed the safety and efficacy data of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine before granting the vaccine emergency use authorization at national level, and beginning mass rollouts. Last week, the EMA formally began a rolling review of […] Continue reading -> Global Group of Scientists Calls For Fresh Investigation Into Origins of SARS-CoV2 Virus 05/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The WHO-convened international investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus is too politically limited by China and lacks the mandate to yield fully independent conclusions about how the novel coronavirus emerged and infected humans, according to a group of prominent international scientists – who have called for a new, independent and “unrestricted” probe into […] Continue reading -> New DG Iweala Calls On WTO To ‘Walk & Chew’ Gum – Talk With Pharma About Expanding COVID Vaccine Supplies While Talks Continue On ‘IP ‘Waiver’ 01/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a groundswell of growing support, a South African and Indian proposal to the World Trade Organization to suspend patents and other intellectual property on vital COVID-19 vaccines and other health products was put on hold by WTO’s General Council in its session on Monday – with the next debate likely to occur in May. […] Continue reading -> Ghana Kicks Off COVID Global Vaccine Campaign; ‘Regrettable’ That COVAX Rollout Is 3 Months Later Than In Rich Countries 01/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have become the first countries in the world to start vaccinating their health workers against COVID-19 with a supply of doses from the WHO co-sponsored global COVAX facility. But it is “regrettable” that this milestone has come almost three months after vaccine campaigns already began in rich countries, World Health Organisation’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Patents ‘Not’ The Main Barrier To Equitable Vaccine Rollout – Two Leading Vaccine Scientists & Pharma Execs At WHO Event 08/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The structural barriers to a faster and more equitable COVID-19 vaccine roll-out go far beyond the issue of patents, declared two of the world’s leading vaccine researchers and pharma execs at a WHO event on Monday evening. Sarah Gilbert, developer of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and Özlem Türeci, chief medical officer of BioNTech, the developer of […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency Urges EU Member States To Postpone National Rollouts Of Russian Sputnik V Vaccine 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A senior official at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has cautioned EU member states to wait until the agency has reviewed the safety and efficacy data of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine before granting the vaccine emergency use authorization at national level, and beginning mass rollouts. Last week, the EMA formally began a rolling review of […] Continue reading -> Global Group of Scientists Calls For Fresh Investigation Into Origins of SARS-CoV2 Virus 05/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The WHO-convened international investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus is too politically limited by China and lacks the mandate to yield fully independent conclusions about how the novel coronavirus emerged and infected humans, according to a group of prominent international scientists – who have called for a new, independent and “unrestricted” probe into […] Continue reading -> New DG Iweala Calls On WTO To ‘Walk & Chew’ Gum – Talk With Pharma About Expanding COVID Vaccine Supplies While Talks Continue On ‘IP ‘Waiver’ 01/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a groundswell of growing support, a South African and Indian proposal to the World Trade Organization to suspend patents and other intellectual property on vital COVID-19 vaccines and other health products was put on hold by WTO’s General Council in its session on Monday – with the next debate likely to occur in May. […] Continue reading -> Ghana Kicks Off COVID Global Vaccine Campaign; ‘Regrettable’ That COVAX Rollout Is 3 Months Later Than In Rich Countries 01/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have become the first countries in the world to start vaccinating their health workers against COVID-19 with a supply of doses from the WHO co-sponsored global COVAX facility. But it is “regrettable” that this milestone has come almost three months after vaccine campaigns already began in rich countries, World Health Organisation’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
European Medicines Agency Urges EU Member States To Postpone National Rollouts Of Russian Sputnik V Vaccine 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A senior official at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has cautioned EU member states to wait until the agency has reviewed the safety and efficacy data of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine before granting the vaccine emergency use authorization at national level, and beginning mass rollouts. Last week, the EMA formally began a rolling review of […] Continue reading -> Global Group of Scientists Calls For Fresh Investigation Into Origins of SARS-CoV2 Virus 05/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The WHO-convened international investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus is too politically limited by China and lacks the mandate to yield fully independent conclusions about how the novel coronavirus emerged and infected humans, according to a group of prominent international scientists – who have called for a new, independent and “unrestricted” probe into […] Continue reading -> New DG Iweala Calls On WTO To ‘Walk & Chew’ Gum – Talk With Pharma About Expanding COVID Vaccine Supplies While Talks Continue On ‘IP ‘Waiver’ 01/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a groundswell of growing support, a South African and Indian proposal to the World Trade Organization to suspend patents and other intellectual property on vital COVID-19 vaccines and other health products was put on hold by WTO’s General Council in its session on Monday – with the next debate likely to occur in May. […] Continue reading -> Ghana Kicks Off COVID Global Vaccine Campaign; ‘Regrettable’ That COVAX Rollout Is 3 Months Later Than In Rich Countries 01/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have become the first countries in the world to start vaccinating their health workers against COVID-19 with a supply of doses from the WHO co-sponsored global COVAX facility. But it is “regrettable” that this milestone has come almost three months after vaccine campaigns already began in rich countries, World Health Organisation’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Group of Scientists Calls For Fresh Investigation Into Origins of SARS-CoV2 Virus 05/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The WHO-convened international investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus is too politically limited by China and lacks the mandate to yield fully independent conclusions about how the novel coronavirus emerged and infected humans, according to a group of prominent international scientists – who have called for a new, independent and “unrestricted” probe into […] Continue reading -> New DG Iweala Calls On WTO To ‘Walk & Chew’ Gum – Talk With Pharma About Expanding COVID Vaccine Supplies While Talks Continue On ‘IP ‘Waiver’ 01/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a groundswell of growing support, a South African and Indian proposal to the World Trade Organization to suspend patents and other intellectual property on vital COVID-19 vaccines and other health products was put on hold by WTO’s General Council in its session on Monday – with the next debate likely to occur in May. […] Continue reading -> Ghana Kicks Off COVID Global Vaccine Campaign; ‘Regrettable’ That COVAX Rollout Is 3 Months Later Than In Rich Countries 01/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have become the first countries in the world to start vaccinating their health workers against COVID-19 with a supply of doses from the WHO co-sponsored global COVAX facility. But it is “regrettable” that this milestone has come almost three months after vaccine campaigns already began in rich countries, World Health Organisation’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New DG Iweala Calls On WTO To ‘Walk & Chew’ Gum – Talk With Pharma About Expanding COVID Vaccine Supplies While Talks Continue On ‘IP ‘Waiver’ 01/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite a groundswell of growing support, a South African and Indian proposal to the World Trade Organization to suspend patents and other intellectual property on vital COVID-19 vaccines and other health products was put on hold by WTO’s General Council in its session on Monday – with the next debate likely to occur in May. […] Continue reading -> Ghana Kicks Off COVID Global Vaccine Campaign; ‘Regrettable’ That COVAX Rollout Is 3 Months Later Than In Rich Countries 01/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have become the first countries in the world to start vaccinating their health workers against COVID-19 with a supply of doses from the WHO co-sponsored global COVAX facility. But it is “regrettable” that this milestone has come almost three months after vaccine campaigns already began in rich countries, World Health Organisation’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Ghana Kicks Off COVID Global Vaccine Campaign; ‘Regrettable’ That COVAX Rollout Is 3 Months Later Than In Rich Countries 01/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have become the first countries in the world to start vaccinating their health workers against COVID-19 with a supply of doses from the WHO co-sponsored global COVAX facility. But it is “regrettable” that this milestone has come almost three months after vaccine campaigns already began in rich countries, World Health Organisation’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts