Only 5 African Countries On Track to Meet 40% Vaccine Coverage Goal by End 2021; Syringe Shortage is One of the Latest Obstacles 28/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Only five African countries are likely to reach a WHO global goal of vaccinating 40% of their populations by the end of the year, and the continent’s roll-outs may be slowed further by a global shortage of the syringes need to administer vaccines. UNICEF has reported an imminent shortfall of up to 2.2 billion syringes […] Continue reading -> Game-Changing COVID-19 Oral Treatment Set To Become Widely Accessible in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Upon Regulatory Approval 27/10/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A potentially game-changing antiviral treatment for COVID-19 that can be administered orally early on, and potentially head off much more serious cases, is set to be licensed for generic production in most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), in an unprecedented breakthrough in access to a new COVID treatment. The historic deal, reached between the pharma […] Continue reading -> Liver Cancer: Europe’s Public Health Ticking Time Bomb 27/10/2021 Thomas Berg & Maria Buti October is Liver Cancer Awareness month, and Europe has a liver cancer problem. Over the past two decades, there has been a 70% increase in liver cancer-related mortality in the region. In 2020, 87,000 Europeans were diagnosed with liver cancer while 78,000 died from the disease in the same year. Late diagnosis is a serious […] Continue reading -> Debt Relief & National Economic Reforms Pitched as ‘Big Picture’ Global Health Solutions Ahead of G-20 Meeting 26/10/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher An ambitious wish list of global economic and fiscal measures that the world should adopt to combat the COVID-19 pandemic has been floated by the World Health Organization- just ahead of a critical G-20 meeting of the world’s most industrialized nations this weekend. These include proposals for massive debt relief to debt-ridden countries and a […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Activists Question Pandemic Treaty’s Ability to Address Global Health Inequalities 26/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Some civil society organisations (CSO) are sceptical about whether a ‘pandemic treaty’ is the best way to address future global health crises, while treaty supporters say it will provide a legal framework binding countries and global health bodies to more agile and rapid responses to future outbreaks. A session Monday sponsored by the Geneva Global […] Continue reading -> Less Than 10% of Vaccine Dose Donations Promised to COVAX Have Been Delivered 25/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Of the 1.3 billion COVID-19 vaccine dose donations promised to COVAX by wealthy countries, only 150 million doses have actually arrived – around 9% – Gavi CEO Dr Seth Berkley told the World Health Summit in Berlin on Monday. Ensuring that countries delivered their promised doses “now” was COVAX’s “core ask”, said Berkley, who added […] Continue reading -> World Watches UK COVID-19 Surge, and Parts of Europe Enter ‘Fourth Wave’ 22/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Warning: Attempt to read property "post_title" on null in /home/clients/58f2a29976672af522a8f4d82ffa28b6/web/wp-content/plugins/better-image-credits/better-image-credits.php on line 227 Amid soaring COVID-19 cases in the UK, the government is prioritising giving third booster shots to people as it banks on the country’s high COVID-19 vaccination rate being able to prevent severe illness and death. Over the past week, COVID-19 cases in the UK increased by almost 18% – with 52,000 new cases confirmed on Thursday […] Continue reading -> Rabies is Proof That Vaccine Inequality is Nothing New – But it Can be Changed 22/10/2021 Louis Nel In the US, cases of dogs infected with the rabies virus being brought into the country are significant enough to warrant national headlines and a year-long dog importation ban on dogs from hundreds of countries worldwide. Yet, in India, rabies does not get much media attention but it accounts for a shocking total of 20,000 […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Accelerating Health Crises, Endangering More Lives, Warns New Lancet ‘Countdown’ Report 21/10/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Surging fossil fuel use to feed a COVID economic recovery and record numbers of heat-wave days for older groups and agricultural workers; these are just a few of the sobering messages contained in the new Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, just 10 days before the start of the Glasgow Climate Conference. The report, […] Continue reading -> Western Countries Sit on Massive COVID-19 Vaccine Stockpiles While COVAX is Short of 500m Doses 21/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Western stockpiles of surplus COVID-19 vaccines are predicted to reach 600 million doses by the end of the year and millions might expire – yet the global vaccine facility COVAX is still short of 500 million doses to vaccinate 40% of the population by December. This is according to former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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.
Game-Changing COVID-19 Oral Treatment Set To Become Widely Accessible in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Upon Regulatory Approval 27/10/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A potentially game-changing antiviral treatment for COVID-19 that can be administered orally early on, and potentially head off much more serious cases, is set to be licensed for generic production in most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), in an unprecedented breakthrough in access to a new COVID treatment. The historic deal, reached between the pharma […] Continue reading -> Liver Cancer: Europe’s Public Health Ticking Time Bomb 27/10/2021 Thomas Berg & Maria Buti October is Liver Cancer Awareness month, and Europe has a liver cancer problem. Over the past two decades, there has been a 70% increase in liver cancer-related mortality in the region. In 2020, 87,000 Europeans were diagnosed with liver cancer while 78,000 died from the disease in the same year. Late diagnosis is a serious […] Continue reading -> Debt Relief & National Economic Reforms Pitched as ‘Big Picture’ Global Health Solutions Ahead of G-20 Meeting 26/10/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher An ambitious wish list of global economic and fiscal measures that the world should adopt to combat the COVID-19 pandemic has been floated by the World Health Organization- just ahead of a critical G-20 meeting of the world’s most industrialized nations this weekend. These include proposals for massive debt relief to debt-ridden countries and a […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Activists Question Pandemic Treaty’s Ability to Address Global Health Inequalities 26/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Some civil society organisations (CSO) are sceptical about whether a ‘pandemic treaty’ is the best way to address future global health crises, while treaty supporters say it will provide a legal framework binding countries and global health bodies to more agile and rapid responses to future outbreaks. A session Monday sponsored by the Geneva Global […] Continue reading -> Less Than 10% of Vaccine Dose Donations Promised to COVAX Have Been Delivered 25/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Of the 1.3 billion COVID-19 vaccine dose donations promised to COVAX by wealthy countries, only 150 million doses have actually arrived – around 9% – Gavi CEO Dr Seth Berkley told the World Health Summit in Berlin on Monday. Ensuring that countries delivered their promised doses “now” was COVAX’s “core ask”, said Berkley, who added […] Continue reading -> World Watches UK COVID-19 Surge, and Parts of Europe Enter ‘Fourth Wave’ 22/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Warning: Attempt to read property "post_title" on null in /home/clients/58f2a29976672af522a8f4d82ffa28b6/web/wp-content/plugins/better-image-credits/better-image-credits.php on line 227 Amid soaring COVID-19 cases in the UK, the government is prioritising giving third booster shots to people as it banks on the country’s high COVID-19 vaccination rate being able to prevent severe illness and death. Over the past week, COVID-19 cases in the UK increased by almost 18% – with 52,000 new cases confirmed on Thursday […] Continue reading -> Rabies is Proof That Vaccine Inequality is Nothing New – But it Can be Changed 22/10/2021 Louis Nel In the US, cases of dogs infected with the rabies virus being brought into the country are significant enough to warrant national headlines and a year-long dog importation ban on dogs from hundreds of countries worldwide. Yet, in India, rabies does not get much media attention but it accounts for a shocking total of 20,000 […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Accelerating Health Crises, Endangering More Lives, Warns New Lancet ‘Countdown’ Report 21/10/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Surging fossil fuel use to feed a COVID economic recovery and record numbers of heat-wave days for older groups and agricultural workers; these are just a few of the sobering messages contained in the new Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, just 10 days before the start of the Glasgow Climate Conference. The report, […] Continue reading -> Western Countries Sit on Massive COVID-19 Vaccine Stockpiles While COVAX is Short of 500m Doses 21/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Western stockpiles of surplus COVID-19 vaccines are predicted to reach 600 million doses by the end of the year and millions might expire – yet the global vaccine facility COVAX is still short of 500 million doses to vaccinate 40% of the population by December. This is according to former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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.
Liver Cancer: Europe’s Public Health Ticking Time Bomb 27/10/2021 Thomas Berg & Maria Buti October is Liver Cancer Awareness month, and Europe has a liver cancer problem. Over the past two decades, there has been a 70% increase in liver cancer-related mortality in the region. In 2020, 87,000 Europeans were diagnosed with liver cancer while 78,000 died from the disease in the same year. Late diagnosis is a serious […] Continue reading -> Debt Relief & National Economic Reforms Pitched as ‘Big Picture’ Global Health Solutions Ahead of G-20 Meeting 26/10/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher An ambitious wish list of global economic and fiscal measures that the world should adopt to combat the COVID-19 pandemic has been floated by the World Health Organization- just ahead of a critical G-20 meeting of the world’s most industrialized nations this weekend. These include proposals for massive debt relief to debt-ridden countries and a […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Activists Question Pandemic Treaty’s Ability to Address Global Health Inequalities 26/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Some civil society organisations (CSO) are sceptical about whether a ‘pandemic treaty’ is the best way to address future global health crises, while treaty supporters say it will provide a legal framework binding countries and global health bodies to more agile and rapid responses to future outbreaks. A session Monday sponsored by the Geneva Global […] Continue reading -> Less Than 10% of Vaccine Dose Donations Promised to COVAX Have Been Delivered 25/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Of the 1.3 billion COVID-19 vaccine dose donations promised to COVAX by wealthy countries, only 150 million doses have actually arrived – around 9% – Gavi CEO Dr Seth Berkley told the World Health Summit in Berlin on Monday. Ensuring that countries delivered their promised doses “now” was COVAX’s “core ask”, said Berkley, who added […] Continue reading -> World Watches UK COVID-19 Surge, and Parts of Europe Enter ‘Fourth Wave’ 22/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Warning: Attempt to read property "post_title" on null in /home/clients/58f2a29976672af522a8f4d82ffa28b6/web/wp-content/plugins/better-image-credits/better-image-credits.php on line 227 Amid soaring COVID-19 cases in the UK, the government is prioritising giving third booster shots to people as it banks on the country’s high COVID-19 vaccination rate being able to prevent severe illness and death. Over the past week, COVID-19 cases in the UK increased by almost 18% – with 52,000 new cases confirmed on Thursday […] Continue reading -> Rabies is Proof That Vaccine Inequality is Nothing New – But it Can be Changed 22/10/2021 Louis Nel In the US, cases of dogs infected with the rabies virus being brought into the country are significant enough to warrant national headlines and a year-long dog importation ban on dogs from hundreds of countries worldwide. Yet, in India, rabies does not get much media attention but it accounts for a shocking total of 20,000 […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Accelerating Health Crises, Endangering More Lives, Warns New Lancet ‘Countdown’ Report 21/10/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Surging fossil fuel use to feed a COVID economic recovery and record numbers of heat-wave days for older groups and agricultural workers; these are just a few of the sobering messages contained in the new Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, just 10 days before the start of the Glasgow Climate Conference. The report, […] Continue reading -> Western Countries Sit on Massive COVID-19 Vaccine Stockpiles While COVAX is Short of 500m Doses 21/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Western stockpiles of surplus COVID-19 vaccines are predicted to reach 600 million doses by the end of the year and millions might expire – yet the global vaccine facility COVAX is still short of 500 million doses to vaccinate 40% of the population by December. This is according to former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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.
Debt Relief & National Economic Reforms Pitched as ‘Big Picture’ Global Health Solutions Ahead of G-20 Meeting 26/10/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher An ambitious wish list of global economic and fiscal measures that the world should adopt to combat the COVID-19 pandemic has been floated by the World Health Organization- just ahead of a critical G-20 meeting of the world’s most industrialized nations this weekend. These include proposals for massive debt relief to debt-ridden countries and a […] Continue reading -> Civil Society Activists Question Pandemic Treaty’s Ability to Address Global Health Inequalities 26/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Some civil society organisations (CSO) are sceptical about whether a ‘pandemic treaty’ is the best way to address future global health crises, while treaty supporters say it will provide a legal framework binding countries and global health bodies to more agile and rapid responses to future outbreaks. A session Monday sponsored by the Geneva Global […] Continue reading -> Less Than 10% of Vaccine Dose Donations Promised to COVAX Have Been Delivered 25/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Of the 1.3 billion COVID-19 vaccine dose donations promised to COVAX by wealthy countries, only 150 million doses have actually arrived – around 9% – Gavi CEO Dr Seth Berkley told the World Health Summit in Berlin on Monday. Ensuring that countries delivered their promised doses “now” was COVAX’s “core ask”, said Berkley, who added […] Continue reading -> World Watches UK COVID-19 Surge, and Parts of Europe Enter ‘Fourth Wave’ 22/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Warning: Attempt to read property "post_title" on null in /home/clients/58f2a29976672af522a8f4d82ffa28b6/web/wp-content/plugins/better-image-credits/better-image-credits.php on line 227 Amid soaring COVID-19 cases in the UK, the government is prioritising giving third booster shots to people as it banks on the country’s high COVID-19 vaccination rate being able to prevent severe illness and death. Over the past week, COVID-19 cases in the UK increased by almost 18% – with 52,000 new cases confirmed on Thursday […] Continue reading -> Rabies is Proof That Vaccine Inequality is Nothing New – But it Can be Changed 22/10/2021 Louis Nel In the US, cases of dogs infected with the rabies virus being brought into the country are significant enough to warrant national headlines and a year-long dog importation ban on dogs from hundreds of countries worldwide. Yet, in India, rabies does not get much media attention but it accounts for a shocking total of 20,000 […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Accelerating Health Crises, Endangering More Lives, Warns New Lancet ‘Countdown’ Report 21/10/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Surging fossil fuel use to feed a COVID economic recovery and record numbers of heat-wave days for older groups and agricultural workers; these are just a few of the sobering messages contained in the new Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, just 10 days before the start of the Glasgow Climate Conference. The report, […] Continue reading -> Western Countries Sit on Massive COVID-19 Vaccine Stockpiles While COVAX is Short of 500m Doses 21/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Western stockpiles of surplus COVID-19 vaccines are predicted to reach 600 million doses by the end of the year and millions might expire – yet the global vaccine facility COVAX is still short of 500 million doses to vaccinate 40% of the population by December. This is according to former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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.
Civil Society Activists Question Pandemic Treaty’s Ability to Address Global Health Inequalities 26/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Some civil society organisations (CSO) are sceptical about whether a ‘pandemic treaty’ is the best way to address future global health crises, while treaty supporters say it will provide a legal framework binding countries and global health bodies to more agile and rapid responses to future outbreaks. A session Monday sponsored by the Geneva Global […] Continue reading -> Less Than 10% of Vaccine Dose Donations Promised to COVAX Have Been Delivered 25/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Of the 1.3 billion COVID-19 vaccine dose donations promised to COVAX by wealthy countries, only 150 million doses have actually arrived – around 9% – Gavi CEO Dr Seth Berkley told the World Health Summit in Berlin on Monday. Ensuring that countries delivered their promised doses “now” was COVAX’s “core ask”, said Berkley, who added […] Continue reading -> World Watches UK COVID-19 Surge, and Parts of Europe Enter ‘Fourth Wave’ 22/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Warning: Attempt to read property "post_title" on null in /home/clients/58f2a29976672af522a8f4d82ffa28b6/web/wp-content/plugins/better-image-credits/better-image-credits.php on line 227 Amid soaring COVID-19 cases in the UK, the government is prioritising giving third booster shots to people as it banks on the country’s high COVID-19 vaccination rate being able to prevent severe illness and death. Over the past week, COVID-19 cases in the UK increased by almost 18% – with 52,000 new cases confirmed on Thursday […] Continue reading -> Rabies is Proof That Vaccine Inequality is Nothing New – But it Can be Changed 22/10/2021 Louis Nel In the US, cases of dogs infected with the rabies virus being brought into the country are significant enough to warrant national headlines and a year-long dog importation ban on dogs from hundreds of countries worldwide. Yet, in India, rabies does not get much media attention but it accounts for a shocking total of 20,000 […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Accelerating Health Crises, Endangering More Lives, Warns New Lancet ‘Countdown’ Report 21/10/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Surging fossil fuel use to feed a COVID economic recovery and record numbers of heat-wave days for older groups and agricultural workers; these are just a few of the sobering messages contained in the new Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, just 10 days before the start of the Glasgow Climate Conference. The report, […] Continue reading -> Western Countries Sit on Massive COVID-19 Vaccine Stockpiles While COVAX is Short of 500m Doses 21/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Western stockpiles of surplus COVID-19 vaccines are predicted to reach 600 million doses by the end of the year and millions might expire – yet the global vaccine facility COVAX is still short of 500 million doses to vaccinate 40% of the population by December. This is according to former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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.
Less Than 10% of Vaccine Dose Donations Promised to COVAX Have Been Delivered 25/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Of the 1.3 billion COVID-19 vaccine dose donations promised to COVAX by wealthy countries, only 150 million doses have actually arrived – around 9% – Gavi CEO Dr Seth Berkley told the World Health Summit in Berlin on Monday. Ensuring that countries delivered their promised doses “now” was COVAX’s “core ask”, said Berkley, who added […] Continue reading -> World Watches UK COVID-19 Surge, and Parts of Europe Enter ‘Fourth Wave’ 22/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Warning: Attempt to read property "post_title" on null in /home/clients/58f2a29976672af522a8f4d82ffa28b6/web/wp-content/plugins/better-image-credits/better-image-credits.php on line 227 Amid soaring COVID-19 cases in the UK, the government is prioritising giving third booster shots to people as it banks on the country’s high COVID-19 vaccination rate being able to prevent severe illness and death. Over the past week, COVID-19 cases in the UK increased by almost 18% – with 52,000 new cases confirmed on Thursday […] Continue reading -> Rabies is Proof That Vaccine Inequality is Nothing New – But it Can be Changed 22/10/2021 Louis Nel In the US, cases of dogs infected with the rabies virus being brought into the country are significant enough to warrant national headlines and a year-long dog importation ban on dogs from hundreds of countries worldwide. Yet, in India, rabies does not get much media attention but it accounts for a shocking total of 20,000 […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Accelerating Health Crises, Endangering More Lives, Warns New Lancet ‘Countdown’ Report 21/10/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Surging fossil fuel use to feed a COVID economic recovery and record numbers of heat-wave days for older groups and agricultural workers; these are just a few of the sobering messages contained in the new Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, just 10 days before the start of the Glasgow Climate Conference. The report, […] Continue reading -> Western Countries Sit on Massive COVID-19 Vaccine Stockpiles While COVAX is Short of 500m Doses 21/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Western stockpiles of surplus COVID-19 vaccines are predicted to reach 600 million doses by the end of the year and millions might expire – yet the global vaccine facility COVAX is still short of 500 million doses to vaccinate 40% of the population by December. This is according to former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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 Watches UK COVID-19 Surge, and Parts of Europe Enter ‘Fourth Wave’ 22/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Warning: Attempt to read property "post_title" on null in /home/clients/58f2a29976672af522a8f4d82ffa28b6/web/wp-content/plugins/better-image-credits/better-image-credits.php on line 227 Amid soaring COVID-19 cases in the UK, the government is prioritising giving third booster shots to people as it banks on the country’s high COVID-19 vaccination rate being able to prevent severe illness and death. Over the past week, COVID-19 cases in the UK increased by almost 18% – with 52,000 new cases confirmed on Thursday […] Continue reading -> Rabies is Proof That Vaccine Inequality is Nothing New – But it Can be Changed 22/10/2021 Louis Nel In the US, cases of dogs infected with the rabies virus being brought into the country are significant enough to warrant national headlines and a year-long dog importation ban on dogs from hundreds of countries worldwide. Yet, in India, rabies does not get much media attention but it accounts for a shocking total of 20,000 […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Accelerating Health Crises, Endangering More Lives, Warns New Lancet ‘Countdown’ Report 21/10/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Surging fossil fuel use to feed a COVID economic recovery and record numbers of heat-wave days for older groups and agricultural workers; these are just a few of the sobering messages contained in the new Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, just 10 days before the start of the Glasgow Climate Conference. The report, […] Continue reading -> Western Countries Sit on Massive COVID-19 Vaccine Stockpiles While COVAX is Short of 500m Doses 21/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Western stockpiles of surplus COVID-19 vaccines are predicted to reach 600 million doses by the end of the year and millions might expire – yet the global vaccine facility COVAX is still short of 500 million doses to vaccinate 40% of the population by December. This is according to former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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.
Rabies is Proof That Vaccine Inequality is Nothing New – But it Can be Changed 22/10/2021 Louis Nel In the US, cases of dogs infected with the rabies virus being brought into the country are significant enough to warrant national headlines and a year-long dog importation ban on dogs from hundreds of countries worldwide. Yet, in India, rabies does not get much media attention but it accounts for a shocking total of 20,000 […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Accelerating Health Crises, Endangering More Lives, Warns New Lancet ‘Countdown’ Report 21/10/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Surging fossil fuel use to feed a COVID economic recovery and record numbers of heat-wave days for older groups and agricultural workers; these are just a few of the sobering messages contained in the new Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, just 10 days before the start of the Glasgow Climate Conference. The report, […] Continue reading -> Western Countries Sit on Massive COVID-19 Vaccine Stockpiles While COVAX is Short of 500m Doses 21/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Western stockpiles of surplus COVID-19 vaccines are predicted to reach 600 million doses by the end of the year and millions might expire – yet the global vaccine facility COVAX is still short of 500 million doses to vaccinate 40% of the population by December. This is according to former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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.
Climate Change Accelerating Health Crises, Endangering More Lives, Warns New Lancet ‘Countdown’ Report 21/10/2021 Aishwarya Tendolkar Surging fossil fuel use to feed a COVID economic recovery and record numbers of heat-wave days for older groups and agricultural workers; these are just a few of the sobering messages contained in the new Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, just 10 days before the start of the Glasgow Climate Conference. The report, […] Continue reading -> Western Countries Sit on Massive COVID-19 Vaccine Stockpiles While COVAX is Short of 500m Doses 21/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Western stockpiles of surplus COVID-19 vaccines are predicted to reach 600 million doses by the end of the year and millions might expire – yet the global vaccine facility COVAX is still short of 500 million doses to vaccinate 40% of the population by December. This is according to former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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
Western Countries Sit on Massive COVID-19 Vaccine Stockpiles While COVAX is Short of 500m Doses 21/10/2021 Kerry Cullinan Western stockpiles of surplus COVID-19 vaccines are predicted to reach 600 million doses by the end of the year and millions might expire – yet the global vaccine facility COVAX is still short of 500 million doses to vaccinate 40% of the population by December. This is according to former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts