Russia Pushes Ahead with Open License Approach to Sputnik V – Despite WHO Concerns Over Manufacturing Practices 02/07/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Despite the emergence of new WHO concerns over quality control at Sputnik V’s domestic production facilities, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is pushing ahead with a massive international “open-license” manufacturing effort for its Sputnik V vaccine – which breaks the traditional model of vaccine production and leverages existing capacity in poorer countries, desperate for […] Continue reading -> WHO Challenges Pfizer and Moderna to Openly Share Their Know-How to Accelerate COVID Vaccine Production 02/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In his most explicit appeal to date, WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called upon the global leaders in COVID mRNA vaccine manufacturing – Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna to “share their know-how” in vaccine manufacturing with more manufacturers, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The WHO DG also called upon countries that are beginning to […] Continue reading -> Here’s How We Can Move Closer to a World Without TB and HIV 01/07/2021 Lucica Ditiu Before the world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, humanity’s deadliest infectious disease was a different respiratory illness, one that we have lived with for millennia: tuberculosis (TB). Vaccines developed and rolled out in record time are already driving a reduction in deaths due to COVID-19. Meanwhile, the outlook for TB remains dark: 4,000 people […] Continue reading -> African Union Special Envoy Slams COVAX as COVID Deaths Spike on the Continent, Urges Donors to ‘Pay up’ on Vaccine Pledges 01/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan The African Union (AU) Special Envoy on COVID-19 has bluntly blamed the WHO co-sponsored COVAX facility for the dire vaccine shortage on the continent, saying that it had failed to disclose its vaccine supply problems early enough. Strive Masiyiwa, AU Special Envoy and head of the African COVID-19 Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) said that […] Continue reading -> Hailstorm of Criticism Over EU Denial of COVID ‘Green Pass’ to Recipients of AstraZeneca’s Covishield Vaccine 01/07/2021 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher African Union and WHO/African Region officials on Thursday sharply criticized the European Union decision to not grant the Indian version of AstraZeneca’s “Covishield” vaccine, distributed by the global COVAX facility, recognition in the new EU “Digital Green Pass programme” – amidst a growing chorus of global protests over the double standard. In a related statement, […] Continue reading -> Prohibitive Policies Cause More Problems Than Illicit Drugs, Say Experts 01/07/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In Portugal, where all illicit drugs are decriminalized, drug disorders claim the lives of just 0.8 in 100,000 people, a figure that pales in comparison to Brazil, the Philippines – or even the US where the death toll stands at a staggering 18.75 in 100,000 people, or 23 times higher than Portugal. High death […] Continue reading -> Travellers Vaccinated with Covishield ‘Should’ be Allowed into European Union – but Member States Have Final Say 30/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Travellers who are fully vaccinated with vaccines authorised in the European Union (EU) “should” be allowed entry for non-essential travel – even if these vaccines were not “produced in facilities covered by the marketing authorisation in the EU”, a European Commission spokesperson for health, food safety and transport told Health Policy Watch on Wednesday. At […] Continue reading -> Aviation Industry Urges Global Collaboration to Streamline Travel Requirements 29/06/2021 Paul Adepoju The aviation sector is unlikely to recover before 2024, as new variants, stringent quarantines and costly COVID-19 tests continue to confound international travel – but airline officials have appealed for global cooperation to simplify travel requirements. In 2020, the global aviation industry lost about $430 billion, according to Kamil Alawadi, the International Air Transport Association […] Continue reading -> Spate of Global Lockdowns as Countries Scramble to Contain Delta Variant 29/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Countries as diverse as Russia, Portugal, South Africa and Sydney have imposed new lockdown regulations as they attempt to control the spread of Delta, the SARS-CoV-2 variant that is more deadly and infectious than any other variant. By last Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant had been detected in […] Continue reading -> European Union’s WTO Ambassador on TRIPS Waiver: ‘Only a Multi-Pronged Approach Will Bring About Real Change’ 29/06/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As World Trade Organization (WTO) members continue to negotiate on ways to streamline and adapt intellectual property rules in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we bring you this interview with the European Union’s ambassador to the WTO, João Aguiar Machado. He discusses the different strands in the EU’s overall strategy on trade and health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
WHO Challenges Pfizer and Moderna to Openly Share Their Know-How to Accelerate COVID Vaccine Production 02/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In his most explicit appeal to date, WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called upon the global leaders in COVID mRNA vaccine manufacturing – Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna to “share their know-how” in vaccine manufacturing with more manufacturers, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The WHO DG also called upon countries that are beginning to […] Continue reading -> Here’s How We Can Move Closer to a World Without TB and HIV 01/07/2021 Lucica Ditiu Before the world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, humanity’s deadliest infectious disease was a different respiratory illness, one that we have lived with for millennia: tuberculosis (TB). Vaccines developed and rolled out in record time are already driving a reduction in deaths due to COVID-19. Meanwhile, the outlook for TB remains dark: 4,000 people […] Continue reading -> African Union Special Envoy Slams COVAX as COVID Deaths Spike on the Continent, Urges Donors to ‘Pay up’ on Vaccine Pledges 01/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan The African Union (AU) Special Envoy on COVID-19 has bluntly blamed the WHO co-sponsored COVAX facility for the dire vaccine shortage on the continent, saying that it had failed to disclose its vaccine supply problems early enough. Strive Masiyiwa, AU Special Envoy and head of the African COVID-19 Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) said that […] Continue reading -> Hailstorm of Criticism Over EU Denial of COVID ‘Green Pass’ to Recipients of AstraZeneca’s Covishield Vaccine 01/07/2021 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher African Union and WHO/African Region officials on Thursday sharply criticized the European Union decision to not grant the Indian version of AstraZeneca’s “Covishield” vaccine, distributed by the global COVAX facility, recognition in the new EU “Digital Green Pass programme” – amidst a growing chorus of global protests over the double standard. In a related statement, […] Continue reading -> Prohibitive Policies Cause More Problems Than Illicit Drugs, Say Experts 01/07/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In Portugal, where all illicit drugs are decriminalized, drug disorders claim the lives of just 0.8 in 100,000 people, a figure that pales in comparison to Brazil, the Philippines – or even the US where the death toll stands at a staggering 18.75 in 100,000 people, or 23 times higher than Portugal. High death […] Continue reading -> Travellers Vaccinated with Covishield ‘Should’ be Allowed into European Union – but Member States Have Final Say 30/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Travellers who are fully vaccinated with vaccines authorised in the European Union (EU) “should” be allowed entry for non-essential travel – even if these vaccines were not “produced in facilities covered by the marketing authorisation in the EU”, a European Commission spokesperson for health, food safety and transport told Health Policy Watch on Wednesday. At […] Continue reading -> Aviation Industry Urges Global Collaboration to Streamline Travel Requirements 29/06/2021 Paul Adepoju The aviation sector is unlikely to recover before 2024, as new variants, stringent quarantines and costly COVID-19 tests continue to confound international travel – but airline officials have appealed for global cooperation to simplify travel requirements. In 2020, the global aviation industry lost about $430 billion, according to Kamil Alawadi, the International Air Transport Association […] Continue reading -> Spate of Global Lockdowns as Countries Scramble to Contain Delta Variant 29/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Countries as diverse as Russia, Portugal, South Africa and Sydney have imposed new lockdown regulations as they attempt to control the spread of Delta, the SARS-CoV-2 variant that is more deadly and infectious than any other variant. By last Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant had been detected in […] Continue reading -> European Union’s WTO Ambassador on TRIPS Waiver: ‘Only a Multi-Pronged Approach Will Bring About Real Change’ 29/06/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As World Trade Organization (WTO) members continue to negotiate on ways to streamline and adapt intellectual property rules in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we bring you this interview with the European Union’s ambassador to the WTO, João Aguiar Machado. He discusses the different strands in the EU’s overall strategy on trade and health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Here’s How We Can Move Closer to a World Without TB and HIV 01/07/2021 Lucica Ditiu Before the world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, humanity’s deadliest infectious disease was a different respiratory illness, one that we have lived with for millennia: tuberculosis (TB). Vaccines developed and rolled out in record time are already driving a reduction in deaths due to COVID-19. Meanwhile, the outlook for TB remains dark: 4,000 people […] Continue reading -> African Union Special Envoy Slams COVAX as COVID Deaths Spike on the Continent, Urges Donors to ‘Pay up’ on Vaccine Pledges 01/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan The African Union (AU) Special Envoy on COVID-19 has bluntly blamed the WHO co-sponsored COVAX facility for the dire vaccine shortage on the continent, saying that it had failed to disclose its vaccine supply problems early enough. Strive Masiyiwa, AU Special Envoy and head of the African COVID-19 Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) said that […] Continue reading -> Hailstorm of Criticism Over EU Denial of COVID ‘Green Pass’ to Recipients of AstraZeneca’s Covishield Vaccine 01/07/2021 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher African Union and WHO/African Region officials on Thursday sharply criticized the European Union decision to not grant the Indian version of AstraZeneca’s “Covishield” vaccine, distributed by the global COVAX facility, recognition in the new EU “Digital Green Pass programme” – amidst a growing chorus of global protests over the double standard. In a related statement, […] Continue reading -> Prohibitive Policies Cause More Problems Than Illicit Drugs, Say Experts 01/07/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In Portugal, where all illicit drugs are decriminalized, drug disorders claim the lives of just 0.8 in 100,000 people, a figure that pales in comparison to Brazil, the Philippines – or even the US where the death toll stands at a staggering 18.75 in 100,000 people, or 23 times higher than Portugal. High death […] Continue reading -> Travellers Vaccinated with Covishield ‘Should’ be Allowed into European Union – but Member States Have Final Say 30/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Travellers who are fully vaccinated with vaccines authorised in the European Union (EU) “should” be allowed entry for non-essential travel – even if these vaccines were not “produced in facilities covered by the marketing authorisation in the EU”, a European Commission spokesperson for health, food safety and transport told Health Policy Watch on Wednesday. At […] Continue reading -> Aviation Industry Urges Global Collaboration to Streamline Travel Requirements 29/06/2021 Paul Adepoju The aviation sector is unlikely to recover before 2024, as new variants, stringent quarantines and costly COVID-19 tests continue to confound international travel – but airline officials have appealed for global cooperation to simplify travel requirements. In 2020, the global aviation industry lost about $430 billion, according to Kamil Alawadi, the International Air Transport Association […] Continue reading -> Spate of Global Lockdowns as Countries Scramble to Contain Delta Variant 29/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Countries as diverse as Russia, Portugal, South Africa and Sydney have imposed new lockdown regulations as they attempt to control the spread of Delta, the SARS-CoV-2 variant that is more deadly and infectious than any other variant. By last Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant had been detected in […] Continue reading -> European Union’s WTO Ambassador on TRIPS Waiver: ‘Only a Multi-Pronged Approach Will Bring About Real Change’ 29/06/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As World Trade Organization (WTO) members continue to negotiate on ways to streamline and adapt intellectual property rules in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we bring you this interview with the European Union’s ambassador to the WTO, João Aguiar Machado. He discusses the different strands in the EU’s overall strategy on trade and health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
African Union Special Envoy Slams COVAX as COVID Deaths Spike on the Continent, Urges Donors to ‘Pay up’ on Vaccine Pledges 01/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan The African Union (AU) Special Envoy on COVID-19 has bluntly blamed the WHO co-sponsored COVAX facility for the dire vaccine shortage on the continent, saying that it had failed to disclose its vaccine supply problems early enough. Strive Masiyiwa, AU Special Envoy and head of the African COVID-19 Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) said that […] Continue reading -> Hailstorm of Criticism Over EU Denial of COVID ‘Green Pass’ to Recipients of AstraZeneca’s Covishield Vaccine 01/07/2021 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher African Union and WHO/African Region officials on Thursday sharply criticized the European Union decision to not grant the Indian version of AstraZeneca’s “Covishield” vaccine, distributed by the global COVAX facility, recognition in the new EU “Digital Green Pass programme” – amidst a growing chorus of global protests over the double standard. In a related statement, […] Continue reading -> Prohibitive Policies Cause More Problems Than Illicit Drugs, Say Experts 01/07/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In Portugal, where all illicit drugs are decriminalized, drug disorders claim the lives of just 0.8 in 100,000 people, a figure that pales in comparison to Brazil, the Philippines – or even the US where the death toll stands at a staggering 18.75 in 100,000 people, or 23 times higher than Portugal. High death […] Continue reading -> Travellers Vaccinated with Covishield ‘Should’ be Allowed into European Union – but Member States Have Final Say 30/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Travellers who are fully vaccinated with vaccines authorised in the European Union (EU) “should” be allowed entry for non-essential travel – even if these vaccines were not “produced in facilities covered by the marketing authorisation in the EU”, a European Commission spokesperson for health, food safety and transport told Health Policy Watch on Wednesday. At […] Continue reading -> Aviation Industry Urges Global Collaboration to Streamline Travel Requirements 29/06/2021 Paul Adepoju The aviation sector is unlikely to recover before 2024, as new variants, stringent quarantines and costly COVID-19 tests continue to confound international travel – but airline officials have appealed for global cooperation to simplify travel requirements. In 2020, the global aviation industry lost about $430 billion, according to Kamil Alawadi, the International Air Transport Association […] Continue reading -> Spate of Global Lockdowns as Countries Scramble to Contain Delta Variant 29/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Countries as diverse as Russia, Portugal, South Africa and Sydney have imposed new lockdown regulations as they attempt to control the spread of Delta, the SARS-CoV-2 variant that is more deadly and infectious than any other variant. By last Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant had been detected in […] Continue reading -> European Union’s WTO Ambassador on TRIPS Waiver: ‘Only a Multi-Pronged Approach Will Bring About Real Change’ 29/06/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As World Trade Organization (WTO) members continue to negotiate on ways to streamline and adapt intellectual property rules in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we bring you this interview with the European Union’s ambassador to the WTO, João Aguiar Machado. He discusses the different strands in the EU’s overall strategy on trade and health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Hailstorm of Criticism Over EU Denial of COVID ‘Green Pass’ to Recipients of AstraZeneca’s Covishield Vaccine 01/07/2021 Paul Adepoju & Elaine Ruth Fletcher African Union and WHO/African Region officials on Thursday sharply criticized the European Union decision to not grant the Indian version of AstraZeneca’s “Covishield” vaccine, distributed by the global COVAX facility, recognition in the new EU “Digital Green Pass programme” – amidst a growing chorus of global protests over the double standard. In a related statement, […] Continue reading -> Prohibitive Policies Cause More Problems Than Illicit Drugs, Say Experts 01/07/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In Portugal, where all illicit drugs are decriminalized, drug disorders claim the lives of just 0.8 in 100,000 people, a figure that pales in comparison to Brazil, the Philippines – or even the US where the death toll stands at a staggering 18.75 in 100,000 people, or 23 times higher than Portugal. High death […] Continue reading -> Travellers Vaccinated with Covishield ‘Should’ be Allowed into European Union – but Member States Have Final Say 30/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Travellers who are fully vaccinated with vaccines authorised in the European Union (EU) “should” be allowed entry for non-essential travel – even if these vaccines were not “produced in facilities covered by the marketing authorisation in the EU”, a European Commission spokesperson for health, food safety and transport told Health Policy Watch on Wednesday. At […] Continue reading -> Aviation Industry Urges Global Collaboration to Streamline Travel Requirements 29/06/2021 Paul Adepoju The aviation sector is unlikely to recover before 2024, as new variants, stringent quarantines and costly COVID-19 tests continue to confound international travel – but airline officials have appealed for global cooperation to simplify travel requirements. In 2020, the global aviation industry lost about $430 billion, according to Kamil Alawadi, the International Air Transport Association […] Continue reading -> Spate of Global Lockdowns as Countries Scramble to Contain Delta Variant 29/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Countries as diverse as Russia, Portugal, South Africa and Sydney have imposed new lockdown regulations as they attempt to control the spread of Delta, the SARS-CoV-2 variant that is more deadly and infectious than any other variant. By last Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant had been detected in […] Continue reading -> European Union’s WTO Ambassador on TRIPS Waiver: ‘Only a Multi-Pronged Approach Will Bring About Real Change’ 29/06/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As World Trade Organization (WTO) members continue to negotiate on ways to streamline and adapt intellectual property rules in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we bring you this interview with the European Union’s ambassador to the WTO, João Aguiar Machado. He discusses the different strands in the EU’s overall strategy on trade and health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Prohibitive Policies Cause More Problems Than Illicit Drugs, Say Experts 01/07/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In Portugal, where all illicit drugs are decriminalized, drug disorders claim the lives of just 0.8 in 100,000 people, a figure that pales in comparison to Brazil, the Philippines – or even the US where the death toll stands at a staggering 18.75 in 100,000 people, or 23 times higher than Portugal. High death […] Continue reading -> Travellers Vaccinated with Covishield ‘Should’ be Allowed into European Union – but Member States Have Final Say 30/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Travellers who are fully vaccinated with vaccines authorised in the European Union (EU) “should” be allowed entry for non-essential travel – even if these vaccines were not “produced in facilities covered by the marketing authorisation in the EU”, a European Commission spokesperson for health, food safety and transport told Health Policy Watch on Wednesday. At […] Continue reading -> Aviation Industry Urges Global Collaboration to Streamline Travel Requirements 29/06/2021 Paul Adepoju The aviation sector is unlikely to recover before 2024, as new variants, stringent quarantines and costly COVID-19 tests continue to confound international travel – but airline officials have appealed for global cooperation to simplify travel requirements. In 2020, the global aviation industry lost about $430 billion, according to Kamil Alawadi, the International Air Transport Association […] Continue reading -> Spate of Global Lockdowns as Countries Scramble to Contain Delta Variant 29/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Countries as diverse as Russia, Portugal, South Africa and Sydney have imposed new lockdown regulations as they attempt to control the spread of Delta, the SARS-CoV-2 variant that is more deadly and infectious than any other variant. By last Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant had been detected in […] Continue reading -> European Union’s WTO Ambassador on TRIPS Waiver: ‘Only a Multi-Pronged Approach Will Bring About Real Change’ 29/06/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As World Trade Organization (WTO) members continue to negotiate on ways to streamline and adapt intellectual property rules in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we bring you this interview with the European Union’s ambassador to the WTO, João Aguiar Machado. He discusses the different strands in the EU’s overall strategy on trade and health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Travellers Vaccinated with Covishield ‘Should’ be Allowed into European Union – but Member States Have Final Say 30/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Travellers who are fully vaccinated with vaccines authorised in the European Union (EU) “should” be allowed entry for non-essential travel – even if these vaccines were not “produced in facilities covered by the marketing authorisation in the EU”, a European Commission spokesperson for health, food safety and transport told Health Policy Watch on Wednesday. At […] Continue reading -> Aviation Industry Urges Global Collaboration to Streamline Travel Requirements 29/06/2021 Paul Adepoju The aviation sector is unlikely to recover before 2024, as new variants, stringent quarantines and costly COVID-19 tests continue to confound international travel – but airline officials have appealed for global cooperation to simplify travel requirements. In 2020, the global aviation industry lost about $430 billion, according to Kamil Alawadi, the International Air Transport Association […] Continue reading -> Spate of Global Lockdowns as Countries Scramble to Contain Delta Variant 29/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Countries as diverse as Russia, Portugal, South Africa and Sydney have imposed new lockdown regulations as they attempt to control the spread of Delta, the SARS-CoV-2 variant that is more deadly and infectious than any other variant. By last Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant had been detected in […] Continue reading -> European Union’s WTO Ambassador on TRIPS Waiver: ‘Only a Multi-Pronged Approach Will Bring About Real Change’ 29/06/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As World Trade Organization (WTO) members continue to negotiate on ways to streamline and adapt intellectual property rules in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we bring you this interview with the European Union’s ambassador to the WTO, João Aguiar Machado. He discusses the different strands in the EU’s overall strategy on trade and health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Aviation Industry Urges Global Collaboration to Streamline Travel Requirements 29/06/2021 Paul Adepoju The aviation sector is unlikely to recover before 2024, as new variants, stringent quarantines and costly COVID-19 tests continue to confound international travel – but airline officials have appealed for global cooperation to simplify travel requirements. In 2020, the global aviation industry lost about $430 billion, according to Kamil Alawadi, the International Air Transport Association […] Continue reading -> Spate of Global Lockdowns as Countries Scramble to Contain Delta Variant 29/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Countries as diverse as Russia, Portugal, South Africa and Sydney have imposed new lockdown regulations as they attempt to control the spread of Delta, the SARS-CoV-2 variant that is more deadly and infectious than any other variant. By last Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant had been detected in […] Continue reading -> European Union’s WTO Ambassador on TRIPS Waiver: ‘Only a Multi-Pronged Approach Will Bring About Real Change’ 29/06/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As World Trade Organization (WTO) members continue to negotiate on ways to streamline and adapt intellectual property rules in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we bring you this interview with the European Union’s ambassador to the WTO, João Aguiar Machado. He discusses the different strands in the EU’s overall strategy on trade and health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Spate of Global Lockdowns as Countries Scramble to Contain Delta Variant 29/06/2021 Kerry Cullinan Countries as diverse as Russia, Portugal, South Africa and Sydney have imposed new lockdown regulations as they attempt to control the spread of Delta, the SARS-CoV-2 variant that is more deadly and infectious than any other variant. By last Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant had been detected in […] Continue reading -> European Union’s WTO Ambassador on TRIPS Waiver: ‘Only a Multi-Pronged Approach Will Bring About Real Change’ 29/06/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As World Trade Organization (WTO) members continue to negotiate on ways to streamline and adapt intellectual property rules in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we bring you this interview with the European Union’s ambassador to the WTO, João Aguiar Machado. He discusses the different strands in the EU’s overall strategy on trade and health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
European Union’s WTO Ambassador on TRIPS Waiver: ‘Only a Multi-Pronged Approach Will Bring About Real Change’ 29/06/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As World Trade Organization (WTO) members continue to negotiate on ways to streamline and adapt intellectual property rules in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we bring you this interview with the European Union’s ambassador to the WTO, João Aguiar Machado. He discusses the different strands in the EU’s overall strategy on trade and health […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts