Africa Marks One Year Since Beginning of COVID Vaccine Rollout – its Largest-Ever 24/02/2022 Paul Adepoju Within one year, Africa has gone from waiting for its first COVID-19 vaccine shipment from the WHO-supported global COVAX facility to having excess doses available that some countries are struggling roll out efficiently. Reflections on the first anniversary of the massive COVAX vaccine rollout. On 24 February 2021, Health Policy Watch reported the global COVAX […] Continue reading -> United States Publicly Expresses Support for Director General Tedros in Second Term at WHO’s Helm 23/02/2022 Peter Kenny & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States will support Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a second term as head of the World Health Organization – a move that is largely symbolic insofar as Tedros is running unopposed in the elections, scheduled for the 75th World Health Assembly, 22-28 May. Although over a dozen countries in Europe and elsewhere lined […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Seeks Substantial Budget Increase to Offset Impact of COVID on TB, HIV and Malaria 23/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is seeking $18-billion for its next three-year funding cycle – a $4billion increase over the previous period – in part to offset the impact of COVID-19. “In the face of the catastrophic impact of COVID-19 on the fight against HIV, TB and malaria, the choice is […] Continue reading -> Republic of Korea Named as WHO-Supported Global Training Hub for Manufacturing Vaccines and Biologicals 23/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Republic of Korea will serve as the global biomanufacturing training hub for all low- and middle-income countries that want to produce biologicals, including vaccines, insulin, monoclonal antibodies and cancer treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. Meanwhile, five more countries will also receive support from the WHO-supported global mRNA tech transfer and […] Continue reading -> Exclusive: United States Fast Tracks Proposal to Change WHO Rules on International Health Emergency Response 23/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of the chaotic, and often failed, global response to the COVID pandemic, the United States is not waiting for an elaborate international treaty or convention on future pandemics, which will take years to negotiate. Instead, Washington wants to fast track a series of nitty-gritty, but far- reaching changes in the existing International […] Continue reading -> Nigeria’s COVID Vaccine Drive Gets a Boost as African Leaders Push 70% Vaccination Target 23/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the first anniversary of the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa via COVAX, the continent’s leading vaccine advocates have pledged not to accept anything less vaccinating 70% of Africans against the virus by mid-year – a tall order given that only around 10% have been vaccinated. However, to assist in reaching […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Tighter Restrictions on Formula Milk Marketing as Survey Exposes ‘Unethical’ Tactics 23/02/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar The formula milk industry is using ‘unethical’ marketing tactics to influence new parents and pregnant women to substitute breast milk for formula milk in breach of the international standards on infant feeding practices and is detrimental to child nutrition and health, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Finally Cause for Optimism About TB Vaccine Research, Says Fauci 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan There is finally “cause for optimism” in the quest for a tuberculosis vaccine, Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAD), told the opening of the sixth Global Forum on TB Vaccines on Tuesday. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, TB was the most deadly global infectious disease yet there […] Continue reading -> European Union Adopts a Common Standard for Electronic Information about all Medicines in the Region 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Residents in the European Union will soon have access to a single electronic database with information about all medicine available in the region, following the European Medicines Regulatory Network’s adoption of a common standard for electronic product information (ePI). “This will enable any EU resident to get up-to-date information on all medicines available to patients […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
United States Publicly Expresses Support for Director General Tedros in Second Term at WHO’s Helm 23/02/2022 Peter Kenny & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States will support Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a second term as head of the World Health Organization – a move that is largely symbolic insofar as Tedros is running unopposed in the elections, scheduled for the 75th World Health Assembly, 22-28 May. Although over a dozen countries in Europe and elsewhere lined […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Seeks Substantial Budget Increase to Offset Impact of COVID on TB, HIV and Malaria 23/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is seeking $18-billion for its next three-year funding cycle – a $4billion increase over the previous period – in part to offset the impact of COVID-19. “In the face of the catastrophic impact of COVID-19 on the fight against HIV, TB and malaria, the choice is […] Continue reading -> Republic of Korea Named as WHO-Supported Global Training Hub for Manufacturing Vaccines and Biologicals 23/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Republic of Korea will serve as the global biomanufacturing training hub for all low- and middle-income countries that want to produce biologicals, including vaccines, insulin, monoclonal antibodies and cancer treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. Meanwhile, five more countries will also receive support from the WHO-supported global mRNA tech transfer and […] Continue reading -> Exclusive: United States Fast Tracks Proposal to Change WHO Rules on International Health Emergency Response 23/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of the chaotic, and often failed, global response to the COVID pandemic, the United States is not waiting for an elaborate international treaty or convention on future pandemics, which will take years to negotiate. Instead, Washington wants to fast track a series of nitty-gritty, but far- reaching changes in the existing International […] Continue reading -> Nigeria’s COVID Vaccine Drive Gets a Boost as African Leaders Push 70% Vaccination Target 23/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the first anniversary of the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa via COVAX, the continent’s leading vaccine advocates have pledged not to accept anything less vaccinating 70% of Africans against the virus by mid-year – a tall order given that only around 10% have been vaccinated. However, to assist in reaching […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Tighter Restrictions on Formula Milk Marketing as Survey Exposes ‘Unethical’ Tactics 23/02/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar The formula milk industry is using ‘unethical’ marketing tactics to influence new parents and pregnant women to substitute breast milk for formula milk in breach of the international standards on infant feeding practices and is detrimental to child nutrition and health, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Finally Cause for Optimism About TB Vaccine Research, Says Fauci 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan There is finally “cause for optimism” in the quest for a tuberculosis vaccine, Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAD), told the opening of the sixth Global Forum on TB Vaccines on Tuesday. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, TB was the most deadly global infectious disease yet there […] Continue reading -> European Union Adopts a Common Standard for Electronic Information about all Medicines in the Region 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Residents in the European Union will soon have access to a single electronic database with information about all medicine available in the region, following the European Medicines Regulatory Network’s adoption of a common standard for electronic product information (ePI). “This will enable any EU resident to get up-to-date information on all medicines available to patients […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Fund Seeks Substantial Budget Increase to Offset Impact of COVID on TB, HIV and Malaria 23/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is seeking $18-billion for its next three-year funding cycle – a $4billion increase over the previous period – in part to offset the impact of COVID-19. “In the face of the catastrophic impact of COVID-19 on the fight against HIV, TB and malaria, the choice is […] Continue reading -> Republic of Korea Named as WHO-Supported Global Training Hub for Manufacturing Vaccines and Biologicals 23/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Republic of Korea will serve as the global biomanufacturing training hub for all low- and middle-income countries that want to produce biologicals, including vaccines, insulin, monoclonal antibodies and cancer treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. Meanwhile, five more countries will also receive support from the WHO-supported global mRNA tech transfer and […] Continue reading -> Exclusive: United States Fast Tracks Proposal to Change WHO Rules on International Health Emergency Response 23/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of the chaotic, and often failed, global response to the COVID pandemic, the United States is not waiting for an elaborate international treaty or convention on future pandemics, which will take years to negotiate. Instead, Washington wants to fast track a series of nitty-gritty, but far- reaching changes in the existing International […] Continue reading -> Nigeria’s COVID Vaccine Drive Gets a Boost as African Leaders Push 70% Vaccination Target 23/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the first anniversary of the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa via COVAX, the continent’s leading vaccine advocates have pledged not to accept anything less vaccinating 70% of Africans against the virus by mid-year – a tall order given that only around 10% have been vaccinated. However, to assist in reaching […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Tighter Restrictions on Formula Milk Marketing as Survey Exposes ‘Unethical’ Tactics 23/02/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar The formula milk industry is using ‘unethical’ marketing tactics to influence new parents and pregnant women to substitute breast milk for formula milk in breach of the international standards on infant feeding practices and is detrimental to child nutrition and health, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Finally Cause for Optimism About TB Vaccine Research, Says Fauci 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan There is finally “cause for optimism” in the quest for a tuberculosis vaccine, Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAD), told the opening of the sixth Global Forum on TB Vaccines on Tuesday. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, TB was the most deadly global infectious disease yet there […] Continue reading -> European Union Adopts a Common Standard for Electronic Information about all Medicines in the Region 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Residents in the European Union will soon have access to a single electronic database with information about all medicine available in the region, following the European Medicines Regulatory Network’s adoption of a common standard for electronic product information (ePI). “This will enable any EU resident to get up-to-date information on all medicines available to patients […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Republic of Korea Named as WHO-Supported Global Training Hub for Manufacturing Vaccines and Biologicals 23/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The Republic of Korea will serve as the global biomanufacturing training hub for all low- and middle-income countries that want to produce biologicals, including vaccines, insulin, monoclonal antibodies and cancer treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. Meanwhile, five more countries will also receive support from the WHO-supported global mRNA tech transfer and […] Continue reading -> Exclusive: United States Fast Tracks Proposal to Change WHO Rules on International Health Emergency Response 23/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of the chaotic, and often failed, global response to the COVID pandemic, the United States is not waiting for an elaborate international treaty or convention on future pandemics, which will take years to negotiate. Instead, Washington wants to fast track a series of nitty-gritty, but far- reaching changes in the existing International […] Continue reading -> Nigeria’s COVID Vaccine Drive Gets a Boost as African Leaders Push 70% Vaccination Target 23/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the first anniversary of the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa via COVAX, the continent’s leading vaccine advocates have pledged not to accept anything less vaccinating 70% of Africans against the virus by mid-year – a tall order given that only around 10% have been vaccinated. However, to assist in reaching […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Tighter Restrictions on Formula Milk Marketing as Survey Exposes ‘Unethical’ Tactics 23/02/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar The formula milk industry is using ‘unethical’ marketing tactics to influence new parents and pregnant women to substitute breast milk for formula milk in breach of the international standards on infant feeding practices and is detrimental to child nutrition and health, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Finally Cause for Optimism About TB Vaccine Research, Says Fauci 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan There is finally “cause for optimism” in the quest for a tuberculosis vaccine, Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAD), told the opening of the sixth Global Forum on TB Vaccines on Tuesday. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, TB was the most deadly global infectious disease yet there […] Continue reading -> European Union Adopts a Common Standard for Electronic Information about all Medicines in the Region 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Residents in the European Union will soon have access to a single electronic database with information about all medicine available in the region, following the European Medicines Regulatory Network’s adoption of a common standard for electronic product information (ePI). “This will enable any EU resident to get up-to-date information on all medicines available to patients […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Exclusive: United States Fast Tracks Proposal to Change WHO Rules on International Health Emergency Response 23/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In the wake of the chaotic, and often failed, global response to the COVID pandemic, the United States is not waiting for an elaborate international treaty or convention on future pandemics, which will take years to negotiate. Instead, Washington wants to fast track a series of nitty-gritty, but far- reaching changes in the existing International […] Continue reading -> Nigeria’s COVID Vaccine Drive Gets a Boost as African Leaders Push 70% Vaccination Target 23/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the first anniversary of the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa via COVAX, the continent’s leading vaccine advocates have pledged not to accept anything less vaccinating 70% of Africans against the virus by mid-year – a tall order given that only around 10% have been vaccinated. However, to assist in reaching […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Tighter Restrictions on Formula Milk Marketing as Survey Exposes ‘Unethical’ Tactics 23/02/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar The formula milk industry is using ‘unethical’ marketing tactics to influence new parents and pregnant women to substitute breast milk for formula milk in breach of the international standards on infant feeding practices and is detrimental to child nutrition and health, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Finally Cause for Optimism About TB Vaccine Research, Says Fauci 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan There is finally “cause for optimism” in the quest for a tuberculosis vaccine, Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAD), told the opening of the sixth Global Forum on TB Vaccines on Tuesday. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, TB was the most deadly global infectious disease yet there […] Continue reading -> European Union Adopts a Common Standard for Electronic Information about all Medicines in the Region 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Residents in the European Union will soon have access to a single electronic database with information about all medicine available in the region, following the European Medicines Regulatory Network’s adoption of a common standard for electronic product information (ePI). “This will enable any EU resident to get up-to-date information on all medicines available to patients […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Nigeria’s COVID Vaccine Drive Gets a Boost as African Leaders Push 70% Vaccination Target 23/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the first anniversary of the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa via COVAX, the continent’s leading vaccine advocates have pledged not to accept anything less vaccinating 70% of Africans against the virus by mid-year – a tall order given that only around 10% have been vaccinated. However, to assist in reaching […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Tighter Restrictions on Formula Milk Marketing as Survey Exposes ‘Unethical’ Tactics 23/02/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar The formula milk industry is using ‘unethical’ marketing tactics to influence new parents and pregnant women to substitute breast milk for formula milk in breach of the international standards on infant feeding practices and is detrimental to child nutrition and health, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Finally Cause for Optimism About TB Vaccine Research, Says Fauci 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan There is finally “cause for optimism” in the quest for a tuberculosis vaccine, Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAD), told the opening of the sixth Global Forum on TB Vaccines on Tuesday. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, TB was the most deadly global infectious disease yet there […] Continue reading -> European Union Adopts a Common Standard for Electronic Information about all Medicines in the Region 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Residents in the European Union will soon have access to a single electronic database with information about all medicine available in the region, following the European Medicines Regulatory Network’s adoption of a common standard for electronic product information (ePI). “This will enable any EU resident to get up-to-date information on all medicines available to patients […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Recommends Tighter Restrictions on Formula Milk Marketing as Survey Exposes ‘Unethical’ Tactics 23/02/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar The formula milk industry is using ‘unethical’ marketing tactics to influence new parents and pregnant women to substitute breast milk for formula milk in breach of the international standards on infant feeding practices and is detrimental to child nutrition and health, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Finally Cause for Optimism About TB Vaccine Research, Says Fauci 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan There is finally “cause for optimism” in the quest for a tuberculosis vaccine, Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAD), told the opening of the sixth Global Forum on TB Vaccines on Tuesday. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, TB was the most deadly global infectious disease yet there […] Continue reading -> European Union Adopts a Common Standard for Electronic Information about all Medicines in the Region 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Residents in the European Union will soon have access to a single electronic database with information about all medicine available in the region, following the European Medicines Regulatory Network’s adoption of a common standard for electronic product information (ePI). “This will enable any EU resident to get up-to-date information on all medicines available to patients […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Finally Cause for Optimism About TB Vaccine Research, Says Fauci 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan There is finally “cause for optimism” in the quest for a tuberculosis vaccine, Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAD), told the opening of the sixth Global Forum on TB Vaccines on Tuesday. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, TB was the most deadly global infectious disease yet there […] Continue reading -> European Union Adopts a Common Standard for Electronic Information about all Medicines in the Region 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Residents in the European Union will soon have access to a single electronic database with information about all medicine available in the region, following the European Medicines Regulatory Network’s adoption of a common standard for electronic product information (ePI). “This will enable any EU resident to get up-to-date information on all medicines available to patients […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Finally Cause for Optimism About TB Vaccine Research, Says Fauci 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan There is finally “cause for optimism” in the quest for a tuberculosis vaccine, Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAD), told the opening of the sixth Global Forum on TB Vaccines on Tuesday. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, TB was the most deadly global infectious disease yet there […] Continue reading -> European Union Adopts a Common Standard for Electronic Information about all Medicines in the Region 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Residents in the European Union will soon have access to a single electronic database with information about all medicine available in the region, following the European Medicines Regulatory Network’s adoption of a common standard for electronic product information (ePI). “This will enable any EU resident to get up-to-date information on all medicines available to patients […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
European Union Adopts a Common Standard for Electronic Information about all Medicines in the Region 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Residents in the European Union will soon have access to a single electronic database with information about all medicine available in the region, following the European Medicines Regulatory Network’s adoption of a common standard for electronic product information (ePI). “This will enable any EU resident to get up-to-date information on all medicines available to patients […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts