Tokyo Olympics Open with Pomp, Ceremony & Pandemic Jitters 23/07/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher, Kerry Cullinan & Raisa Santos The long-delayed 2020 edition of the Tokyo summer Olympics opened Friday against the sober backdrop of soaring COVID infection rates, but with plenty of pomp and ceremony nonetheless – including a massive fireworks display and an aerial show of drones resembling planet earth hovering above Olympic Stadium, while John Lennon’s “Imagine” echoed across the night […] Continue reading -> Cambodia, Iran and Bangladesh Among the first Asian Countries to Receive Donated AstraZeneca Vaccines from Japan 23/07/2021 Editorial team Cambodia, Iran and Bangladesh are the first lower-income countries to receive delivery of a donation from Japan of over 11 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, beginning this weekend. Cambodia and Iran received 332,000 and 1,087,570 doses respectively on Friday, while Bangladesh is scheduled to receive 2,45,200 doses on Saturday, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance […] Continue reading -> As Nigeria Runs Out of Vaccines, US Dose Donations Start to Arrive in Africa 22/07/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, has officially exhausted all the doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine it received in March from COVAX, according to Dr Faisal Shuaib, CEO of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). Twenty-one African countries have seen COVID-19 cases rise by over 20% for at least two weeks running, […] Continue reading -> At Polarised TRIPS Meeting, Europe Continues to Oppose IP Waiver 21/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) remains deadlocked on the “fundamental question” of whether a waiver on intellectual property rights of COVID-related products is the best way to address equitable vaccine access during the pandemic. This is according to a draft oral status report adopted at Tuesday’s […] Continue reading -> ‘Dose Donations are Proving to be a Good Medicine for Vaccine Nationalism’, says UNICEF’s Gian Gandhi 20/07/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As an official partner of the COVAX Facility, UNICEF is responsible for procurement, logistics and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines. PRITI PATNAIK spoke with Gian Gandhi, who coordinates COVAX operations for UNICEF, to get a sense of the challenges faced by the organization during the pandemic in the context of production shortages and realities at the […] Continue reading -> New Health Emergency Project Launched by WHO and WFP 19/07/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The World Food Program (WFP) and World Health Organization (WHO) launched a health emergencies project, INITIATE2, on Monday. The joint INITIATE2 project will gather health emergency actors, research and academic institutions, and international and national partners to facilitate knowledge sharing and skills transfer to improve emergency health responses. The project will develop innovative solutions to […] Continue reading -> China Has Failed to Share ‘Raw Data’ About Virus Origin so Lab Accident Can’t be Ruled Out, Says Tedros 15/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan China came under renewed pressure from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Germany on Thursday to share data it has so far withheld in order to help determine the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus that has cost over four million lives. Conceding that China had not shared all the data that the WHO virus origins […] Continue reading -> A New Partnership to Help Eliminate Complex and Persistent Malaria Vivax 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Peru are set to benefit from a US$ 25 million investment by Unitaid into a new Partnership For Vivax Elimination (PAVE), which aims to help these countries eliminate Plasmodium vivax (P. Vivax) malaria. PAVE will also generate and consolidate evidence to support malaria-endemic countries in developing and implementing […] Continue reading -> UNICEF Chief Resigns For Family Health Issue 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accepted the resignation of Henrietta Fore as executive director of UNICEF “with deep regret” and expressed his full understanding of her decision to resign. Through a statement released by his spokesman on Tuesday, Guterres thanked Fore her “inspiring leadership of UNICEF and for her service to improve the lives of […] Continue reading -> Living Conditions of Refugees in Uganda May Become ‘Untenable’, Warns Food Aid Head 14/07/2021 Esther Nakkazi KAMPALA – Refugees in Uganda have had their rations slashed as aid agencies face a 70% shortfall in resources to support the largest refugee population in Africa. The World Food Programme (WFP) needs a total of US$220 million this year for refugees but has received only 30% of this so far, according to WFP Uganda […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Cambodia, Iran and Bangladesh Among the first Asian Countries to Receive Donated AstraZeneca Vaccines from Japan 23/07/2021 Editorial team Cambodia, Iran and Bangladesh are the first lower-income countries to receive delivery of a donation from Japan of over 11 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, beginning this weekend. Cambodia and Iran received 332,000 and 1,087,570 doses respectively on Friday, while Bangladesh is scheduled to receive 2,45,200 doses on Saturday, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance […] Continue reading -> As Nigeria Runs Out of Vaccines, US Dose Donations Start to Arrive in Africa 22/07/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, has officially exhausted all the doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine it received in March from COVAX, according to Dr Faisal Shuaib, CEO of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). Twenty-one African countries have seen COVID-19 cases rise by over 20% for at least two weeks running, […] Continue reading -> At Polarised TRIPS Meeting, Europe Continues to Oppose IP Waiver 21/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) remains deadlocked on the “fundamental question” of whether a waiver on intellectual property rights of COVID-related products is the best way to address equitable vaccine access during the pandemic. This is according to a draft oral status report adopted at Tuesday’s […] Continue reading -> ‘Dose Donations are Proving to be a Good Medicine for Vaccine Nationalism’, says UNICEF’s Gian Gandhi 20/07/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As an official partner of the COVAX Facility, UNICEF is responsible for procurement, logistics and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines. PRITI PATNAIK spoke with Gian Gandhi, who coordinates COVAX operations for UNICEF, to get a sense of the challenges faced by the organization during the pandemic in the context of production shortages and realities at the […] Continue reading -> New Health Emergency Project Launched by WHO and WFP 19/07/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The World Food Program (WFP) and World Health Organization (WHO) launched a health emergencies project, INITIATE2, on Monday. The joint INITIATE2 project will gather health emergency actors, research and academic institutions, and international and national partners to facilitate knowledge sharing and skills transfer to improve emergency health responses. The project will develop innovative solutions to […] Continue reading -> China Has Failed to Share ‘Raw Data’ About Virus Origin so Lab Accident Can’t be Ruled Out, Says Tedros 15/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan China came under renewed pressure from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Germany on Thursday to share data it has so far withheld in order to help determine the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus that has cost over four million lives. Conceding that China had not shared all the data that the WHO virus origins […] Continue reading -> A New Partnership to Help Eliminate Complex and Persistent Malaria Vivax 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Peru are set to benefit from a US$ 25 million investment by Unitaid into a new Partnership For Vivax Elimination (PAVE), which aims to help these countries eliminate Plasmodium vivax (P. Vivax) malaria. PAVE will also generate and consolidate evidence to support malaria-endemic countries in developing and implementing […] Continue reading -> UNICEF Chief Resigns For Family Health Issue 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accepted the resignation of Henrietta Fore as executive director of UNICEF “with deep regret” and expressed his full understanding of her decision to resign. Through a statement released by his spokesman on Tuesday, Guterres thanked Fore her “inspiring leadership of UNICEF and for her service to improve the lives of […] Continue reading -> Living Conditions of Refugees in Uganda May Become ‘Untenable’, Warns Food Aid Head 14/07/2021 Esther Nakkazi KAMPALA – Refugees in Uganda have had their rations slashed as aid agencies face a 70% shortfall in resources to support the largest refugee population in Africa. The World Food Programme (WFP) needs a total of US$220 million this year for refugees but has received only 30% of this so far, according to WFP Uganda […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Nigeria Runs Out of Vaccines, US Dose Donations Start to Arrive in Africa 22/07/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, has officially exhausted all the doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine it received in March from COVAX, according to Dr Faisal Shuaib, CEO of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). Twenty-one African countries have seen COVID-19 cases rise by over 20% for at least two weeks running, […] Continue reading -> At Polarised TRIPS Meeting, Europe Continues to Oppose IP Waiver 21/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) remains deadlocked on the “fundamental question” of whether a waiver on intellectual property rights of COVID-related products is the best way to address equitable vaccine access during the pandemic. This is according to a draft oral status report adopted at Tuesday’s […] Continue reading -> ‘Dose Donations are Proving to be a Good Medicine for Vaccine Nationalism’, says UNICEF’s Gian Gandhi 20/07/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As an official partner of the COVAX Facility, UNICEF is responsible for procurement, logistics and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines. PRITI PATNAIK spoke with Gian Gandhi, who coordinates COVAX operations for UNICEF, to get a sense of the challenges faced by the organization during the pandemic in the context of production shortages and realities at the […] Continue reading -> New Health Emergency Project Launched by WHO and WFP 19/07/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The World Food Program (WFP) and World Health Organization (WHO) launched a health emergencies project, INITIATE2, on Monday. The joint INITIATE2 project will gather health emergency actors, research and academic institutions, and international and national partners to facilitate knowledge sharing and skills transfer to improve emergency health responses. The project will develop innovative solutions to […] Continue reading -> China Has Failed to Share ‘Raw Data’ About Virus Origin so Lab Accident Can’t be Ruled Out, Says Tedros 15/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan China came under renewed pressure from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Germany on Thursday to share data it has so far withheld in order to help determine the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus that has cost over four million lives. Conceding that China had not shared all the data that the WHO virus origins […] Continue reading -> A New Partnership to Help Eliminate Complex and Persistent Malaria Vivax 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Peru are set to benefit from a US$ 25 million investment by Unitaid into a new Partnership For Vivax Elimination (PAVE), which aims to help these countries eliminate Plasmodium vivax (P. Vivax) malaria. PAVE will also generate and consolidate evidence to support malaria-endemic countries in developing and implementing […] Continue reading -> UNICEF Chief Resigns For Family Health Issue 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accepted the resignation of Henrietta Fore as executive director of UNICEF “with deep regret” and expressed his full understanding of her decision to resign. Through a statement released by his spokesman on Tuesday, Guterres thanked Fore her “inspiring leadership of UNICEF and for her service to improve the lives of […] Continue reading -> Living Conditions of Refugees in Uganda May Become ‘Untenable’, Warns Food Aid Head 14/07/2021 Esther Nakkazi KAMPALA – Refugees in Uganda have had their rations slashed as aid agencies face a 70% shortfall in resources to support the largest refugee population in Africa. The World Food Programme (WFP) needs a total of US$220 million this year for refugees but has received only 30% of this so far, according to WFP Uganda […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
At Polarised TRIPS Meeting, Europe Continues to Oppose IP Waiver 21/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) remains deadlocked on the “fundamental question” of whether a waiver on intellectual property rights of COVID-related products is the best way to address equitable vaccine access during the pandemic. This is according to a draft oral status report adopted at Tuesday’s […] Continue reading -> ‘Dose Donations are Proving to be a Good Medicine for Vaccine Nationalism’, says UNICEF’s Gian Gandhi 20/07/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As an official partner of the COVAX Facility, UNICEF is responsible for procurement, logistics and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines. PRITI PATNAIK spoke with Gian Gandhi, who coordinates COVAX operations for UNICEF, to get a sense of the challenges faced by the organization during the pandemic in the context of production shortages and realities at the […] Continue reading -> New Health Emergency Project Launched by WHO and WFP 19/07/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The World Food Program (WFP) and World Health Organization (WHO) launched a health emergencies project, INITIATE2, on Monday. The joint INITIATE2 project will gather health emergency actors, research and academic institutions, and international and national partners to facilitate knowledge sharing and skills transfer to improve emergency health responses. The project will develop innovative solutions to […] Continue reading -> China Has Failed to Share ‘Raw Data’ About Virus Origin so Lab Accident Can’t be Ruled Out, Says Tedros 15/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan China came under renewed pressure from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Germany on Thursday to share data it has so far withheld in order to help determine the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus that has cost over four million lives. Conceding that China had not shared all the data that the WHO virus origins […] Continue reading -> A New Partnership to Help Eliminate Complex and Persistent Malaria Vivax 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Peru are set to benefit from a US$ 25 million investment by Unitaid into a new Partnership For Vivax Elimination (PAVE), which aims to help these countries eliminate Plasmodium vivax (P. Vivax) malaria. PAVE will also generate and consolidate evidence to support malaria-endemic countries in developing and implementing […] Continue reading -> UNICEF Chief Resigns For Family Health Issue 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accepted the resignation of Henrietta Fore as executive director of UNICEF “with deep regret” and expressed his full understanding of her decision to resign. Through a statement released by his spokesman on Tuesday, Guterres thanked Fore her “inspiring leadership of UNICEF and for her service to improve the lives of […] Continue reading -> Living Conditions of Refugees in Uganda May Become ‘Untenable’, Warns Food Aid Head 14/07/2021 Esther Nakkazi KAMPALA – Refugees in Uganda have had their rations slashed as aid agencies face a 70% shortfall in resources to support the largest refugee population in Africa. The World Food Programme (WFP) needs a total of US$220 million this year for refugees but has received only 30% of this so far, according to WFP Uganda […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Dose Donations are Proving to be a Good Medicine for Vaccine Nationalism’, says UNICEF’s Gian Gandhi 20/07/2021 Priti Patniak/Geneva Health Files As an official partner of the COVAX Facility, UNICEF is responsible for procurement, logistics and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines. PRITI PATNAIK spoke with Gian Gandhi, who coordinates COVAX operations for UNICEF, to get a sense of the challenges faced by the organization during the pandemic in the context of production shortages and realities at the […] Continue reading -> New Health Emergency Project Launched by WHO and WFP 19/07/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The World Food Program (WFP) and World Health Organization (WHO) launched a health emergencies project, INITIATE2, on Monday. The joint INITIATE2 project will gather health emergency actors, research and academic institutions, and international and national partners to facilitate knowledge sharing and skills transfer to improve emergency health responses. The project will develop innovative solutions to […] Continue reading -> China Has Failed to Share ‘Raw Data’ About Virus Origin so Lab Accident Can’t be Ruled Out, Says Tedros 15/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan China came under renewed pressure from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Germany on Thursday to share data it has so far withheld in order to help determine the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus that has cost over four million lives. Conceding that China had not shared all the data that the WHO virus origins […] Continue reading -> A New Partnership to Help Eliminate Complex and Persistent Malaria Vivax 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Peru are set to benefit from a US$ 25 million investment by Unitaid into a new Partnership For Vivax Elimination (PAVE), which aims to help these countries eliminate Plasmodium vivax (P. Vivax) malaria. PAVE will also generate and consolidate evidence to support malaria-endemic countries in developing and implementing […] Continue reading -> UNICEF Chief Resigns For Family Health Issue 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accepted the resignation of Henrietta Fore as executive director of UNICEF “with deep regret” and expressed his full understanding of her decision to resign. Through a statement released by his spokesman on Tuesday, Guterres thanked Fore her “inspiring leadership of UNICEF and for her service to improve the lives of […] Continue reading -> Living Conditions of Refugees in Uganda May Become ‘Untenable’, Warns Food Aid Head 14/07/2021 Esther Nakkazi KAMPALA – Refugees in Uganda have had their rations slashed as aid agencies face a 70% shortfall in resources to support the largest refugee population in Africa. The World Food Programme (WFP) needs a total of US$220 million this year for refugees but has received only 30% of this so far, according to WFP Uganda […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Health Emergency Project Launched by WHO and WFP 19/07/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The World Food Program (WFP) and World Health Organization (WHO) launched a health emergencies project, INITIATE2, on Monday. The joint INITIATE2 project will gather health emergency actors, research and academic institutions, and international and national partners to facilitate knowledge sharing and skills transfer to improve emergency health responses. The project will develop innovative solutions to […] Continue reading -> China Has Failed to Share ‘Raw Data’ About Virus Origin so Lab Accident Can’t be Ruled Out, Says Tedros 15/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan China came under renewed pressure from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Germany on Thursday to share data it has so far withheld in order to help determine the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus that has cost over four million lives. Conceding that China had not shared all the data that the WHO virus origins […] Continue reading -> A New Partnership to Help Eliminate Complex and Persistent Malaria Vivax 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Peru are set to benefit from a US$ 25 million investment by Unitaid into a new Partnership For Vivax Elimination (PAVE), which aims to help these countries eliminate Plasmodium vivax (P. Vivax) malaria. PAVE will also generate and consolidate evidence to support malaria-endemic countries in developing and implementing […] Continue reading -> UNICEF Chief Resigns For Family Health Issue 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accepted the resignation of Henrietta Fore as executive director of UNICEF “with deep regret” and expressed his full understanding of her decision to resign. Through a statement released by his spokesman on Tuesday, Guterres thanked Fore her “inspiring leadership of UNICEF and for her service to improve the lives of […] Continue reading -> Living Conditions of Refugees in Uganda May Become ‘Untenable’, Warns Food Aid Head 14/07/2021 Esther Nakkazi KAMPALA – Refugees in Uganda have had their rations slashed as aid agencies face a 70% shortfall in resources to support the largest refugee population in Africa. The World Food Programme (WFP) needs a total of US$220 million this year for refugees but has received only 30% of this so far, according to WFP Uganda […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
China Has Failed to Share ‘Raw Data’ About Virus Origin so Lab Accident Can’t be Ruled Out, Says Tedros 15/07/2021 Kerry Cullinan China came under renewed pressure from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Germany on Thursday to share data it has so far withheld in order to help determine the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus that has cost over four million lives. Conceding that China had not shared all the data that the WHO virus origins […] Continue reading -> A New Partnership to Help Eliminate Complex and Persistent Malaria Vivax 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Peru are set to benefit from a US$ 25 million investment by Unitaid into a new Partnership For Vivax Elimination (PAVE), which aims to help these countries eliminate Plasmodium vivax (P. Vivax) malaria. PAVE will also generate and consolidate evidence to support malaria-endemic countries in developing and implementing […] Continue reading -> UNICEF Chief Resigns For Family Health Issue 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accepted the resignation of Henrietta Fore as executive director of UNICEF “with deep regret” and expressed his full understanding of her decision to resign. Through a statement released by his spokesman on Tuesday, Guterres thanked Fore her “inspiring leadership of UNICEF and for her service to improve the lives of […] Continue reading -> Living Conditions of Refugees in Uganda May Become ‘Untenable’, Warns Food Aid Head 14/07/2021 Esther Nakkazi KAMPALA – Refugees in Uganda have had their rations slashed as aid agencies face a 70% shortfall in resources to support the largest refugee population in Africa. The World Food Programme (WFP) needs a total of US$220 million this year for refugees but has received only 30% of this so far, according to WFP Uganda […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
A New Partnership to Help Eliminate Complex and Persistent Malaria Vivax 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Peru are set to benefit from a US$ 25 million investment by Unitaid into a new Partnership For Vivax Elimination (PAVE), which aims to help these countries eliminate Plasmodium vivax (P. Vivax) malaria. PAVE will also generate and consolidate evidence to support malaria-endemic countries in developing and implementing […] Continue reading -> UNICEF Chief Resigns For Family Health Issue 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accepted the resignation of Henrietta Fore as executive director of UNICEF “with deep regret” and expressed his full understanding of her decision to resign. Through a statement released by his spokesman on Tuesday, Guterres thanked Fore her “inspiring leadership of UNICEF and for her service to improve the lives of […] Continue reading -> Living Conditions of Refugees in Uganda May Become ‘Untenable’, Warns Food Aid Head 14/07/2021 Esther Nakkazi KAMPALA – Refugees in Uganda have had their rations slashed as aid agencies face a 70% shortfall in resources to support the largest refugee population in Africa. The World Food Programme (WFP) needs a total of US$220 million this year for refugees but has received only 30% of this so far, according to WFP Uganda […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UNICEF Chief Resigns For Family Health Issue 14/07/2021 Chandre Prince UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accepted the resignation of Henrietta Fore as executive director of UNICEF “with deep regret” and expressed his full understanding of her decision to resign. Through a statement released by his spokesman on Tuesday, Guterres thanked Fore her “inspiring leadership of UNICEF and for her service to improve the lives of […] Continue reading -> Living Conditions of Refugees in Uganda May Become ‘Untenable’, Warns Food Aid Head 14/07/2021 Esther Nakkazi KAMPALA – Refugees in Uganda have had their rations slashed as aid agencies face a 70% shortfall in resources to support the largest refugee population in Africa. The World Food Programme (WFP) needs a total of US$220 million this year for refugees but has received only 30% of this so far, according to WFP Uganda […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Living Conditions of Refugees in Uganda May Become ‘Untenable’, Warns Food Aid Head 14/07/2021 Esther Nakkazi KAMPALA – Refugees in Uganda have had their rations slashed as aid agencies face a 70% shortfall in resources to support the largest refugee population in Africa. The World Food Programme (WFP) needs a total of US$220 million this year for refugees but has received only 30% of this so far, according to WFP Uganda […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts