Universal Health Coverage: Only Half of Africans Have Access to Health Care 08/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Less than half of Africa’s citizens (52%) – some 615 million people – have access to the healthcare they need, the continent’s quality of health services is generally poor and the family planning needs of half the continent’s women and girls are unmet. This is according to a report on Africa’s progress toward achieving universal […] Continue reading -> Global Group of Scientists Calls For Fresh Investigation Into Origins of SARS-CoV2 Virus 05/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The WHO-convened international investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus is too politically limited by China and lacks the mandate to yield fully independent conclusions about how the novel coronavirus emerged and infected humans, according to a group of prominent international scientists – who have called for a new, independent and “unrestricted” probe into […] Continue reading -> WHO Offers To Play ‘Matchmaker’ For Pharma Companies to Close Vaccine Production Gaps 05/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are hosting a summit next week with governments and pharmaceutical companies to address the bottlenecks in COVID-19 vaccine production and delivery. This follows a spectacular start in the past week for COVAX, the global vaccine delivery platform, which delivered more than 20 million doses of COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Russian And Chinese Bilateral Vaccine Deals & Donations Outmaneuver Europe & United States 04/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Esther Nakkazi CAPE TOWN & KAMPALA – From Asia to the Americas, vaccines are fast becoming the new currency by which nations and geopolitical blocs wield influence and buy political favours – with more value than oil or bitcoin. But nowhere is this more apparent, perhaps, than in Africa, Latin America and south Asia, where both Russia […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> COVAX Aims to Distribute 237-million Vaccine Doses By May 02/03/2021 Sindie Mhlophe The global vaccine platform, COVAX, aims to distribute 237 million doses of the Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine to 142 countries by the end of May 2021, its managing partners told the media on Tuesday. Eleven million doses will be delivered this week alone, with Angola, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria getting their vaccines on […] Continue reading -> European Union Moves Forward With Plans For Vaccine Passport By Summer; Experts Concerned About Practicality, Safety & Equity 28/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Leaders of the 27 European Union member states are moving closer to a consensus on an EU-wide system of vaccine certificates for travel between countries in the bloc. Within three months a system will be introduced, EU officials announced on Thursday, the first day of the two-day virtual summit of the European Council. Several EU […] Continue reading -> Ghana’s President to Get First SARS-CoV2 Vaccination – MSF Wants J&J For LMICs 26/02/2021 Paul Adepoju Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, will be publicly vaccinated with the Oxford/AstraZeneca SARS-CoV2 vaccine on 2 March, signifying the start of the West African country’s vaccine rollout. On Wednesday, Ghana became the first country in the world to receive vaccines via the global vaccine access platform, COVAX, according to Health Policy Watch. The Ivory Coast is expected […] Continue reading -> Israel Produces Best Evidence Yet About Pfizer Vaccine – But Netanyahu’s Vaccine Politics & Airport Chaos Cast Shadow Over Success 25/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The largest peer reviewed study to date of some 1.193 million Israelis – half of whom received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine – confirms the vaccine’s efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 as well as serious cases and deaths – even after the first dose is administered. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, […] Continue reading -> (Mis)Represented. Our Global Health is UnGlobal. 24/02/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Felicita Hikuam, Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo & Gisa Dang The appointment of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Nigerian Finance Minister, World Bank development economist and its former Vice President, and black African woman, as head of the WTO, has been heralded as ‘a big deal’, an inspiration, and ‘a sign of the many strides (Africa) has made in gender parity’. While all this is true, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Group of Scientists Calls For Fresh Investigation Into Origins of SARS-CoV2 Virus 05/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The WHO-convened international investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus is too politically limited by China and lacks the mandate to yield fully independent conclusions about how the novel coronavirus emerged and infected humans, according to a group of prominent international scientists – who have called for a new, independent and “unrestricted” probe into […] Continue reading -> WHO Offers To Play ‘Matchmaker’ For Pharma Companies to Close Vaccine Production Gaps 05/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are hosting a summit next week with governments and pharmaceutical companies to address the bottlenecks in COVID-19 vaccine production and delivery. This follows a spectacular start in the past week for COVAX, the global vaccine delivery platform, which delivered more than 20 million doses of COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Russian And Chinese Bilateral Vaccine Deals & Donations Outmaneuver Europe & United States 04/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Esther Nakkazi CAPE TOWN & KAMPALA – From Asia to the Americas, vaccines are fast becoming the new currency by which nations and geopolitical blocs wield influence and buy political favours – with more value than oil or bitcoin. But nowhere is this more apparent, perhaps, than in Africa, Latin America and south Asia, where both Russia […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> COVAX Aims to Distribute 237-million Vaccine Doses By May 02/03/2021 Sindie Mhlophe The global vaccine platform, COVAX, aims to distribute 237 million doses of the Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine to 142 countries by the end of May 2021, its managing partners told the media on Tuesday. Eleven million doses will be delivered this week alone, with Angola, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria getting their vaccines on […] Continue reading -> European Union Moves Forward With Plans For Vaccine Passport By Summer; Experts Concerned About Practicality, Safety & Equity 28/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Leaders of the 27 European Union member states are moving closer to a consensus on an EU-wide system of vaccine certificates for travel between countries in the bloc. Within three months a system will be introduced, EU officials announced on Thursday, the first day of the two-day virtual summit of the European Council. Several EU […] Continue reading -> Ghana’s President to Get First SARS-CoV2 Vaccination – MSF Wants J&J For LMICs 26/02/2021 Paul Adepoju Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, will be publicly vaccinated with the Oxford/AstraZeneca SARS-CoV2 vaccine on 2 March, signifying the start of the West African country’s vaccine rollout. On Wednesday, Ghana became the first country in the world to receive vaccines via the global vaccine access platform, COVAX, according to Health Policy Watch. The Ivory Coast is expected […] Continue reading -> Israel Produces Best Evidence Yet About Pfizer Vaccine – But Netanyahu’s Vaccine Politics & Airport Chaos Cast Shadow Over Success 25/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The largest peer reviewed study to date of some 1.193 million Israelis – half of whom received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine – confirms the vaccine’s efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 as well as serious cases and deaths – even after the first dose is administered. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, […] Continue reading -> (Mis)Represented. Our Global Health is UnGlobal. 24/02/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Felicita Hikuam, Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo & Gisa Dang The appointment of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Nigerian Finance Minister, World Bank development economist and its former Vice President, and black African woman, as head of the WTO, has been heralded as ‘a big deal’, an inspiration, and ‘a sign of the many strides (Africa) has made in gender parity’. While all this is true, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Offers To Play ‘Matchmaker’ For Pharma Companies to Close Vaccine Production Gaps 05/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are hosting a summit next week with governments and pharmaceutical companies to address the bottlenecks in COVID-19 vaccine production and delivery. This follows a spectacular start in the past week for COVAX, the global vaccine delivery platform, which delivered more than 20 million doses of COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Russian And Chinese Bilateral Vaccine Deals & Donations Outmaneuver Europe & United States 04/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Esther Nakkazi CAPE TOWN & KAMPALA – From Asia to the Americas, vaccines are fast becoming the new currency by which nations and geopolitical blocs wield influence and buy political favours – with more value than oil or bitcoin. But nowhere is this more apparent, perhaps, than in Africa, Latin America and south Asia, where both Russia […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> COVAX Aims to Distribute 237-million Vaccine Doses By May 02/03/2021 Sindie Mhlophe The global vaccine platform, COVAX, aims to distribute 237 million doses of the Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine to 142 countries by the end of May 2021, its managing partners told the media on Tuesday. Eleven million doses will be delivered this week alone, with Angola, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria getting their vaccines on […] Continue reading -> European Union Moves Forward With Plans For Vaccine Passport By Summer; Experts Concerned About Practicality, Safety & Equity 28/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Leaders of the 27 European Union member states are moving closer to a consensus on an EU-wide system of vaccine certificates for travel between countries in the bloc. Within three months a system will be introduced, EU officials announced on Thursday, the first day of the two-day virtual summit of the European Council. Several EU […] Continue reading -> Ghana’s President to Get First SARS-CoV2 Vaccination – MSF Wants J&J For LMICs 26/02/2021 Paul Adepoju Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, will be publicly vaccinated with the Oxford/AstraZeneca SARS-CoV2 vaccine on 2 March, signifying the start of the West African country’s vaccine rollout. On Wednesday, Ghana became the first country in the world to receive vaccines via the global vaccine access platform, COVAX, according to Health Policy Watch. The Ivory Coast is expected […] Continue reading -> Israel Produces Best Evidence Yet About Pfizer Vaccine – But Netanyahu’s Vaccine Politics & Airport Chaos Cast Shadow Over Success 25/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The largest peer reviewed study to date of some 1.193 million Israelis – half of whom received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine – confirms the vaccine’s efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 as well as serious cases and deaths – even after the first dose is administered. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, […] Continue reading -> (Mis)Represented. Our Global Health is UnGlobal. 24/02/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Felicita Hikuam, Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo & Gisa Dang The appointment of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Nigerian Finance Minister, World Bank development economist and its former Vice President, and black African woman, as head of the WTO, has been heralded as ‘a big deal’, an inspiration, and ‘a sign of the many strides (Africa) has made in gender parity’. While all this is true, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Russian And Chinese Bilateral Vaccine Deals & Donations Outmaneuver Europe & United States 04/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Esther Nakkazi CAPE TOWN & KAMPALA – From Asia to the Americas, vaccines are fast becoming the new currency by which nations and geopolitical blocs wield influence and buy political favours – with more value than oil or bitcoin. But nowhere is this more apparent, perhaps, than in Africa, Latin America and south Asia, where both Russia […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> COVAX Aims to Distribute 237-million Vaccine Doses By May 02/03/2021 Sindie Mhlophe The global vaccine platform, COVAX, aims to distribute 237 million doses of the Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine to 142 countries by the end of May 2021, its managing partners told the media on Tuesday. Eleven million doses will be delivered this week alone, with Angola, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria getting their vaccines on […] Continue reading -> European Union Moves Forward With Plans For Vaccine Passport By Summer; Experts Concerned About Practicality, Safety & Equity 28/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Leaders of the 27 European Union member states are moving closer to a consensus on an EU-wide system of vaccine certificates for travel between countries in the bloc. Within three months a system will be introduced, EU officials announced on Thursday, the first day of the two-day virtual summit of the European Council. Several EU […] Continue reading -> Ghana’s President to Get First SARS-CoV2 Vaccination – MSF Wants J&J For LMICs 26/02/2021 Paul Adepoju Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, will be publicly vaccinated with the Oxford/AstraZeneca SARS-CoV2 vaccine on 2 March, signifying the start of the West African country’s vaccine rollout. On Wednesday, Ghana became the first country in the world to receive vaccines via the global vaccine access platform, COVAX, according to Health Policy Watch. The Ivory Coast is expected […] Continue reading -> Israel Produces Best Evidence Yet About Pfizer Vaccine – But Netanyahu’s Vaccine Politics & Airport Chaos Cast Shadow Over Success 25/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The largest peer reviewed study to date of some 1.193 million Israelis – half of whom received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine – confirms the vaccine’s efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 as well as serious cases and deaths – even after the first dose is administered. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, […] Continue reading -> (Mis)Represented. Our Global Health is UnGlobal. 24/02/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Felicita Hikuam, Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo & Gisa Dang The appointment of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Nigerian Finance Minister, World Bank development economist and its former Vice President, and black African woman, as head of the WTO, has been heralded as ‘a big deal’, an inspiration, and ‘a sign of the many strides (Africa) has made in gender parity’. While all this is true, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> COVAX Aims to Distribute 237-million Vaccine Doses By May 02/03/2021 Sindie Mhlophe The global vaccine platform, COVAX, aims to distribute 237 million doses of the Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine to 142 countries by the end of May 2021, its managing partners told the media on Tuesday. Eleven million doses will be delivered this week alone, with Angola, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria getting their vaccines on […] Continue reading -> European Union Moves Forward With Plans For Vaccine Passport By Summer; Experts Concerned About Practicality, Safety & Equity 28/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Leaders of the 27 European Union member states are moving closer to a consensus on an EU-wide system of vaccine certificates for travel between countries in the bloc. Within three months a system will be introduced, EU officials announced on Thursday, the first day of the two-day virtual summit of the European Council. Several EU […] Continue reading -> Ghana’s President to Get First SARS-CoV2 Vaccination – MSF Wants J&J For LMICs 26/02/2021 Paul Adepoju Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, will be publicly vaccinated with the Oxford/AstraZeneca SARS-CoV2 vaccine on 2 March, signifying the start of the West African country’s vaccine rollout. On Wednesday, Ghana became the first country in the world to receive vaccines via the global vaccine access platform, COVAX, according to Health Policy Watch. The Ivory Coast is expected […] Continue reading -> Israel Produces Best Evidence Yet About Pfizer Vaccine – But Netanyahu’s Vaccine Politics & Airport Chaos Cast Shadow Over Success 25/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The largest peer reviewed study to date of some 1.193 million Israelis – half of whom received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine – confirms the vaccine’s efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 as well as serious cases and deaths – even after the first dose is administered. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, […] Continue reading -> (Mis)Represented. Our Global Health is UnGlobal. 24/02/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Felicita Hikuam, Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo & Gisa Dang The appointment of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Nigerian Finance Minister, World Bank development economist and its former Vice President, and black African woman, as head of the WTO, has been heralded as ‘a big deal’, an inspiration, and ‘a sign of the many strides (Africa) has made in gender parity’. While all this is true, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVAX Aims to Distribute 237-million Vaccine Doses By May 02/03/2021 Sindie Mhlophe The global vaccine platform, COVAX, aims to distribute 237 million doses of the Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine to 142 countries by the end of May 2021, its managing partners told the media on Tuesday. Eleven million doses will be delivered this week alone, with Angola, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria getting their vaccines on […] Continue reading -> European Union Moves Forward With Plans For Vaccine Passport By Summer; Experts Concerned About Practicality, Safety & Equity 28/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Leaders of the 27 European Union member states are moving closer to a consensus on an EU-wide system of vaccine certificates for travel between countries in the bloc. Within three months a system will be introduced, EU officials announced on Thursday, the first day of the two-day virtual summit of the European Council. Several EU […] Continue reading -> Ghana’s President to Get First SARS-CoV2 Vaccination – MSF Wants J&J For LMICs 26/02/2021 Paul Adepoju Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, will be publicly vaccinated with the Oxford/AstraZeneca SARS-CoV2 vaccine on 2 March, signifying the start of the West African country’s vaccine rollout. On Wednesday, Ghana became the first country in the world to receive vaccines via the global vaccine access platform, COVAX, according to Health Policy Watch. The Ivory Coast is expected […] Continue reading -> Israel Produces Best Evidence Yet About Pfizer Vaccine – But Netanyahu’s Vaccine Politics & Airport Chaos Cast Shadow Over Success 25/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The largest peer reviewed study to date of some 1.193 million Israelis – half of whom received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine – confirms the vaccine’s efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 as well as serious cases and deaths – even after the first dose is administered. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, […] Continue reading -> (Mis)Represented. Our Global Health is UnGlobal. 24/02/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Felicita Hikuam, Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo & Gisa Dang The appointment of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Nigerian Finance Minister, World Bank development economist and its former Vice President, and black African woman, as head of the WTO, has been heralded as ‘a big deal’, an inspiration, and ‘a sign of the many strides (Africa) has made in gender parity’. While all this is true, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
European Union Moves Forward With Plans For Vaccine Passport By Summer; Experts Concerned About Practicality, Safety & Equity 28/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Leaders of the 27 European Union member states are moving closer to a consensus on an EU-wide system of vaccine certificates for travel between countries in the bloc. Within three months a system will be introduced, EU officials announced on Thursday, the first day of the two-day virtual summit of the European Council. Several EU […] Continue reading -> Ghana’s President to Get First SARS-CoV2 Vaccination – MSF Wants J&J For LMICs 26/02/2021 Paul Adepoju Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, will be publicly vaccinated with the Oxford/AstraZeneca SARS-CoV2 vaccine on 2 March, signifying the start of the West African country’s vaccine rollout. On Wednesday, Ghana became the first country in the world to receive vaccines via the global vaccine access platform, COVAX, according to Health Policy Watch. The Ivory Coast is expected […] Continue reading -> Israel Produces Best Evidence Yet About Pfizer Vaccine – But Netanyahu’s Vaccine Politics & Airport Chaos Cast Shadow Over Success 25/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The largest peer reviewed study to date of some 1.193 million Israelis – half of whom received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine – confirms the vaccine’s efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 as well as serious cases and deaths – even after the first dose is administered. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, […] Continue reading -> (Mis)Represented. Our Global Health is UnGlobal. 24/02/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Felicita Hikuam, Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo & Gisa Dang The appointment of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Nigerian Finance Minister, World Bank development economist and its former Vice President, and black African woman, as head of the WTO, has been heralded as ‘a big deal’, an inspiration, and ‘a sign of the many strides (Africa) has made in gender parity’. While all this is true, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Ghana’s President to Get First SARS-CoV2 Vaccination – MSF Wants J&J For LMICs 26/02/2021 Paul Adepoju Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, will be publicly vaccinated with the Oxford/AstraZeneca SARS-CoV2 vaccine on 2 March, signifying the start of the West African country’s vaccine rollout. On Wednesday, Ghana became the first country in the world to receive vaccines via the global vaccine access platform, COVAX, according to Health Policy Watch. The Ivory Coast is expected […] Continue reading -> Israel Produces Best Evidence Yet About Pfizer Vaccine – But Netanyahu’s Vaccine Politics & Airport Chaos Cast Shadow Over Success 25/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The largest peer reviewed study to date of some 1.193 million Israelis – half of whom received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine – confirms the vaccine’s efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 as well as serious cases and deaths – even after the first dose is administered. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, […] Continue reading -> (Mis)Represented. Our Global Health is UnGlobal. 24/02/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Felicita Hikuam, Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo & Gisa Dang The appointment of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Nigerian Finance Minister, World Bank development economist and its former Vice President, and black African woman, as head of the WTO, has been heralded as ‘a big deal’, an inspiration, and ‘a sign of the many strides (Africa) has made in gender parity’. While all this is true, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Israel Produces Best Evidence Yet About Pfizer Vaccine – But Netanyahu’s Vaccine Politics & Airport Chaos Cast Shadow Over Success 25/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The largest peer reviewed study to date of some 1.193 million Israelis – half of whom received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine – confirms the vaccine’s efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 as well as serious cases and deaths – even after the first dose is administered. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, […] Continue reading -> (Mis)Represented. Our Global Health is UnGlobal. 24/02/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Felicita Hikuam, Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo & Gisa Dang The appointment of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Nigerian Finance Minister, World Bank development economist and its former Vice President, and black African woman, as head of the WTO, has been heralded as ‘a big deal’, an inspiration, and ‘a sign of the many strides (Africa) has made in gender parity’. While all this is true, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
(Mis)Represented. Our Global Health is UnGlobal. 24/02/2021 Fifa A Rahman, Felicita Hikuam, Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo & Gisa Dang The appointment of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Nigerian Finance Minister, World Bank development economist and its former Vice President, and black African woman, as head of the WTO, has been heralded as ‘a big deal’, an inspiration, and ‘a sign of the many strides (Africa) has made in gender parity’. While all this is true, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts