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  • Published on Feb 24, 2021

    EXPLAINER: UN vaccine plan is underway, but problems remain

    As the coronavirus pandemic exploded worldwide last April, global organizations banded together to help ensure that the world’s most vulnerable people would get vaccines amid the rush for shots. The initiative known as COVAX was formed by the World Health …

    Source: The Tribune - Indiana - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 18, 2020

    Why Nigeria, others may wait till 2024 to access COVID-19 vaccine

        Despite assurances by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, that the country would receive some doses of the approved COVID-19 vaccines in January 2021, more reasons have emerged why Nigeria and other poor countries will have to wait months or …

    Source: Best Naira News - Uncategorized
  • Published on Dec 16, 2020

    Vaccines are here — but the developing world is missing out

    LONDON — Lost among the jubilation of America's vaccine rollout this week is an uncomfortable reality: The world's poorest countries will have to wait months and possibly years to see any doses at all. The U.S., Canada, Britain and the European …

    Source: MSNBC - Left-wing
  • Published on Nov 24, 2020

    When it comes to vaccinating the world, regulatory approval is only the first step

    LONDON — If any coronavirus vaccine wins regulatory approval and becomes available to people in the coming months, its speedy deployment will have smashed what was previously thought possible. And yet that might be the easy part. Rolling out Covid-19 shots …

    Source: NBC News - Neutral
  • Published on Oct 15, 2020

    INSIGHT-WHO vaccine drive bedevilled by familiar question: who pays if things go wrong?

    * Poor nations’ potential high bills may hamper vaccination * Liability for adverse effects to be borne by richer states * Poorest states to chip in, liability clauses unclear for them * In H1N1 flu pandemic lack of clarity on liability caused delays …

    Source: Reuters - Neutral
  • Published on Oct 12, 2020

    Will Africa’s best shot at a Covid-19 vaccine be enough?

    In an era of “vaccine nationalism,” the world’s only plan so far to secure poor countries their share of Covid-19 vaccines is still no guarantee, experts warn.  In April, the vaccine alliance Gavi and others launched the Covax initiative aimed at pooling …

    Source: Mail & Guardian - Neutral
  • Published on Sep 30, 2020

    BHEKISISA OP-ED: How the Covid fight has crippled efforts to fight HIV and TB

    Doctors Without Borders supporters march in protest to the American Consulate in Johannesburg on 22 March 2012 to hand over a memorandum on a lack of funding for the fight against HIV/AIDS. (Photo: Gallo Images / Foto24 / Cornel van Heerden) I …

    Source: Daily Maverick - Neutral
  • Published on Sep 22, 2020

    The alarming rise of the anti-vaxxers

    If you passed Trafalgar Square on Saturday, you probably heard it: a 2,000-strong army of former medics, army veterans and breastfeeding mothers chanting “we don’t need no vaccinations” to the tune of Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall. The lyrics talk …

    Source: Evening Standard - Uncategorized
  • Published on Sep 15, 2020

    ‘Vaccine nationalism’: Seductive and dangerous

    The power of vaccine nationalism is so strong that it apparently managed to seduce even Canada, an avatar of multilateralism. That’s the charge leveled against Ottawa following reports that it had pre-purchased tens of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses …

    Source: Japan Times - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 6, 2020

    It's not for me: speed of COVID-19 vaccine race raises safety concerns

    * Polls, studies show scepticism about taking shot is growing * “Too fast can’t be safe” attitude widespread, experts say * Global projects work on tailored information campaigns By Francesco Guarascio and Josephine Mason BRUSSELS/LONDON, Aug 6 ( …

    Source: Reuters - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 29, 2020

    The ultimate geopolitical game — distributing a coronavirus vaccine

    But this rich-country scramble is "disastrous at the international level," said Moon. "It means that there will be very, very little vaccine available for the rest of the world and for countries that either don't have the money or the …

    Source: Politico - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 11, 2020

    Last century’s epidemics far more deadly than 21st century’s

    PARIS: Before the emergence late last year of the novel coronavirus, which has now killed more than 100,000 people, the 21st century’s epidemics had been far less deadly than the pandemics of the previous century. Here are the major epidemics of the last …

    Source: Arab News - Gov't Propaganda
  • Published on Jun 8, 2020

    Coronavirus Vaccine: Here Are The Latest Developments

    (CNN) — While coronavirus keeps spreading and killing with impunity, the world waits for a vaccine that could quash the pandemic. But details and timelines keep shifting. Here’s the latest on where we stand in the race for a vaccine: When will a Covid-19 …

    Source: WBZ Boston - Massachusetts - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 10, 2020

    Maverick Citizen Op-Ed: Talking about pandemics – what is ‘unprecedented’?

    In many ways, TB overlaps Covid-19. The symptoms are similar, both diseases affect the lungs and infection by both can be prevented in similar ways. (Photo: Unsplash / Robina Weermeijer) My longest relationship is with TB. That started up close and …

    Source: Daily Maverick - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 3, 2020

    DR Congo's relentless fight against Ebola

    An Ebola outbreak in the eastern part of the Democratic Congo, which has been going on for nearly two years, was almost contained when another outbreak was confirmed at the far end of the country in the northwest. The two regions are about 1,200 kilometers …

    Source: Deutsche Welle - Public Broadcaster
  • Published on Jun 3, 2020

    How past pandemics and epidemics inform COVID-19 response

    The COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented in many ways, but some issues raised in the global health crisis are all too familiar. We dug through The New Humanitarian’s 25-year archive of reporting on pandemics and epidemics for eight takeaways to inform today’ …

    Source: The New Humanitarian - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 16, 2020

    U.N. health agency faces two storms: Coronavirus and Trump's criticism

    What is the WHO? The U.N.’s global health agency, tasked with fighting outbreaks of serious illness, has taken a leading role in the coronavirus crisis, and has also drawn the ire of President Trump. Speaking at the White House, Trump announced Tuesday …

    Source: Los Angeles Times - California - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 29, 2019

    Why an 'America First' approach won't work in Ebola pandemic

    The current Ebola epidemic has grown rapidly since April in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing more than 1,700 people, with 2,438 confirmed cases. The outbreak was declared a level three emergency almost a year ago and was recently declared a public …

    Source: The Hill - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 19, 2019

    Why has WHO declared Ebola emergency a year after outbreak started?

    The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a "public health emergency of international concern" on Wednesday. This was the fourth such meeting of WHO's emergency committee on the …

    Source: Euronews - Neutral
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