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Break the Vaccine Monopolies Now (Winnie Byanyima, Project-Syndicate)

During the HIV/AIDS epidemic a generation ago, African countries were priced out of lifesaving drugs by pharmaceutical firms that prioritized profits over lives. If...

Uncategorized December 28, 2021

Africa must produce its own vaccines (Landry Signé, Brookings)

During the pandemic, wealthy countries led the way in rapidly developing and producing COVID-19 vaccines. The same countries then bought up and administered those...

Uncategorized September 24, 2021

Vaccines – How to Build Trust in Vaccines: Understanding the drivers of vaccine confidence (WEF)

Low vaccine confidence is one of the world's most pressing public health problems. While it has been a challenge since the first vaccines were...

Uncategorized May 26, 2021

How drones can help get vaccines to where they are needed most (WEF)

Ruma Bhargava, Project Lead, Fourth Industrial Revolution for Health, India, World Economic Forum, C4IR India Timothy Reuter, Head of Aerospace and Drones, World Economic Forum ...

Uncategorized April 29, 2021

(Pandemic/Vaccines) How COVID-19 vaccine efforts could help defeat other diseases (WEF)

John Letzing A proposed way of immunizing against malaria uses an RNA-based approach similar to COVID-19 vaccines. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/how-covid-19-vaccine-development-could-boost-efforts-to-defeat-other-diseases/

Uncategorized March 5, 2021

(Pandemic/Vaccines) Reinforcing Rights Can Help Avert Failure on Covid-19 Vaccines (HRW)

Margaret Wurth, Aruna Kashyap The warnings about vaccine nationalism started early. https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/04/reinforcing-rights-can-help-avert-failure-covid-19-vaccines

Uncategorized March 4, 2021

(WHO/Pandemic/Vaccines) WHO Chief Tells Rich Nations: ‘Don’t Undermine COVAX’ (VoA)

World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Monday said some of the world’s wealthiest nations are hampering efforts by his agency and its...

Uncategorized February 23, 2021

(Vaccines/Black Market) Covid-19 vaccines hit the black market (The Strategist)

Clive Williams As the global rollout of vaccines against Covid-19 gathers pace, there are already reports of a vibrant black market for the various vaccine...

Uncategorized February 22, 2021

(Nigeria/Pandemic/Vaccines) Nigeria warns against fake COVID vaccines (Al Jazeera)

Nigerian authorities have warned against fake coronavirus vaccines in the country where 10 million real doses of the shots are expected to arrive in...

Uncategorized January 16, 2021

(Africa/Pandemic/Vaccines) COVID vaccines in Africa to be allocated by population

Millions of coronavirus vaccine doses secured by the African Union (AU) will be allocated according to countries’ populations, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/15/african-union-vaccines-to-be-allocated-according-to-population

Uncategorized January 16, 2021

(Pandemic/Vaccines/Russia/Brazil/BRICS) RDIF, Uniao Quimica plan to invite BRICS to create working group on vaccines (TASS)

Earlier, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Brazilian pharmaceutical company Uniao Quimica have agreed to supply 10 mln doses of Sputnik V vaccine...

Uncategorized January 14, 2021

COVID19/VACCINES – Designing Vaccines for People, Not Profits (Mariana Mazzucato, Henry Lishi Li, Els Torreele, Project-Syndicate)

For all the hope spurred by announcements of demonstrated efficacy in multiple COVID-19 vaccine candidates, there is still a long way to go to...

Uncategorized December 2, 2020

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