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SWITZERLAND – Covax, a global vaccine program run by Gavi and the World Health Organization (WHO), has urged countries to take action immediately to close the global vaccine equity gap.…
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SWITZERLAND – The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an EUL for CONVIDECIA, a vaccine manufactured by CanSino Biologics in China, adding to a growing portfolio of vaccines validated by…
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SWITZERLAND – Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization’s 2020-2021 Results Report tracks WHO’s significant achievements across the global health spectrum, according to a news release. The report, which…
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SWITZERLAND –The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has agreed to license 11 Covid-19 technologies to the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) via the World Health Organization’s Covid-19 Technology Access Pool…
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INDIA – Drug major, Cipla announced that it has launched a COVID-19 reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR) testing kit in the country in collaboration with diagnostics firm Genes2Me.…
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AFRICA – The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has announced that country-based research finds that scale-up speed with a focus on at-risk populations and the choice…
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UGANDA – Uganda has partnered with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to inaugurate a new oxygen production plant at the Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital to expand access…
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CAMEROON – CCA Bank and Commercial Bank-Cameroun have received US$28.46 million (EUR27m) of new long-term financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support investment by entrepreneurs and businesses across Cameroon and strengthen economic resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic. The two…
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AFRICA – East African Community (EAC) members have completed a seven-day simulation exercise to improve preparedness and bolster response to health emergencies. The simulation session focused on reinforcing disease surveillance…
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MOROCCO – Moroccan King Mohammed VI has officially initiated the construction of US$559 million Ibn Sina Hospital with a capacity of more than 1,000 beds to strengthen healthcare delivery in…
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