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Filling the vaccine gap in Kenya
A well-planned immunisation programme can go a long way to reducing the burden of disease on a country.
“We survived something major together”: Rebuilding after COVID-19
COVID-19 put a huge strain on Seyram and his mother’s relationship, as well as on their individual lives. The delivery of Ghana’s first batch of vaccines from COVAX means they can begin to rebuild what was broken.
Coronavirus: so many variants, but vaccines are still effective
Variants of interest and variants of concern seem to be popping up at an alarming rate. But how many of them do we really need to worry about?
Global leaders renew their commitment to address urgency of COVID-19 pandemic
At today’s Global Health Summit, hosted by the European Commission and Italy as chair of the G20, leaders pledged their support to the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC).
How Yellow Fever decimated the USA’s first capital
In 1793, with the United States of America less than 20 years old, a yellow fever epidemic decimates the capital city, Philadelphia, and shines a spotlight on stark racial and social inequalities.
Can we stop wearing masks after being vaccinated?
In some countries, wearing masks against COVID-19 is not mandatory anymore, but can the rest of the world follow suit?
Apostolic Churches warm up to COVID-19 vaccines in Zimbabwe
Attitudes towards vaccines are changing as Zimbabwe’s Apostolic Church members come to terms with COVID-19.
Why Africa’s critically ill COVID-19 patients have the world’s highest death rates
Death rates on the continent are higher than Asia, Europe, North America or South America, in large part because of a lack of resources and underuse of resources that do exist.
Gavi signs agreement with Johnson & Johnson for supply of its COVID-19 vaccine to COVAX
The signed advance purchase agreement (APA) is for a commitment to purchase 200 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, with the goal of them being made available to the COVAX Facility in 2021.
COVID-19: how rising inequalities unfolded and why we cannot afford to ignore it
It's been argued that pandemics are the great leveller, but with COVID the opposite is true – and we can't afford to ignore it.