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The World Isn’t Getting Vaccinated Fast Enough. Here Are 4 Ways to Fix That
In an unprecedented show of global solidarity, the world came together to back COVAX, a unique global solution aimed at making equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines possible.
COVAX Manufacturing Task Force to tackle vaccine supply challenges
A COVAX Manufacturing Task Force has been established to identify and resolve issues impeding equitable access to vaccines.
Vaccinator training on smartphone screens amid COVID-19: Another “new normal”?
App-assisted vaccinator training is an approach that shows promise, write the team who ran a Gavi-supported pilot to trial a new screen-based learning mechanism in India. What’s more, amid the pandemic, the flexibility of learning from home,…
China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine first to carry a smart label to monitor heat-damage
It is the first vaccine developed by a non-Western country to be approved by the WHO, and is welcome at a time of global vaccine shortages.
Gavi’s Seth Berkley named one of the world’s greatest leaders by Fortune
Dr Berkley is recognised alongside other world-changing vaccine champions in this year’s list for their part in the fight against COVID-19.
Kenya completes its first round of COVID-19 vaccinations
After some initial hesitancy amongst health workers, Kenya has successfully rolled out the first batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses.
As the Spanish flu of 1918-1920 tore through America, a San Francisco mayor bet on the potential of face masks to contain the spread. Then, like today, the demand to mask up met resistance that blended distrust, ideology and gut feeling.
Japan to host Gavi's COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) Summit
Geneva, 12 May 2021 – The Government of Japan yesterday announced that it will host the virtual Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) Summit on June 2nd 2021. The event, co-hosted by Japanese Prime Minister H.E.
Covering COVID-19 in Guyana’s ‘Deep South’
The indigenous people adopted measures that were more applicable to the challenges but also their reality. And I tried to illustrate that in my story.
Mounting evidence suggests COVID vaccines do reduce transmission. How does this work?
Vaccination is likely to substantially reduce virus transmission by reducing the pool of people who become infected, and reducing virus levels in people who get infected.
Working towards vaccine equity to leave no one behind
Country and community perspectives on realising the targets of the Immunisation Agenda 2030.
The Next Pandemic: Hantavirus?
Spread from rodents to humans, old and new world Hantavirus has become endemic in many continents, but are sporadic cases of person-to-person transmission strong enough evidence to fear its pandemic potential?