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Lessons from COVAX could help vaccine equity

COVAX was supposed to be the elixir for vaccine inequality - it wasn’t. However, lessons can be taken from previous global experiences to help make progress.

360info · Apr 20, 2022

Covid vaccine supply exceeds demand

After two years of racing to vaccinate the world against Covid-19, the number of available doses now surpasses demand in many areas.

Bangkok Post · Apr 8, 2022

Egypt Receives 1.5 Million COVID Vaccine Doses from US

Egypt has received 1.5 million doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine donated by the US government. Acting Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said Egypt received 1,501,110 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses gifted by the US and delivered through the COVAX initiative and in cooperation with the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI). The new batch…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 8, 2022

‘Africa must be self-sufficient’: John Nkengasong on learning the deadly lessons of pandemics

The outgoing director of Africa Centres for Disease Control has seen Ebola, Aids and now Covid – and warns complacency is dangerous

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2022

Rich versus poor with new COVID vaccine

"There are still a lot of unvaccinated people in poor countries and, once again, they are at the back of the line," said one expert.

Salon · Mar 25, 2022

Rich countries getting new COVID vaccine before poorer ones

The company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing world will miss a target for giving doses to the U.N.-backed effort to deliver shots to poorer countries

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2022

Japan offers aid and COVID vaccines to Cambodia

Japan on Sunday pledged to offer Cambodia about $428 million in aid and 1.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX global vaccine-sharing programme.

Reuters · Mar 20, 2022

Covid live: Poland, Slovakia and Iceland latest countries set to end most coronavirus restrictions — as it happened

Move comes as case numbers and deaths continue to fall in many nations

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2022

Exclusive-Short AstraZeneca shelf life complicates COVID vaccine rollout to world's poorest

The relatively short shelf life of AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine is complicating the rollout to the world's poorest nations, according to officials and internal World Health Organization documents reviewed by Reuters.

Reuters · Feb 16, 2022

Short AstraZeneca Shelf Life Complicates COVID Vaccine Rollout to World’s Poorest

The relatively short shelf life of AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine is complicating the rollout to the world's poorest nations, according to officials and internal World Health Organization documents reviewed by Reuters. It is the latest headache to plague the COVAX vaccine-sharing project, co-led by the WHO and aimed at getting…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 16, 2022