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African voices missing from review of ACT-A covid response. Expert calls for WHO envoy Carl Bildt to resign

Only a handful of representatives of low-income country governments were consulted in the review of the ACT-A global COVID-19 response. Instead, comments came mainly from donors, international agencies,...

News October 15, 2021

How a rookie minister navigated the pandemic and reshaped Norwegian aid

During his last week at work, Norway’s Development Minister Dag-Inge Ulstein reflected on a once-in-a-century...

News October 14, 2021

Agreements with Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson pave way for vaccine sharing

Norwegian legal diplomats have helped broker two landmark agreements with Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson...

News October 10, 2021

Agreements with Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson pave way for vaccine sharing

Norwegian legal diplomats have helped broker two landmark agreements with Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson...

News October 10, 2021

Vaccine donations moving slowly. ‘Nordics should lead by example,’ Swedish WHO expert urges

Four Nordic governments have secured access to 160 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine and pledged to donate...

News October 01, 2021

Norad’s test balloon: separate funding for global public goods from aid

No donor spends more of its aid on global public goods – like climate, oceans and vaccine development...

News September 29, 2021

Billions for vaccines and private sector tools to combat climate change

The Swedish government pledges to step up donations and procurement of COVID-19 vaccines in next year...

News September 20, 2021

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Indonesia’s sudden exit from 12-year climate deal: a ‘significant blow’ to Norwegian rainforest initiative

Citing Norway’s failure to fulfil its payment obligations, the Indonesian government announced last week...

News September 15, 2021

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IMF allocation of USD 650 billion in currency reserves unlikely to solve immediate covid funding crisis

Nordic governments have been issued USD 20 billion worth of Special Drawing Rights by the International...

News September 08, 2021

Farewell Tanzania. Denmark moves aid northward to stem migration from Africa

The Danish government seeks to restructure aid next year. Efforts to stem migration in the Sahel and...

News September 01, 2021

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