Global health

Two global health experts say the time is ripe to re-think Gavi’s mission

It is time to take stock of Gavi, two global health experts, Catherine Kyobutungi and Olusoji Adeyi, tell Development Today. After 23 years and USD 37 billion in donor funds committed, Gavi should be working to put itself out of business.

News March 23, 2023

Evaluation: Big Pharma shies away from CEPI due to equitable access requirements

The Oslo-based vaccine initiative CEPI has over a few short years grown into a “credible and prominent...

News December 19, 2022

Global Fund falls short of USD 18 billion fundraising target, no boost from Nordic donors

At the seventh replenishment of the Global Fund last week, five G7 countries announced significant increases...

News September 27, 2022

In brief: Norway joins World Bank’s pandemic prevention fund

Norway is the sole Nordic country to be a founding donor of the new pandemic prevention fund, established...

News September 13, 2022

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Report challenges ‘false narrative’ of covid vaccine hesitancy in low-income countries

Claims by donors and big pharma that low COVID-19 vaccine coverage in countries like DRC, Haiti, Nigeria,...

News August 26, 2022

Head of CEPI calls for more non-aid funds to finance pandemic vaccine research

The Oslo-based vaccine agency CEPI depends on aid for 40 per cent of its financing. CEPI’s CEO Richard...

News May 20, 2022

IMF and global health leaders call for a strategic shift in COVID-19 response

The international covid response mechanism, the ACT-Accelerator, has focused mainly on vaccines to the...

News April 29, 2022

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Donors pledge USD 1.5b to fight next pandemic, ODA-eligibility of funding is up in the air

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) has raised USD 1.5 billion for the next five...

News March 10, 2022

COVAX and the unfulfilled promise of vaccine sharing

The global vaccine initiative COVAX aimed to procure 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 to accelerate...

Opinion March 07, 2022

Unsolved dispute over counting COVID vaccine donations as aid leaves loopholes

After seven months of wrangling about how to report COVID-19 vaccines donated to developing countries...

News February 25, 2022

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