Global health

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 Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of a historic allocation. While the IMF urges rich countries to channel...

News September 08, 2021

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NGOs slam meagre Danish, Finnish funding for WHO-led covid response

The Danish and Finnish governments have provided only a tiny fraction of their fair share of the global...

News August 26, 2021

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WHO covid funding tracker exposes most donors’ lack of willingness to pay

A diplomatic campaign to raise billions of dollars desperately needed to pay for covid tools like tests...

News August 09, 2021

WHO covid funding tracker exposes most donors’ lack of willingness to pay

A diplomatic campaign to raise billions of dollars desperately needed to pay for covid tools like tests...

News August 09, 2021

Decolonise COVAX: an African critique

As Africa has fallen to the very back of the global vaccine queue, experts are questioning whether COVAX,...

News July 13, 2021

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Norwegian-South African diplomatic blitz to increase G20 covid financing

The Norwegian and South African governments have coordinated a comprehensive diplomatic effort to lobby...

News May 21, 2021

France kickstarts new vaccine-sharing hub, Sweden donates one million doses

France is the first country to use the EU mechanism for sharing COVID vaccines with poor countries. An...

News May 08, 2021

Medical oxygen needs spike in wake of India’s covid crisis

Medical oxygen needs in developing countries exceed USD 6 billion, spurred by the COVID-19 crisis in...

News April 28, 2021

USD 287m pledge makes Sweden a top COVID vaccine donor

At a fund-raising event for the vaccine facility COVAX, the hosts Gavi and the US government raised USD...

News April 19, 2021

UK buys 500,000 Pfizer vaccine doses from COVAX for domestic use

The United Kingdom and Norway have taken opposite approaches to the rich-country window of the COVAX...

News April 14, 2021

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