Global health

Legal experts question ‘wall of secrecy’ around CEPI grants to vaccine developers

Only one of the ten developers of COVID19 vaccines that have received funding from the epidemic response agency CEPI has committed vaccine doses for the poorest countries. As concern grows about the unequal...

News December 14, 2020

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Dispute in OECD over coronavirus vaccine grants: how much can be reported as aid?

A conflict is brewing at the OECD over how much of donors’ support to the Oslo-based organisation CEPI...

News December 07, 2020

On the origins of the COVID19 global response and what needs to be done now

The global pandemic response mechanism, ACT-A, now led by the World Health Organisation, started out...

News November 20, 2020

Low-income countries are losing the race for coronavirus vaccine

While rich countries have reserved 6 billion doses of COVID 19 vaccine for themselves, low-income countries...

News November 13, 2020

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COVID19 support scheme faces massive funding crisis, calls for USD 10 billion more to prevent collapse of health systems

The WHO-led scheme for ensuring global access to new COVID19 medicines and vaccines will increase its...

News November 10, 2020

Norway criticised for siding with drug companies in conflict over COVID19 patents

Norway, a vocal proponent of global solidarity in the pandemic response, is accused of turning its back...

News October 30, 2020

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Norway’s global health envoy: rich countries must expand ODA and find win-win solutions to defeat COVID19

In his new role as Norway’s Global Health Ambassador, John-Arne Røttingen will help the government navigate...

News September 16, 2020

UN chief warns against using ODA to fund coronavirus vaccine for poor countries

UN Secretary General António Guterres says USD 35 billion are needed in the next few months to develop...

News September 11, 2020

OECD: grants to CEPI for corona vaccine research do ‘not count as ODA’

Back in March, Development Today asked the OECD whether donors’ contributions to CEPI for work on developing...

News June 16, 2020

Billion-dollar pneumonia vaccine fund closes after first non-Western firm wins tender. Donors transfer remaining money to COVID19

Over 12 years donors have granted more than USD 1 billion in subsidies to the two Western pneumonia vaccine...