Global health

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 a coronavirus vaccine could be counted as aid. Since then, the Paris-based organisation has...

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...

News June 16, 2020

Corona pandemic sparks transformation of Nordic NGOs

The COVID19 pandemic has already changed the way Nordic NGOs work and it will likely affect operations...

News June 11, 2020

GAVI’s COVID19 vaccine initiative under fire for being hasty and secretive

The GAVI secretariat is rushing through a proposal for a multi-billion-dollar financing mechanism for...

News June 02, 2020

Costa Rica behind WHO initiative for pooled corona patents, weak support from rich countries

The OECD’s newest member Costa Rica has called for a platform to pool knowledge and intellectual property...

News May 29, 2020

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Why Sweden funds a vaccine institute in Korea and not Oslo-based CEPI

The International Vaccine Institute, based out of Seoul, has a mandate to develop vaccines for diseases...

News May 24, 2020

Global aid under strain from multiple corona appeals and shrinking aid budgets

While donors reach into their aid budgets to finance the coronavirus response, overall ODA is shrinking...

News May 22, 2020

Most of Norway’s corona pledge is not being counted by EU in global tally

The bulk of Norway’s billion-dollar pledge to this week’s corona summit will not be counted in the official...

News May 08, 2020

Gigantic Norwegian corona pledge will mainly be spent on other diseases

Of 30 countries that pledged money for the global coronavirus appeal, hosted by the EU this week, Norway...

News May 06, 2020