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IMF analysis reveals staggeringly unequal delivery of vaccines by COVAX

The IMF Pandemic Response Task Force’s analysis of vaccine deliveries to developing countries through COVAX reveals grossly uneven distribution of the 880 million doses shipped so far. Seventeen countries...

News January 21, 2022

New global health research hub. Korea-based vaccine developer to establish branch office in Stockholm

The international organisation IVI headquartered in Seoul, which develops vaccines for poor-country diseases,...

News January 12, 2022

OECD donors fail to agree on rules for reporting covid vaccine donations as aid

Despite efforts to reach agreement about rules for reporting COVID-19 vaccine donations as aid, 2021...

News December 31, 2021

Secrecy surrounding Sida’s SEK 450 million guarantee for UNICEF vaccine procurement

Despite Sweden’s strong freedom of information laws, details of a Swedish guarantee to UNICEF for procurement...

Business December 20, 2021

Roadblocks for vaccine donations. Only 1 in 10 pledged doses shipped by COVAX

Of 1.6 billion dose donations pledged to the vaccine facility COVAX, only 171 million have been shipped...

News November 25, 2021

Global health agencies ask G20 countries for USD 23b to curb covid pandemic

The ACT-A covid response mechanism has launched a fund-raising target of USD 23.4 billion to help developing...

News October 29, 2021

OECD countries want to report donated covid vaccines as aid, but are met with strong criticism

Countries that donate their excess COVID-19 vaccine may report this as official development assistance...

News October 22, 2021

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...

News October 15, 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

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