Global health

Using aid to finance coronavirus vaccine research may violate OECD rules

Donors have committed large amounts to a multi-billion-dollar aid-financed initiative to develop vaccines against coronavirus. The OECD says this vaccine would benefit rich countries as much as poor countries...

News March 26, 2020

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Donors slow to fund global coronavirus response, WHO seeks private money

Rich countries have pledged billions of dollars to deal with their own coronavirus outbreaks, but they...

News March 18, 2020

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US think tanks push for new fund to help poor countries combat coronavirus

As concern about coronavirus grows, three Washington-based think tanks are proposing that the G7 launch...

News February 27, 2020

Indian drug firm says Gavi lost ‘years’ in race against pneumonia

The rules donors set back in 2009 for a USD 1.5 billion pilot fund on pneumonia vaccine, the AMC, have...

News February 14, 2020

Global Fund reaches USD 14 billion target. Last-minute 1% increase from Oslo

President Macron, Bill Gates and Bono celebrated a successful replenishment of the Global Fund in Lyon...

News October 11, 2019

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Gavi sets USD 7.4 billion replenishment target for next five years

Gavi aims to increase both the number of vaccines on offer from 11 to 18 and the number of children immunised...

News September 06, 2019

Trump aims for deep cuts ahead of Global Fund replenishment

As the Global Fund prepares for its sixth replenishment, the United States could stand in the way of...

News August 30, 2019

New Gavi strategy targets children receiving no vaccines

In spite billions of dollars invested over 20 years by Gavi in vaccines for the poorest countries, immunisation...

News July 17, 2019

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Indian-made pneumonia vaccine is set to break Big Pharma’s hold on Gavi funds

By the end of the year, a new pneumonia vaccine produced by Serum Institute of India is set to enter...

News April 22, 2019

Tough competition for donor money: Global health agencies under scrutiny for inflating results

In an environment of fierce competition, global health initiatives like the Global Fund are making grand...

News February 22, 2019

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