WHO $50 billion health, trade and finance roadmap to end the pandemic and secure a global recovery
On Jun. 1, 2021, the heads of the world’s predominant global financing, health and trade agencies united to…
WHO validated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use and issues interim policy recommendations
On Jun. 1, 2021, the WHO announced it had validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving…
WHO and Switzerland launched global BioHub for pathogen storage, sharing and analysis
On May 24, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Swiss Confederation signed a Memorandum of Understanding…
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of South Korea authorized Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
On May 21, 2021, Moderna announced that the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of South Korea (MFDS)…
WHO listed additional COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use and issues interim policy recommendations
On May 7, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) listed the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving…
WHO and Germany launched new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence
On May 5, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Federal Republic of Germany announced a new…
The 12th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared over
On May 3, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the end of the 12th outbreak of Ebola…
WHO welcomed Sweden’s announcement to share COVID-19 vaccine doses with COVAX
On May 3, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed the Government of Swedenﾒs announcement to share 1…
Moderna announced Emergency Use listing granted by the WHO for its COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 30, 2021, Moderna announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) had issued Emergency Use Listing (EUL)…
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COVID-19 science and reason
COVID-19 and it’s naysayers are attacking Science and Reason. The defenders must suffer the slings and arrows from…
The WHO announced continued review of emerging evidence on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines
On Apr. 22, 2021, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization annouced updated interim guidance on…
RTS,S malaria vaccine reached more than 650 000 children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi through pilot programme
On Apr. 20, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that two years on from the launch of…
Global shortage of innovative antibiotics fueled emergence and spread of drug-resistance
On Apr. 15, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the world was still failing to develop…
WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety reported on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 7, 2021, the COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) announed…
WHO called for further studies, data on origin of SARS-CoV-2 virus
On Mar. 30, 2021, the report of the WHO international team on their Wuhan field visit, from 14…
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WHO COVID-19 subcommittee announced safety signals related to AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 17, 2021, the WHO reported that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (including Covishield) continued to have a…
Research highlighted risks of separating newborns from mothers during COVID-19 pandemic
On Mar. 16, 2021, research from the WHO and partners showed that the COVID-19 pandemic was severely affecting…
WHO added Janssen vaccine to list of safe and effective emergency tools against COVID-19
On Mar. 12, 2021, the WHO listed the COVID-19 vaccine Ad26.COV2.S, developed by Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), for…
Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine granted Emergency Use Listing by the WHO
On Mar. 12, 2021, Johnson & Johnson announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) had issued Emergency Use…
COVAX published first round of allocations
On Mar. 2, 2021, The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the WHO,…
First COVID-19 COVAX vaccine doses administered in Africa
On Mar. 1, 2021, the WHO announced that the first COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in Africa using COVAX doses…
COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped by the COVAX Facility head to Ghana, marked beginning of global rollout
On Feb. 24, 2021, Ghana became the first country outside India to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via…
No-fault compensation programme for COVID-19 vaccines was a world first
On Feb. 22, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Chubb signed an agreement on behalf of the…
Johnson & Johnson announces submission to WHO for EUL of investigational single-shot COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Feb. 19, 2021, Johnson & Johnson announced that Janssen-Cilag had submitted for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to…
WHO listed 2 additional COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use and COVAX roll-out
On Feb. 15, 2021, the WHO listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving…
Ebola outbreak declared in Guinea
On Feb. 14, 2021, the WHO announced that Health authorities in Guinea had declared an outbreak of Ebola…
Rising mortality as Africa marked one year of COVID-19
On Feb. 11, 2021, the WHO announced that COVID-19 cases and deaths surged in Africa as more contagious…
Resurgence of Ebola reported in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
On Feb. 7, 2021, The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced that…
COVAX expected to start sending millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa in February
On Feb. 4, 2021, COVAX notified countries in Africa of the estimated dose allocation for the first phase…
COVAX expected to start sending millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa in February
On Feb. 3, 2021, COVAX notified countries in Africa of the estimated dose allocation for the first phase…