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The international community needs to step up at the WHA and strengthen local production of health technologies, Graduate Institute researchers argue.

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A variety of short- and long-term plans could help end the pandemic—and prevent the next one

Graphic Online BY: Edward Acquah 30.5k Shares 705 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has commended Ghana for achieving Maturity Level 3 (ML3), a global regulatory benchmark set by the organisation. The WHO last year ranked Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) ML3 for its medicines regulatory system that ensured the safety, quality and efficacy of all medical products imported, manufactured or distributed in the country. The ML3 is the second highest in the four-tiered WHO classification o...

Covid shows the world it needs new rules to deal with pandemics Pharmaceutical companies must accept they will have to transfer knowhow and technology if the whole world is to get the vaccines it needs By Ellen ’t Hoen HomeFeatures Covid shows the world it needs new rules to deal with pandemics More than a year ago the World Health Organisation (WHO), with the support of 40 member states, established the Covid-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP). C-TAP offers a platform for the voluntary sha...

UN United Nations : Director-Generals opening remarks at the World Health Assembly - 24 May 2021 05/24/2021 | 08:57am EDT Send by mail : Message : Your Excellency Alain Berset, Federal Counsellor of Switzerland, Excellencies, distinguished colleagues and friends, Lucy Nyambura is a health promotion officer in Mombasa City, Kenya. When COVID-19 arrived last year, a strict lockdown was introduced, but it was met with strong resistance by the local community, who r...

The resolution comes weeks after US President Joe Biden announced that his government would support the proposal at the WTO.

The United States neither can nor should abdicate a strong leadership role in global health. The question is how it leads.

EU parliament extends support to India-South Africa COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver EU Parliament extends support to India-South Africa for COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver that will help in the large-scale production of the vaccine. EU parliament extends support to India-South Africa Share Updated: May 22, 2021, 10:19 AM IST In a move that will be widely welcomed, the European Parliament has decided to extend support to India-South Africa joint proposal for COVID-19 ...

by Hanna Ziady, CNN Business — May 21, 2021 . Covid-19 vaccines have created at least nine new billionaires after shares in companies producing the shots soared. Topping the list of new billionaires are Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel and Ugur Sahin, the CEO of BioNTech, which has produced a vaccine with Pfizer. Both CEOs are now worth around $4 billion, according to an analysis by the People’s Vaccine Alliance, a campaign group that includes Oxfam, UNAIDS, Global Justice Now and Amnesty Inter...