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English News and Press Release on World about Health and Epidemic; published on 27 May 2021 by GAVI, UNICEF and 2 other organizations

May 27, 2021 COVID-19 patients receive oxygen at a place of worship in Ghaziabad, India, in this courtesy file picture. NEW YORK — The COVID-19 pandemic has brought “a tsunami of suffering”, taken over 3.4 million lives and 500 million jobs, while wiping trillions of dollars from global balance sheets, Secretary-General António Guterres told business leaders on Thursday, appealing for equitable vaccine distribution worldwide. “This is indeed much more than a health ...

Date Time COVAX statement: Call to action to equip COVAX to deliver 2 billion doses in 2021 Countries that are advanced in their vaccination programmes are seeing cases of COVID-19 decline, hospitalisations decrease and early signs of some kind of normality resume. However, the global picture is far more concerning. At no point in this pandemic have we seen such an acute need to look to the future challenges and not rest on the patchy achievements made so far. We are seeing the traumatic effect...

The UN chief recognized the many lives that have been saved: “To have you leading this meeting is a guarantee of success because what our partnership has always represented is indeed the very symbol of the values we represent”. Vaccine equity to prevent ‘further havoc’ Having delivered safe and effective vaccines in record time, science has shone a light for some parts of the world. However, despite the World Health Organization’s (WHO) authorization for 13 vaccines and the “incred...

Background and Introduction Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private partnership committed to saving childrens lives and protecting peoples health by increasing equitable use of vaccines in lower-income countries. The Vaccine Alliance brings together developing country and donor governments, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank, the vaccine industry, technical agencies, civil society, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other private sector partners. Gavi uses innova...

Australia provides AU$ 5 million to support Bangladesh’s Covid-19 preparedness and response Photo: Collected Star Digital Report Star Digital Report Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has announced providing AU$ 5 million (Tk 330 million) to the Red Crescent to support Bangladeshs Covid-19 preparedness and response.  This funding will be provided through the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and will be used to procure and distribute essentia...

G20 leaders boost support of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator but urgent and immediate action is needed to maintain momentum Format 21 May 2021 | Geneva -- World leaders today met at the Global Health Summit, co-hosted by the European Commission and Italy as part of its G20 presidency, to adopt an agenda to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, and develop and endorse a Rome Declaration of principles, at a time when the virus is surging and spreading uncontrollably in many parts of the ...

Share “The COVAX Facility – the global COVID vaccine equity scheme – will deliver its 65 millionth dose in the coming days. It should have been at least its 170 millionth. By the time G7 leaders gather in the UK next month, and as a deadly second wave of COVID-19 will likely continue to sweep across India and many of its South Asian neighbours, the shortfall will near 190 million doses. “We have issued repeated warnings of the risks of letting down our guard and leaving low- and middle-...

Marsudi discusses vaccine logistics, stresses on equity at COVAX meet 18th May 2021 Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. (ANTARA/HO-kemlu.go.id) We need an immediate step to ensure equal access to vaccines now that no single country is fully free from COVID-19, while other countries are still exposed to it. Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi discussed several strategic issues, including the supply and distribution of vaccines, with her foreign counterparts...

Statement The COVAX Facility will deliver its 65 millionth vaccine dose this week. It should’ve been at least its 170 millionth. The time to donate excess doses is now Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, as G7 countries gear up for June summit 16 May 2021 UNICEF/UN070241/Hatcher-Moore NEW YORK, 17 MAY 2021 – “The COVAX Facility – the global COVID vaccine equity scheme – will deliver its 65 millionth dose in the coming days. It should have been at l...