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High-income countries have ordered more doses than they need and thus will end up with a surplus, whereas lower-income countries are far behind in pre-purchasing vaccines.

Share excess COVID-19 vaccines now: UNICEF ANI 18 May 2021, 01:03 GMT+10 New York [US], May 17 (ANI): The sudden increase in COVID-19 cases in India could potentially occur elsewhere if vulnerable countries do not have equitable access to vaccines, UNICEF chief Henrietta Fore warned on Monday with the aim to get richer nations to share their excess doses. "While the situation in India is tragic, it is not unique. Cases are exploding and health systems are struggling in countries near - like Nep...

The time to donate excess doses is now.

Comments Off on Wealthy Nations Asked to Delay Youth Vaccines, Donate to COVAX GENEVA, Switzerland, May 14, 2021 (ENS) – Scanty vaccine supplies in low and lower-middle income countries cannot cover even the innoculation of health care workers, the head of the World Health Organization, WHO, warned today, imploring wealth countries with abundant vaccines to share with less fortunate countries.. As the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, approved COVID vaccines for a...

Arabic News and Press Release on Egypt about Health and Epidemic; published on 13 May 2021 by UNICEF

Summit to build global confidence in vaccines to be convened by the UK Government The UK Government will convene the world’s first Global Vaccine Confidence Summit in an effort to drive vaccine uptake in the fight against the Covid. From: 15 May 2021 The UK Government will convene a virtual Global Vaccine Confidence Summit on June 2nd, bringing together experts in the public and private sector. The Summit will look at innovative solutions to tackle misinformation and support confidence ...

Date Time Summit to build global confidence in vaccines to be convened by UK Government The UK Government will convene a virtual Global Vaccine Confidence Summit on June 2nd, bringing together experts in the public and private sector. The Summit will look at innovative solutions to tackle misinformation and support confidence in life-saving COVID-19 vaccines around the world. Speakers at the summit will include Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Professor Heidi Larson, Founding Director of the V...

Egypt receives second shipment of 1.77 million COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility Content provided by Last updated: 3 hours ago An additional 1.77 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine have arrived in Cairo, Egypt; The Ministry of Health and Population leads on scaling up vaccination campaigns across the country as Egypt faces third wave of COVID-19. Egyp...

Image Launch of Ethiopia’s national COVID-19 vaccine program at Eka Kotebe Hospital in Addis Ababa. (Photo: UNICEF Ethiopia/2021/Nahom Tesfaye). Vaccine rollouts are underway in over 181 countries and territories worldwide, yet only a handful of Sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries have started vaccinating their population. Regional access to vaccines is hindered by a worldwide shortage of vaccine production capacity, a race for quick vaccine access by richer countries and a lack of local reso...

Philippines receives additional vaccines through COVAX facility Format Joint press statement of the Department of Health, World Health Organization and UNICEF The Philippines on Monday received the first 193,050 doses of donated Pfizer vaccines from the WHO-led COVAX facility. The national government led by the vaccine cluster with representatives from the United Nations, World Health Organization (WHO), the UNICEF, US Embassy, and Pfizer Philippines received the vaccine doses at Ninoy Aquino I...