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>> Julie Turkewitz and Shashank Bengali, The New York Times Published: 03 Jun 2021 08:33 AM BdST Updated: 03 Jun 2021 08:33 AM BdST An intensive care unit filled with COVID-19 patients at the Kennedy Hospital in Bogotá, Colombia, April 27, 2021.The New York Times In Colombia, nearly 500 people a day have died of the coronavirus over the last three weeks, the nation’s most dramatic daily death rates yet. Argentina is going through the “w...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on member states to engage with vaccine manufacturers to encourage intellectual property (IP) sharing and technology transfer to improve inequality in access to vaccines by poor countries.

After kicking their massive lending powers into overdrive to help the nations hardest hit by Covid-19 last year, the IMF and the World Bank are now focusing on getting vaccines to poor countries to keep the pandemic from derailing the global economic recovery.

A shipment of coronavirus vaccines to North Korea via the global COVAX sharing programme that was expected for late May has been delayed again amid protracted consultations, South Korea's Unification Ministry said on Tuesday. COVAX, which secures vaccines for poor countries, has said it will provide nearly 2 million doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to North Korea. North Korea was expected to receive a first batch of the shipment in late May but discussions are still under way,...

GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it has approved a COVID-19 vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech for emergency use listing, paving the way for a second Chinese shot to be used in poor countries. A WHO emergency listing is a signal to national regulators of a product's safety and efficacy and will allow the Sinovac shot to be included in COVAX, the global programme providing vaccines mainly for poor countries, which faces major supply problems due to curbs on...

British Plastic Waste Is Being Dumped and Burned in Turkey Instead of Being Recycled: Report A Greenpeace investigation uncovered what happens to plastic we think is getting recycled. Why Global Citizens Should Care The UN’s Global Goals include Goal 11 for sustainable cities and communities. That includes a commitment to reducing environmental impact, especially on waste management. Recycling is a big part of that, but many developed countries choose to send their plastic waste abroad instea...

~ In a teleconference on the evening of April 7, G20 finance ministers and central bank governors agreed on a package of financial support for developing countries.  Behind their move is the increased risk of bankruptcy in countries with fragile economies due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Shaken by currency depreciation, developing countries are becoming further polarized from the United States, China, and other developed countries that are normalizing their economies.  Meanwhile, China...

Anew program will help provide food to thousands of poor households in the Philippines. During financial crises, we talk about “belt tightening”.

March 15, 2021 The wealthiest countries in the world have blocked the latest effort by poor nations to speed access to Covid-19 vaccines and treatments by temporarily lifting World Trade Organization rules protecting intellectual property. Sponsored by South Africa and India and backed by 57 nations, the waiver proposal under discussion since last autumn would have suspended, for the duration of the pandemic, portions of the TRIPS (Trade Related Protections for Intellectual Property Rights) Agr...

Here are the challenges we face in Australia over the next 12 months if we are to ever reduce Covid to a sporadic disease.