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Publishing date: May 21, 2021  •  4 hours ago  •  3 minute read  •  Article content ROME — Rich nation leaders and big drugmakers promised on Friday to do more to bridge the startling divide in fighting COVID-19, with an increased flow of badly-needed vaccines to poorer regions. Lavishly-funded mass inoculation campaigns are helping many wealthy countries slash infections, but few shots have reached less developed nations where the virus still rages sometimes uncontrollably, dr...

Met dank overgenomen van Europese Commissie (EC), gepubliceerd op vrijdag 21 mei 2021. Thank you, Mario. Thank you very much and thank you all for joining us today, and welcome to the Global Health Summit. We have been working on this Summit for almost nine months now. And many of you have been working with us even longer. Today, we will talk a lot about ‘lessons learnt throughout this pandemic. And the first lesson I learnt was how much we need each other. How much people in government need ...

The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada for Friday, May 21, 2021 Poll Yes 8 a.m. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada supports the Rome Declaration to fight COVID-19 globally. Trudeau made the remarks this morning at the Global Health Summit, co-hosted by the European Union and Italy. The declaration is a series of commitments to ensure access to vaccines, expand drug-manufacturing capacity and invest in health systems. Trudeau noted that Canada has already contributed $1.3 bill...

The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, according to a new report. ‘Science and Innovation for a Safer World’, developed by the Global Health Summit Scientific Expert Panel, identifies the main areas for immediate action to control the acute stage of the pandemic while preparing for the probability that SARS-CoV-2 will become endemic.

India will take part in the Global Health Summit which is being co-hosted by Italy as the chair of the G20 grouping this year and the European Commission. India will be represented by its Sherpa for G20 Suresh Prabhu at the meet that will take place on May 21. The key outcome of the global health meet will be the "Rome Declaration" which will focus on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Cabinet calls on Israel to stop the barbaric attacks on Palestinians and commit itself to international efforts aimed at reviving a political process, leading to the establishment of a viable Palestinian state, existing side by side in peace with Israel within internationally recognised borders, based on those existing on June 4 1967, with East Jerusalem as the capital Palestine.” Meanwhile, the cabinet also said it was “monitoring developments” in Mozambique after recent attacks by in...

Press release GENEVA – A new WHO guideline recommends adults and children reduce their daily intake of free sugars to less than 10% of their total energy intake. A further reduction to below 5% or roughly 25 grams (6 teaspoons) per day would provide additional health benefits. Guideline on sugars intake for adult and children Free sugars refer to monosaccharides (such as glucose, fructose) and disaccharides (such as sucrose or table sugar) added to foods and drinks by the manufacturer, cook o...

Communiqué of the 990th PSC meeting on the theme: “Consideration of the Report of the PSC Field Mission to South Sudan, conducted from 24 to 26 March 2021”, 13 April 2021 Format COMMUNIQUE Adopted by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) at its 990th meetingon 13 April 2021 on the theme: “Consideration of the Report of the PSC Field Mission to South Sudan, conducted from 24 to 26 March 2021”. The Peace and Security Council, Taking note of the opening remarks ma...

February 11, 2021 (JUBA) - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit is committed to negotiating a peaceful settlement with all armed and (...)

What’s new? In February 2020, South Sudan’s two main belligerents began forming a unity government pursuant to a peace deal inked a year and a half earlier. But the pact is fragile, smaller conflicts are still ablaze and the threat of return to full-blown civil war remains.  Why does it matter? Forthcoming elections could test the peace deal severely. Looking further ahead, conflict will continue to plague South Sudan until its leaders forge a political system that distributes power mo...