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By Mariana Mazzucato and Jayati GhoshLONDON — Despite multiple technological breakthroughs in the fight to control COVID-19, twice as many people died from it in 2021 compared to 2020. The Omicron variant is a stark reminder that effective vaccines are merely the first step towards ending the pandemic. Until we establish a process to manufacture vaccines at scale and

The story of Christmas – indeed the story of any mid-Winter pagan or religious festival – is that no matter how dark it gets, there is light and hope

Delegates at the meeting (Photo: baoquocte.vn)Attendants at the meeting included WHO Director-General Assistant, Dr. Mariangela Simao; Dr. Giles Forte, Special Project Manager; Ms. Adriana Venazquez, WHO Senior Advisor for Health Products; Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen; Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam in the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva; and some experts of the Ministry of Health. The meeting took place after...

African Union officials estimate the COVAX global vaccine distribution scheme will deliver just 470 million doses to African countries by the end of December, less than a quarter of the 2 billion needed to deliver two shots to its entire adult population. WHO Africa regional director Matshidiso Moeti said, “At this rate, the continent may only reach the 40 percent target by the end of March 2022.”

As the more infectious and harmful variant emerges in the country, the government must be taking every step to ensure widespread access to vaccines.

There’s a colonial tendency to portray people in Africa as anti-science and averse to progress, when the real problem is Big Pharma’s monopoly

Representing over 200 million workers worldwide, the Council of Global Unions has published a statement urging governments and in particular, the UK, Switzerland, Germany, along with the European Commission, to put people over profit and waive intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines and medical products at the World Trade Organization.

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday urged the government to ramp up COVID-19 testing as she expressed alarm that the new Omicron variant, first detected in South Africa, could spread worldwide and spur another series of hard lockdowns and travel restrictions in the Philippines. Marcos said the governe

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said it has finalized a global license deal to ramp up ...