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Nearly two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been secured for equitable distribution in 2021 to the 190 countries that have signed on to a World Health Organization-led partnership, according to a Friday announcement from the group.
Officials from the vaccine manufacturers said they expect delivery to begin in the first quarter of next year.
The partnership, known as COVAX, said the supply includes at least 1.3 billion doses for low- and middle-income countries.
With the first vaccine beginning to arrive in some high-income countries and a second nearing approval in the United States, the rest of the world has wondered when lifesaving treatment would reach them.
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Associate Professor Joshua Vogel is Alastair Lucas Prize winner
Image: Associate Professor Joshua Vogel (left) with colleagues Sr Rosemary Pilakvue and Dr Alyce Wilson, Paparatava Hospital, PNG
Associate Professor Joshua Vogel, Principal Research Fellow with Burnet Institute’s Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health program, and Global Women’s and Newborns’ Health team, is the winner of the prestigious 2020 Alastair Lucas Prize for Medical Research.
A medical doctor with a PhD in maternal and perinatal epidemiology, Associate Professor Vogel’s research focuses primarily on maternal and perinatal health issues affecting women and families living in resource-constrained settings, particularly the major causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality.
PM Hun Sen: Cambodia Will Not Use Its Own People to Test a Vaccine. Published December 16th, 2020 - 08:32 GMT
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (Twitter)
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The COVAX aims to provide vaccines initially for 3%, and then up to 20%, of a country’s population.
Cambodia said it will not allow its citizens to undergo trials for any anti-coronavirus vaccine produced by foreign companies and countries, local media reported.
In his address to the nation on Tuesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen said: “Cambodia will not use its own people to test a vaccine from any company or any country. This is [my] unwavering position.”
In the world of blatant national interest, refrigeration isn’t the only hurdle for a mass vaccine
As the next few months unfold, the world will watch rich nations vaccinate their populations while many people will continue to die in developing countries. Representational image. | Dado Ruvic / Reuters
I listen to the World Service news each morning, and I was excited the other day that they said they were going to do a piece on vaccine access in developing countries later in the show. I was pleased as 95% of the coverage of the vaccines issue I have heard seems to completely forget developing countries.