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The dire prediction comes from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), which has been warning against distribution inequality since a Covid-19 vaccine was created last year.
Dr Abhishek Rimal, Asia Pacific emergency health coordinator for the organisation, says data in March showed 74 per cent of Covid vaccines already produced have been sold to the top 10 high-income countries.
“There is growing recognition of fair and equitable distribution of the vaccine, but that’s yet to translate into reality,” says Rimal.
“The investment is not coming on that and most of the doses are still going to the high-income countries.”
Millions of Covid-19 Infections Overwhelm Hospitals in Asia: IFRC
Kuala Lumpur: The world’s fastest surge of covid-19 is pushing hospitals and health systems to the brink of collapse as Asia has fast become the global covid-19 hotspot, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said.
Across Asia, more than 5.9 million people have been reported newly infected with covid-19 in the past 14 days, according to Oxford University’s Our World in Data.
“Covid-19 is exploding across much of Asia, overwhelming hospitals and healthcare. More people have been diagnosed with the disease in Asia over the past two weeks than in the Americas, Europe, and Africa combined, Alexander Matheou, IFRC s Asia Pacific Director, said in a press release on Wednesday.
Joining forces to tackle the Ebola Infodemic in Guinea
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12 May 2021
N’Zerekore – On a sultry morning in early March in the small town of Gouécké in south-eastern Guinea, scores of concerned community and customary leaders gathered for a meeting with WHO’s local team of social anthropologists.
As Guinea’s latest Ebola epidemic continued to slowly spread to towns and villages in the N’zerekore Prefecture, which comprises Gouécké, frightening rumours about the removal of bodies had begun to circulate. Among other things, it was said that the bodies were being used in a lucrative organ trafficking trade, or that medical teams were extracting blood from the corpses for other nefarious purposes.
Background
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world s largest humanitarian organization, with 192 member National Societies. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, our work is guided by seven fundamental principles; humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.
Organizational Context
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC or “the Federation”) is the world’s largest volunteer-based humanitarian network. The Federation is a membership organisation established by and comprised of its member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Along with National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Federation is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The Federation is served by a Secretariat based in Geneva, with regional and country offices throughout the world. The Secr