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Pfizer Demands Governments Gamble With State Assets To Secure Vaccine Deal 24/02/2021 A medical worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Tokyo Medical Centre, February 17, 2021. Photo: Behrouz Mehri/Pool via Reuters/File Photo. Pfizer has been accused of “bullying” Latin American governments in COVID-19 vaccine negotiations and has asked some countries to put up sovereign assets, such as embassy buildings and military bases, as a guarantee against the cost of any future legal cases, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism can reveal. In the ca...

Footage of launch event today will be available from 2pm today and circulated via media net with updated release ADRI named WHO Collaborating Centre in...

Pregnant women at risk should get Covid-19 vaccine, leading expert says The risks of Covid-19 for pregnant women outweigh the lack of data on the vaccines, according to a maternal health expert 18 February 2021 • 4:41pm A pregnant woman in Pennsylvania, the United States, getting the coronavirus jab Credit: Hannah Beier/Reuters Pregnant women who are advised to do so should get the Covid-19 vaccine, according to a leading expert, amid concerns that pregnant women are at higher risk from the virus and may pass on the disease in utero. Speaking to the Telegraph, Professor Shakila Thangarati...

Emergency use ICD codes for COVID-19 disease outbreak Emergency use ICD codes for COVID-19 disease outbreak Since the beginning of the pandemic and in response to member state requests, the classification and terminologies unit has been progressively activating emergency codes for COVID-19 in ICD-10 and ICD-11 after consultation with the relevant committees and reference groups of the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC) Network. February 2020 Emergency codes were activated for COVID-19:​ – confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 ​ – clinical or epidemiological diagnosis (...

Two major grants offer support for international mother-baby iron supplements study A Melbourne-led research consortium investigating the impact of iron treatments on maternal and newborn health in low-income countries has received two major grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation worth almost $US 9.6 million. The funding, awarded in 2020, will support major clinical trials in Malawi, South Asia, Africa and Bangladesh, investigating whether intravenous iron treatment given to women in pregnancy improves the physical and psychological health of mothers, and the growth and brain develop...