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The pandemic response will become truly global only when the vaccine becomes a global good

A granular look at UK’s COVID-19 ‘red list’ shows why it’s deeply flawed

Sudan is on the red list whereas South Sudan is not.  

COVID-19 vaccines: India needs to rise

India has to work hard to defend its position as the global hub of vaccine production

Only 15% COVID-19 vaccine doses pledged by countries have materialised: WHO chief

Around 50 countries, mostly in Africa, will lag behind the global target of vaccinating 10% population in each country by September

Rich countries must share their vaccines with poor ones quickly: WHO panel

Vaccine distribution to low-income countries falls short of 1 billion target, former panel leaders, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark, said

COVID-19: Can India vaccinate all adults in 4 months?

Lateral thoughts: COVID-19 vaccines and a game of chance

Would you be compensated for adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccines?  

Omicron threat: How fast is India vaccinating against COVID-19

Rate too slow to meet target of vaccinating every eligible by end of year. The question is: Can Omicron further derail India’s fight …

COVID-19: Only 17% of Africans will now be vaccinated by year-end

Africa faces a shortfall of 470 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, says WHO

COVID-19 vaccine update: How much is the world lagging behind in vaccination

COVAX expects to reach its target of two billion doses in the first quarter of 2022

What South Africans should know, but don’t, about government’s COVID-19 vaccine procurement

Uncertainty remains around the exact role of South Africa’s nine provinces, each with its own legislature and executive council, on …

WHO calls for moratorium on booster till 2021-end, ‘additional’ dose for high risk population

Currently, 20 per cent of the available vaccines are being used as boosters

Trade barriers, raw material scarcity can dent hopes for 10 billion COVID-19 vaccines in production

Experts warned of short supply of crucial raw materials; late delivery of bio-reactor giant plastic bags can set back production by weeks, …

COVID-19 vaccine for all: WHO releases guidelines for manufactures, countries with high coverage

WHO has set a vaccination target of 40 per cent population of every country by end-2021 and 70 per cent by mid-2022

The global approach to vaccine equity is failing: Additional steps that would help

The fight for vaccine equity needs to stop looking to multilateral institutions for permission and instead focus on the policy tools that are …

Everyone DOESN’T need booster jabs of COVID-19 vaccines: Lancet study (but are the rich countries reading?)

Access to vaccination has been vastly inequal; Booster doses in developed countries will further squeeze out low, mid-income …

Is WHO nod for China’s Sinovac a domino effect of COVID-19 second wave in India?

The process of approval has become slower since Pfizer and BioNTech received approval

COVID-19 vaccines for all: Why COVAX is not working

The initiative to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the poorest countries has not succeeded in its goal so far due to over-dependence on a few …

Kenya’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has got off to a slow start: The gaps, and how to fix them

Kenya is currently accessing vaccines exclusively through the COVAX facility, and yet supply to this initiative has been dogged by vaccine …

COVID-19 Vaccine Watch: COVAX has 2 billion doses to supply to 190 countries

End of COVID-19 pandemic in sight with arrival of these vaccines, says WHO

Race to procure COVID-19 vaccine doses: Where do countries stand?

India has confirmed the maximum number of doses at 1.6 billion

COVID-19: Africa races to build capacity for meeting health security needs

Several African countries have signed deals with global manufacturers, distribution agencies to stregthen health infra internally

COVID-19: Spike in infections, new variant raise worry in South Africa

The new variant is now dominant, responsible for 99 per cent of all positive COVID-19 cases in the country 

Omicron may already be in most countries, WHO warns

People dismissing omicron infection as mild may fuel spread, says WHO

Wealthy nations starved the developing world of vaccines. Omicron shows the cost of this greed

10 high-income countries will be sitting on more than 870 million excess doses by end of 2021