UNICEF to procure controversial pentavalent vaccine at lowest-ever prices
This step will significantly increase the distribution of pentavalent vaccine, which has been blamed for adverse health effects
It’s all about the money
Even as countries accepted the proposed programme budget, member states demanded more transparency in the way WHO funds are disbursed. A look at …
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
WHO adopts plan to make vaccines cheaper and more accessible
Calls for transparency around vaccine pricing and procurement
Global vaccination target ‘off-track’, says WHO
The health agency has called for renewed efforts to get immunisation back on track in view of the World Immunization Week, beginning April 24
Low public funding in health exacerbates poverty, says Nigerian health minister
Nigeria's Minister of Health Isaac Adewole talks to Bennett Oghifo about the country's commitment to provide universal health coverage by 2030
Vaccine woes continue
Efforts to increase access to vaccines delayed
Developed countries question the move of developing countries to introduce amendments in the Global Vaccine Action Plan
Policy draft backs new, expensive vaccines
Health experts say they are not essential enough to be part of national immunisation programme
Cost of vaccination has risen 68 times in a decade, says report
Crisis looms as donor withdraws support to African countries; MSF urges GSK, Pfizer to slash vaccine price
Experts contest new vaccine policy document
Say they were not consulted
On WHO agenda: a global vaccine action plan
Health activists say new policy may not address the weaknesses in ongoing routine immunisation programmes and would flood poor countries with new …
Will there be a middle path for affordable COVID-19 vaccines?
It is expected for COVID-19 vaccines to be classified as 'global public goods', given their development is being substantially funded by …