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

Malaria: Two groundbreaking vaccines have been developed, but access and rollout are still big stumbling blocks

The demand for malaria vaccine is estimated to be 40-60 million doses by 2026

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

WHO launches ‘The Big Catch-Up’ to restore immunisation progress lost during pandemic

More than 100 countries registered a drop in immunisation levels during the COVID-19 pandemic

Africa’s 1st malaria vaccine: Global alliance Gavi announces $160 million support for rollout

International support will facilitate increased vaccine access to children 

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 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 …

Nigeria makes history with rollout of new 5-in-1 meningitis vaccine

Men5CV recommended by WHO offers protection against five strains of the meningococcus bacteria in a single shot

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

Vaccine woes continue

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

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

COVID-19 vaccine: WTO chief brushes aside TRIPS waiver

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala offers ‘third way’ to bridge the COVID vaccine shortfall based on more licensing agreements

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 …

Has COVAX delivered on its vaccine access promises?

Organisations behind the vaccine arm seem to be losing interest in COVID-19

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 …