How to Assess the Willingness of US to Suspend Patent Protection on Vaccines?
Colombia was one of the first countries in the Americas to receive the COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX Facility. Credit:...
Month: September 2024
Apocalypse Now? Christian Fundamentalists and COVID-19
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jun 17 2021 (IPS) - Getting hard to breathe hard to believe in anything at all,...
What Public Health Officials Can Learn from a New Long COVID Survey
There are calls to include migrants and other vulnerable groups in the vaccine rollout programmes in the Southern Africa region....
Replacing Monopolies with Impact Rewards
Image by SilvanaGodoy from Pixabay Sep 24 2021 (IPS) - Impact Funds would make the business of innovation more cost-effective...
Radical Relook at Drug Policies Puts Human Rights into Equation
A new analysis of global drug policies looks at how countries’ drug policies and implementation align with the UN principles...
CORRECTED VERSION: Vaccine Famine & its Impact on African Economies
The Republic of Congo received just over 300,000 doses of the COVID vaccines through the COVAX Facility in August 2021....
Gender Lens Crucial to Leaving No One Behind (Part 1)
Getting back on track post-COVID-19 is crucial says Regional Director of UNFPA ASRO, Dr Luay Shabaneh. The UNFPA runs several...
World Press Freedom Faces a Perfect Storm
The UN will be commemorating World Press Freedom Day on May 3. The following article is part of a series...
Tobacco Consumption Slows in the West, Grows in Africa, say Researchers
As cigarette smuggling in Southern Africa becomes big business, researchers have expressed concern that tobacco consumption is increasing in younger...
Innovative Financing to Protect Public Health During a Pandemic
BANGKOK / PENANG, Sep 20 2022 (IPS) - Economic recovery since the COVID-19 pandemic has been uneven amidst a cautious...