WORLD HEPATITIS DAY
World Hepatitis Day is an opportunity to step up national and international efforts on hepatitis, encourage actions and engagement by individuals, partners and the public and highlight the need for…
VACCINE INEQUITY UNDERMINING GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY
New Global Dashboard on COVID-19 Vaccine Equity finds low-income countries would add $38 billion to their GDP forecast for 2021 if they had the same vaccination rate as high-income countries.…
COVID-19 PANDEMIC LEADS TO MAJOR DROP IN CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS
23 million children missed out on basic vaccines through routine immunisation services in 2020 – 3.7 million more than in 2019 – according to official data published by WHO and…
PANDEMIC YEAR MARKED BY SPIKE IN WORLD HUNGER
There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations has revealed – much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic’s impact…
UNICEF SIGNS FIRST COVID-19 VACCINE AGREEMENT TO SUPPLY AU
UNICEF has signed an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV to supply up to 220 million doses of the J&J single-dose vaccine for all 55 Member States of the African Union (AU) by the end…
COVAX AND THE EQUAL RECOGNITION OF VACCINES
COVAX was built on the principle of equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines to protect the health of people all across the globe. That means protecting their lives and livelihoods, including…
THE FUTURE WE EXPECT: WOMEN’S HEALTH AND GENDER EQUALITY
The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Special Programme HRP and the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH) in partnership with the British Medical Journal (BMJ), have released…