New vaccine development
WHO: A new World Health Organization (WHO) study published today in eBioMedicine names 17 pathogens that regularly cause diseases in communities as top priorities for new vaccine development. The WHO study is the first global effort to systematically prioritize endemic pathogens based on criteria that included regional disease burden, antimicrobial resistance risk and socioeconomic impact.
The study reconfirms longstanding priorities for vaccine research and...
United Against Outbreaks
WHO: The Heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group (WBG), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed on broad principles for cooperation on pandemic preparedness. This cooperation will allow a scaling up of support to countries to prevent, detect and respond to public health threats through the IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST), the WBG’s financial and technical...
The need to invest along with
the five steps required for future pandemic protection and preparedness
When the inquest opens on millions of deaths caused by COVID-19, the...
The five steps needed for future pandemic protection and preparedness
When the inquest opens on millions of deaths caused by COVID-19, the questions should be:...
COVAX expects to start sending millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa in February
COVAX has notified countries in Africa of the estimated dose allocation for...
Launching of a new fund for pandemic protection and healthcare.
Vector Innovation Fund GP S.à.r.l. (VIF) has now launched an expected $300 million pandemic protection sub-fund...
10 Global health issues to track in 2021
2020 was a devastating year for global health. A previously unknown virus raced around the world, rapidly emerging...
Disease Outbreak News: SARS-CoV-2 Variant – UK
authorities of the United Kingdom (UK) reported to WHO that a new SARS-CoV-2 variant was identified through viral...
Global partnership to make available 120 million affordable, quality COVID-19 rapid tests for low- and middle-income countries
A set of agreements to make available, for...
WHO and UNICEF recommit to accelerating health and well-being at all ages
The new Strategic Collaboration Framework builds on a robust 70-year collaboration between the...
Pandemic Threatens Human Capital Gains of the Past Decade
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens hard-won gains in health and education over the past decade, especially in...
Five leading health care companies lost over $65 billion in market cap YTD
Data presented by Buy Shares indicates that five selected leading public health care companies...
