#THHealth | The #COVAX initiative has $2.6 billion left in its coffers as the emergency phase of the pandemic draws to a close, according to documents seen by Reuters and two sources close to the scheme.
https://trib.al/M8vArV0 #press

Vaccine manufacturing key for Africa not to lose vaccination race again https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/vaccine-manufacturing-key-for-africa-not-to-lose-vaccination-race-again/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Africa #COVAX #COVID #vaccination

Vaccine manufacturing key for Africa not to lose vaccination race again https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/vaccine-manufacturing-key-for-africa-not-to-lose-vaccination-race-again/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Africa #COVAX #COVID #vaccination

"Will there ever be any historical accountability for the decisions by wealthy countries to promise fairness through the #Covax scheme, only to turn around and short-change the global supply so dramatically in the heart of the emergency?"

The JRB presents an excerpt from "#StrangeAndDifficultTimes: Notes on a Global Pandemic" by #NanjalaNyabola

#coronavirus #CoronavirusAfrica #Covid19 #Covid19Africa #VaccineEquity #CovidVaccines #books

https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2023/02/17/every-african-who-has-been-paying-attention-to-the-global-covid-19-response-is-angry-listen-to-us-as-we-tell-you-why-read-an-excerpt-from-strange-and-difficult-times/

"Will there ever be any historical accountability for the decisions by wealthy countries to promise fairness through the #Covax scheme, only to turn around and short-change the global supply so dramatically in the heart of the emergency?"

The JRB presents an excerpt from "#StrangeAndDifficultTimes: Notes on a Global Pandemic" by #NanjalaNyabola

#coronavirus #CoronavirusAfrica #Covid19 #Covid19Africa #VaccineEquity #CovidVaccines #books

https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2023/02/17/every-african-who-has-been-paying-attention-to-the-global-covid-19-response-is-angry-listen-to-us-as-we-tell-you-why-read-an-excerpt-from-strange-and-difficult-times/

"Will there ever be any historical accountability for the decisions by wealthy countries to promise fairness through the #Covax
scheme, only to turn around and short-change the global supply so dramatically in the heart of the emergency?"

The JRB presents an excerpt from "#StrangeAndDifficultTimes: Notes on a Global Pandemic" by #NanjalaNyabola

#coronavirus #CoronavirusAfrica #Covid19 #Covid19Africa #VaccineEquity #CovidVaccines #books

https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2023/02/17/every-african-who-has-been-paying-attention-to-the-global-covid-19-response-is-angry-listen-to-us-as-we-tell-you-why-read-an-excerpt-from-strange-and-difficult-times/

The #COVID19 #pandemic highlighted the need for #equitable #vaccine access globally. Building on previous analyses of #COVAX vaccine donation efforts, @KStoreng and coll. highlight six steps be taken today to improve vaccine #sharing in future pandemics:

https://www.sum.uio.no/english/research/networks/the-collective-for-the-political-determinants-of-health/blog/antoine-de-bengy-puyvallee/act-today-for-future-vaccine-sharing.html

You know how #Covax was one of the largest-ever mobilizations of humanitarian funding?
And then ... we didn't really learn anything at all about what happened with that money for #Covid #vaccines?
Well, someone leaked me some financial documents, and they were .... eye-opening.
Here's what I know so far (an unlocked link.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/health/covid-vaccines-covax-gavi-prepayments.html

The #ClimateCrisis is also a health crisis. We need to take immediate steps to transform our #health systems to avoid another global pandemic. Just like #COVAX, we must launch similar mechanisms to address the global public health impact of #ClimateChange. http://bit.ly/3VeewE3

RT @SojiAdeyi@twitter.com

False assertion, @GaviSeth@twitter.com. #COVAX failed: hypercentralized planning, captured/crippled by rich countries & special interests, sidelining of the Global South, & fickle #charity disguised as devt #finance. Time for candor & overhaul, not spin & hubris, from @Gavi@twitter.com. #vaccines #covid https://twitter.com/GaviSeth/status/1600626277253357569

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SojiAdeyi/status/1601605135322357760

So ends a historic attempt at global health equity: The board of Gavi votes this week on ending #Covax, even though some Gavi-supported countries are at <20% Covid vaccine coverage. The average among Gavi-countries is 52%. And 37 middle-income countries would be cut off after a one-time infusion of cash to take over Covid vaccination on their own. Thanks to vaccine nationalism, Omicron and a series of missteps, demand for shots globally is minimal. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/health/covid-vaccines-covax-gavi.html?unlocked_article_code=I0gswX0sD7xUortbHHQaakgy94bVmymnrTOO1hgGFmEc3tcgVF-HNYVVGRKFS3P6vVBTTqbeozQSAjd6eRsVq5FiPBmDQPJAUJhiecgkIqyzrq07Gzg2JzwRJJUOF7dd1tgP6dqQnzJ_F1cXJL5W5908i4b5mL6Kgd2vrRGu6TL1LYOqCzpcpr6xlONVg1LjyCUVWhsCLF7WSXr1ZiLTTIxjBUa_5C2QKzUnbcTR0BaIBVRTB1b5K5eRZcfBIfZ5MuYllgMc0M8ArvoddQMGP3kHHo1tlU1q8uVIuBLnSJFZDxc-Hgdh8Rnke_e9LDhUNgFeo6z_pWSMHZVmeir_RW_naQ&smid=share-url

Today at the Colloquium of the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp (ITM) we will talk of #COVIDー19, #covax, medical #innovation ecosystems, local production. With Katerini Storeng, Nico Vandaele, @elstorreele
@Ravinetto

Connect at 15h15 CEST time at
https://colloq2022.be/

Today at the Colloquium of the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp (ITM) we will talk of #COVIDー19, #covax, medical #innovation ecosystems, local production. With Katerini Storeng, Nico Vandaele, @elstorreele
@Ravinetto

Connect at 15h15 CEST time at
https://colloq2022.be/

💉 L’inquiétant financement des #vaccins #Covid19
https://planetes360.fr/linquietant-financement-des-vaccins-covid/

#Pfizer #BioNTech #Covax
#vaccin #vaccination #mARN #BigPharma #Moderna #BillGates #Cepi #Gavi