News Flash 419: Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

News Flash Links, as part of the research project PEAH (Policies for Equitable Access to Health), aim to focus on the latest challenges by trade and governments rules to equitable access to health in resource-limited settings

News Flash 419

Weekly Snapshot of Public Health Challenges

 

Kampala Initiative Webinar on 25 February 2021: Public Private Paratnerships (PPPs) and commercialisation in healthcare: donors, profit and people 

GLOBAL HEALTH CENTRE Thursday 18 February BOOK LAUNCH: A GUIDE TO GLOBAL HEALTH DIPLOMACY  DR TEDROS, DR CHAN, ILONA KICKBUSCH & OTHER INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS  

Making the UN Tax Committee More Effective for Developing Countries 

In Brief: Predicted doubling of malaria deaths in Africa averted 

Ebola outbreak declared in Guinea  

Ebola: DR Congo launches Butembo vaccination campaign 

Ending the neglect – integrating approaches to disease elimination 

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Weekly Update  

Coronavirus: preparing Europe for the increased threat of variants  

UN Chief Calls on Rich Nations to Implement Global Vaccine Task Force 

EMA receives application for conditional marketing authorisation of COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen  

Coronavirus: Commission approves second contract with Moderna to ensure up to additional 300 million doses 

Full assessment report for COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca 

Covid-19 pandemic: China ‘refused to give data’ to WHO team 

15 February 2021: Call from the Global South to Rich Countries: Don’t block the waiver proposal to facilitate effective prevention, containment, and treatment of COVID-19   

CONCORD: Open letter to President Ursula von der Leyen: Call for a far more equitable vaccine approach 

EU’s anti-fraud agency warns against fake COVID vaccines 

Nessun profitto sulla Pandemia 

Two AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturers Get WHO Emergency Use Listing, Opening Door to COVAX Distribution 

WHO, UNICEF Say 130 Countries Yet to Administer Any COVID-19 Vaccine 

EMA starts rolling review of CureVac’s COVID-19 vaccine (CVnCoV) 

Escaping Catch-22 — Overcoming Covid Vaccine Hesitancy 

WHO launches new tools to help countries build effective childhood cancer programmes 

Epilepsy – Are we talking enough about it? 

400,000 children in Yemen at risk of dying from hunger, UN warns  

Study of the Covid-19 and food and beverage industry response in India, Mexico and Nigeria 

US puts climate migrant protections on the table  

Three Ways to Ensure COP-26 Delivers for Poor People  

Climate Change & Policy Making in Nepal 

The climate and trade nexus in Africa 

COMMEMORATION OF 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST JUDGMENT DECLARING TEXACO-CHEVRON GUILTY FOR ITS CRIME IN THE ECUADORIAN AMAZON