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COVID ‘Compromise’ on International IP Underscores Need for New Approach

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It only narrowly modifies compulsory licenses of patents covering COVID vaccines. IP on COVID vaccines should be a global public good. For COVID treatments and diagnostics to be broadly available at affordable prices, their IP must be considered a global public good by all. This is true not just for COVID, but future pandemics.

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Biotech Companies Are Opening Manufacturing Sites in Africa: Will This Help Vaccine Equity?

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Two pharmaceutical giants of the pandemic, Moderna and BioNTech, are taking steps for increasing the manufacturing capacity for the COVID-19 vaccine in Africa. Last March, Moderna announced its plan to set up a manufacturing facility in Kenya to produce messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, including COVID-19 shots.

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Reclaiming Global Public Health

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By December 2020, the world had astonishingly powerful tools against COVID-19. At the end of 2021, Thomas Cueni, the head of an international pharmaceutical trade association, acknowledged that everyone was “ashamed and embarrassed” by the inequity. “We By Zain Rizvi. reached the one million death mark.

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DHAGE identifies digital inclusion as key goal in building a resilient society

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Calls to action suggested by DHAGE include more inclusive and accessible health services by in-house and private sector companies, while barriers to digital services identified included a lack of digital skills and connectivity. WHY IT MATTERS. This would create a greater knowledge database.

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Global Handwashing Day – October 15, 2021

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The Global Handwashing Partnership works to save children’s lives and improve health by promoting handwashing with soap. The 2021 Global Handwashing Day theme is “Our Future is at Hand – Let’s Move Forward Together.” . COVID-19 has highlighted the urgent need to ensure everyone can access good hand hygiene.

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World Mental Health Day – October 10, 2021

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World Mental Health Day is October 10. This is an especially critical year for bringing global awareness to mental health. This unusual and unpredictable disruption to our lives has had a tremendous impact on people’s mental health around the world. youth aged 6-17 experience a mental health disorder each year.

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The Case for Procurement Transparency

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By Tara Davis and Nicola Soekoe In January 2021, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) observed that the world was on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” if wealthier nations did not ensure the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.