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No-fault compensation programme for COVID-19 vaccines is a world first

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New programme makes compensation available to eligible individuals in 92 low- and middle-income countries without need to resort to law courts This is the first and only global vaccine injury compensation mechanism The programme is funded by a small levy on each dose supported by the Gavi COVAX AMC   The World Health Organization (WHO) and Chubb Limited (NYSE: CB), through… Read More
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Improving understanding of and response to infodemics during public health emergencies

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Following the first global infodemiology conference held in July 2020, WHO and partners coordinated a joint call for papers  with 5 academic journals representing different scientific fields, all related to components of the science behind managing infodemics. This week the first of these academic journals published its special infodemic feature. The research findings contribute to filling the knowledge gap identified through the WHO public health research agenda for managing infodemics released earlier this month. In the issue published by Health Security, you’ll… Read More
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Quenching the Rage of Mobile Terrorist

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By Femi Oluwasanmi Events across the country in the recent times especially, the increase in the numbers of mobile terrorists masquerading as herders in dispensing their nefarious operation have shown clearly that open grazing in cattle business is no longer fashionable. Unfortunately, those entrusted with the responsibility to protect lives and property seem not to have recognized this fact with… Read More
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Ghana receives first historic shipment of COVID-19 vaccinations from international COVAX facility

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Confirming the news on Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that further supplies of the AstraZeneca/Oxford jab will reach Côte d’Ivoire later this week. These are the first coronavirus shots from the COVAX scheme to be distributed outside India, where the vaccine is being produced under licence. Further supplies will be shipped to the other members as the global… Read More
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COVID-19 imperils ‘historic advances’ in children’s access to school meals: UN report

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According to WFP’s report, State of School Feeding Worldwide, 370 million children in 199 countries and territories were suddenly deprived of school meals, when schools closed due to the pandemic. That meal was for many their only nutritious food of the day.  #DYK In some countries school meals are the only food a child receives in a day? During the… Read More
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First wave of COVID-19 vaccine syringes start journey to Maldives

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The shipment is part of “the first wave” of syringes and safety boxes organised by the agency, which over the next few weeks, plans to dispatch more than 14.5 million single-use needles to more than 30 countries, including Côte d’Ivoire and São Tomé and Principe. Last year, we began buying 1 billion syringes for COVID-19 vaccinations. Today, the first deliveries… Read More
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Prioritize vaccine contracts with UN-led COVAX initiative, urges health chief Tedros

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking at WHO’s regular bi-weekly briefing for journalists on the latest efforts to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic. He began by praising Friday’s pledge from leaders of the seven leading industrial nations, the G7, to intensify cooperation and increase their overall contribution to the international effort under the so-called ACT Accelerator programme, to around $7.5 billion. COVAX is… Read More
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UN chief to security meeting: ‘2021 must be the year to get back on track’

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“Our global tests and challenges are getting bigger and more complex. Yet our responses remain fragmented and insufficient”, Secretary-General António Guterres said via videoconference.  “2021 must be the year to get back on track. Pandemic recovery is our chance”.  Global Vaccination Plan  The UN chief stressed the need for available and affordable inoculations for everyone, everywhere.  “Vaccine equity is crucial for saving lives and for… Read More
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WHO seeks $1.96 billion for 2021 Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Response

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The strategy follows the initial plan last year that outlined the path countries should take to suppress transmission of the new coronavirus.  “Fully funding the SPRP is not just an investment in responding to COVID-19, it’s an investment in the global recovery and in building the architecture to prepare for, prevent and mitigate future health emergencies”, said WHO chief Tedros… Read More
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First Person: ‘The world is in your hands and begins at your door’.

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Mr. Don, the UK’s leading garden writer and broadcaster, is an advocate for the Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations (FAO) for the International Year of Plant Health (extended into 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), an initiative aimed at demonstrating the ways in which protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and… Read More
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