UNICEF awards $170m malaria vaccine contract to GSK
August 17, 2022 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has awarded a contract for the first ever supply of a malaria vaccine to GSK with a value of up to 170…
Covax seeks additional $2b donations to reserve COVID-19 vaccines
April 16, 2021 The Covax scheme launched a push for an extra $2 billion in donations on Thursday, saying it needed the money in advance to reserve Covid-19 vaccine doses….
U.S. stays away as world leaders launch plan to accelerate COVID-19 drugs, vaccine
World leaders pledged on Friday to accelerate work on tests, drugs and vaccines against COVID-19 and to share them around the globe, but the United States did not take part…
Measles: 45 million children in Africa, Asia to receive immunisationÂ
Up to 45 million children in seven developing countries will be immunized against measles in a series of major vaccination campaigns to try to halt a global surge in the…
Health agencies say Pneumonia kills a child every 39 seconds, urge gov’ts to step up investment in vaccinesÂ
Pneumonia killed over 800,000 babies and young children last year, or one child every 39 seconds despite being curable and mostly preventable, global health agencies said on Tuesday. In a…
Drones to deliver vaccines, drugs, blood to patients in Ghana
Hundreds of drones will begin delivering life-saving vaccines, blood and medicines to patients in Ghana this week in the largest scheme of its kind, the global vaccine alliance GAVI said…