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Report: Covid-19 Response in Africa and the COVAX Mechanism
COVID-19 RESPONSE IN AFRICA AND THE COVAX MECHANISM VOICES FROM THE FIELD: SIERRA LEONE, SUDAN, UGANDA The response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) was largely insufficient due to global vaccine inequality and systemic issues within healthcare structures. EMERGENCY’s latest report, produced together with Bocconi University’s CERGAS and DONDENA research centres,…
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World AIDS Day 2021: We Cannot Allow It to Happen Again With COVID-19.
There are striking parallels between COVID-19 and another deadly pandemic: HIV. In the AIDS crisis, pharma companies made vast profits as millions were left behind. History is repeating itself today. In Africa alone, it’s estimated up to 12 million people died needlessly in the time it took to make HIV treatment universally available. We cannot…
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G20 flash mob unleashed by activists from Oxfam, EMERGENCY and Amnesty International, members of the People’s Vaccine Alliance.
G20 flash mob unleashed by activists from Oxfam, EMERGENCY and Amnesty International, members of the People’s Vaccine Alliance. This was an appeal to world leaders to suspend monopolies on Covid vaccines and allow them to be produced in low-income countries, where just 1.8% of the population are currently vaccinated. Italy has made its stance clear…