DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 4 | WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Draft pandemic treaty could force Big Pharma to share vaccines with developing countries 7th February 2023 Major battles lie ahead as negotiations on a new treaty to set rules for production and distribution of life-saving drugs Negotiations on protocols for a global and national level pandemic response have started with the World Health Organization's (WHO) Intergovernmental Negotiating Body's (INB) publi... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 12 | WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Delegates agree rules for the next pandemic 1st June 2022 A trade-off between developing countries and rich member states has paved the way for a new agreement on national health obligations The World Health Organization is to push ahead with reforms to its International Health Regulations, which govern countries' obligations on public health emergencies, after opposit... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 25 | AFRICAWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Continent ramps up vaccine production as G20 countries fail to join international distribution plan 14th December 2021 Vaccine nationalism, supercharged by fears of the Omicron variant, pushes African countries towards local manufacturing The indefinite postponement of the World Trade Organization's meeting on a temporary waiver of the intellectual property rights on Covid vaccines, and the emergence of the Omicron ... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 20 | AFRICAN UNIONWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Tedros tipped for another term despite fall-out with Addis 4th October 2021 After accusing him of backing Tigray's resistance, Ethiopia's federal government declined to support its candidate at the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks set for a second term as Director-General of the World Health Organization after the German government endorsed his candidacy. We hear that no othe... READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 10 | WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONCOVID-19 The plot against Tedros 14th May 2020 After failing to oust the WHO chief, Washington is focusing on protecting its commercial rights to a Covid-19 vaccine African diplomats are pushing back against an attempt by United States officials to undermine Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's leadership of the World Health Organisation (WHO) ahead o... READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 9 | WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONCOVID-19 Scientists unite 30th April 2020 The leading world health agencies are closer now, but in the absence of strong data African governments are following starkly different policies No doubt without intending to, United States President Donald Trump succeeded in dissolving many differences between the World Health Organisation and the pre-eminent US public hea...
Vol 61 No 8 | AFRICAWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONCOVID-19 The war for the cure 16th April 2020 International rivalries and empire-building are shaping the response to the pandemic in Africa Serial financial crises and political meddling have weakened the operations of the World Health Organisation for decades but the rivalries between the United States and China over ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 45 No 18 | UNITED NATIONSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Rude health 10th September 2004 The election of Angola's Dr. Luís Gomes Sambo as Africa Director of the United Nations' World Health Organisation, with 32 votes to seven for Burundi's Déogratias Bar...
Vol 40 No 20 | INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Who's dropping the debt? 8th October 1999 The debt of poor countries has finally become a significant political issue in the West. The latest changes on debt policy have been prompted by non-governmental organisations' rel...
Vol 37 No 20 | INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Corruption cancer 4th October 1996 The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have started to push a more robustly political agenda, with strong attacks on corruption, dictatorship, human rights abuses and h...
