DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 14 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONSHEALTH Summit delivers vaccine cash but US sits out 30th June 2025 US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jnr has criticised a key Gavi vaccine Gavi, the global vaccine alliance, secured most of the funding it needs for its next five years of operations at a pledging summit in Brussels on 25 June,... READ FOR FREE
Vol 66 No 13 | UNITED NATIONSAFRICAN UNIONHEALTH Gavi vaccine summit seeks a shot in the arm 20th June 2025 A pledging conference in Brussels will test rich countries’ willingness to plug the gaps left after the USAID shut down Public health systems in Africa and Asia could face more pressure on their budgets on 25 June when Gavi, the global vaccine alliance, holds its five-year donor pledging...
Vol 65 No 19 | AFRICAHEALTH Vaccine shortfall risks spread of deadly new mpox strain 13th September 2024 Disputes over pricing between Big Pharma and African states delayed response as did poor testing and surveillance It took less than a year for the virus to resurface in Congo-Kinshasa after the World Health Organization (WHO) had announced in May 2023 that the global mpox...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 18 | HEALTH Delays to Mpox vaccine supplies raise concerns 27th August 2024 Anger as WHO’s slow response shows lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic have not brought much change The slow pace of delivering Mpox vaccines and limited funding for scientific research into the severity of strains suggests that Africa is little more prepared for Mpox than... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 9 | KENYAAFRICAHEALTH After the pandemic panic, Big Pharma exits Africa 18th April 2024 Moderna's mothballing of a $200m vaccine plant has prompted a backlash from politicians and health professionals When United States' pharmaceutical giant Moderna halted plans for a US$200 million vaccine factory near Nairobi it dealt a double-blow: to Kenya's ambitions as a healthcare manufacturing...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 4 | WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONHEALTH 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) publication of a 'zero-draft' of... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 11 | HEALTHCOVID-19 Who will buy? 26th May 2022 Barely 12 months ago there was real urgency in efforts to develop Covid-19 vaccine production facilities in Africa, and even United States President Joe Biden backed some kind...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 7 | AFRICAHEALTHCOVID-19 Vaccine patent negotiators agree compromise formula 21st March 2022 World Trade Organization chief Okonjo-Iweala applauds progress but warns of struggle to convince all members states to back it The lead team of negotiators has agreed a compromise on patents waiver over three to five years for Covid-19 vaccines which will require ratification by all WTO members.... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 4 | AFRICAN UNIONHEALTH Nkengasong sings 17th February 2022 The African Union's decision to grant autonomy to the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention marks a victory for its highly regarded director John Nkengasong, who had...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 1 | AFRICAHEALTHCOVID-19 Getting jabs in arms 4th January 2022 More surveillance, new immunology and sequencing research spur calls for continental health security strategy The crisis in international vaccination efforts shows no signs of abating as tens of millions of vaccines are due to expire in the coming weeks and G20 countries... READ FOR FREE