Essay: COVID pandemic created immunisation gaps in Africa. Over half a million children are at risk
In an article published on The Conversation, EDINA AMPONSAH-DACOSTA, of the Vaccines for Africa Initiative at the University of Cape Town, says COVID-19 interruptions to vaccine programs is already resulting in an increased number of disease outbreaks…
In Europe, enthusiasm over COVID-19 vaccines tempered by talk of protectionism and hoarding
Vilnius, LatviaReuters Europe urged pharmaceutical companies on Tuesday to honour their commitments to supply coronavirus vaccines, as delivery cuts and delays dim hopes of a quick fix to COVID-19 and increase talk of protectionism and hoarding. Countries around the world, anxious to reboot economies and restart travel by the European summer, hailed the rapid development […]
Inoculation logistics: COVID-19 vaccines raise hope but the ‘last mile’ challenge looms
THIN LEI WIN and NAIMUL KARIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on challenges of getting COVID-19 vaccines to people across the world…