Global Health News

7 May 2021 News release (WHO) WHO today listed the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light for this vaccine to be rolled out globally. The Sinopharm vaccine is …

Ambitious new global strategy aims to save over 50 million lives through vaccination While immunization services have started to recover from disruptions caused by COVID-19, millions of children remain vulnerable …

Some signs of recovery emerging but major efforts required to restore and strengthen health services The second round of a World Health Organization “pulse survey“ reveals that over one year into …

Ahead of World Malaria Day, marked annually on 25 April, WHO congratulates the growing number of countries that are approaching, and achieving, zero cases of malaria. A new initiative launched …

The World Immunization Week observed each year in the last week of April. It aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. World …

World Health Day 2021 COVID-19 has unfairly impacted some people more harshly than others, exacerbating existing inequities in health and welfare within and between countries. For World Health Day, 7 April …

HIGHLIGHTS The COVAX Facility has notified participating economies that deliveries of doses from the Serum Institute of India (SII) will be delayed in March and April. Delays in securing supplies …

GENEVA – On World Tuberculosis Day, new data shows the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the fight against another deadly airborne disease: tuberculosis. Global Fund surveys in 13 …

Assessments by World Bank and partners provide insights into more than 120 countries’ readiness to safely distribute vaccines WASHINGTON, March 18, 2021 – As countries undertake the largest vaccination campaign in …

As of 17 March 2021, more than 120 million cases of COVID-19 infections, with more than 2 million deaths, had been reported globally.  Vaccination remains a critical tool to help …