The international vaccine aid group agreed to provide developing countries with a new shot to prevent a global resurgence of the paralyzing virus.
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An African Country Faces Challenges to Protect Girls From HPV
Almost all cervical cancer deaths now occur in developing countries. Tanzania is trying to inoculate girls against the virus that causes the disease — nearly 20 years after rich countries began offering the shot.
Covid Vaccine Makers Kept Prepayments for Canceled Shots for Poor Nations
Separately, Johnson & Johnson is demanding additional payment for unwanted shots, confidential documents show.
Key Partner in Covax Will End Support for Middle-Income Nations
Many of the poorest countries will continue to get free Covid shots, but global demand for them has plummeted, driving a shift away from the goal of broad coverage.
Global Partners May End Broad Covid Vaccination Effort in Developing Countries
The board of Gavi, the international vaccine agency, meets Wednesday to debate shutting down the program, known as Covax, amid swiftly waning demand for the shots.
For Elite? Yes. Ostentatious? Yes. But Also Effective.
For all the criticism of the World Economic Forum’s display of wealth, productive partnerships are indeed formed at Davos, participants say.
Malawi and 4 Nearby Countries to Begin Polio Vaccination Drives
The spread of the coronavirus interrupted routine childhood vaccinations globally, opening a door to diseases and compounding the health challenges on the African continent.
Global Vaccine Effort for Low-income Nations Gets $2.4 Billion Boost
The funds were pledged by wealthier countries, foundations and private companies during a virtual summit hosted by Japan and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
U.S. and Novavax Will Aid Global Vaccination Campaign
The Biden administration plans to make good on a promise to donate $4 billion, while the pharmaceutical company Novavax pledged to donate 1.1 billion doses of its vaccine.
Bill Gates, Covid-19 and the Quest to Vaccinate the World
The billionaire is working with the W.H.O., drugmakers and nonprofits to defeat the coronavirus everywhere, including in the world’s poorest nations. Can they do it?