Diplomats announced a plan to make good on an unkept promise of climate aid, a key point of tension in upcoming global climate talks.
Tag: Third World and Developing Countries
Heavy Rains in India and Nepal Kill Dozens
The death toll continued to rise on Wednesday as landslides and flooding damaged homes and stranded thousands of people.
Will New Covid Treatments Be as Elusive for Poor Countries as Vaccines?
Merck has taken a step to make its antiviral pill available in poor nations, but many obstacles remain for broad access to coronavirus drugs.
Duterte Accuses Rich Countries of Hoarding Covid Vaccines
“There is a man-made drought of vaccines ravaging poor countries,” the Philippines leader told the U.N. General Assembly in prerecorded remarks.
Global Supply Shortages Reach All the Way to a Haitian Aid Group
Continuing disruption to factory production and bottlenecks in shipping are leaving nonprofit groups short of goods for vulnerable communities worldwide.
Covid Trash Isn’t Always Dangerous. Not Everyone Got the Memo.
Overblown fears that the coronavirus could be transmitted through surfaces have created a stigma around handling nonhazardous trash, experts say. Some recyclable waste has been junked or burned.
Africa’s C.D.C. Director Urges Wealthy Nations to Forego Covid Vaccine Boosters
The World Health Organization asked wealthy countries to hold off on administering booster shots for healthy patients until at least the end of the year as a way of enabling every country to vaccinate at least 40 percent of their populations.
Covax Cuts Its 2021 Forecast for Available Doses by Quarter
The World Health Organization asked wealthy countries to hold off on administering booster shots for healthy patients until at least the end of the year.
The Pandemic Has Set Back the Fight Against H.I.V., TB and Malaria
Prevention and treatment fell in poor countries last year as access to health care declined, according to a new report.
A new initiative will bring more vaccines to Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Pan American Health Organization will start its own vaccine program, stepping in where Covax, the global program for vaccinating developing countries, has fallen short.