Covid-19

GHANA – mPharma, a Ghanaian startup which manages prescription drug inventory for pharmacies and their suppliers, has rolled out a program called Community Health by…

JAPAN – The Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) summit hosted in Tokyo by Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and Gavi Board Chair; José Manuel…

KENYA – Dr. Patrick Amoth, the acting Director-General at the ministry of health has been appointed as WHO’s executive board chairperson. He takes over from…

U.S – Moderna has applied for full approval of its Covid vaccine, a move that will see the drug maker attain rights to market the…

SWITZERLAND – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has introduced a new system based on the letters of the Greek alphabet to name coronavirus variants in…

INDIA – Indian government has announced 120 million doses of COVID vaccine will be availed for use in the month of June to help mitigate…

RUSSIA – UNICEF has entered an agreement with Russian Direct Investment fund(RDIF), through its wholly owned subsidiary, Human Vaccine, for a supply of 220 million…

U.S – New C0VID-19 vaccines effectiveness study conducted by CDC shows that mRNA vaccines by Pfizer-Biotech and Moderna reduce ri According to the study, the…

SWITZERLAND – Switzerland has signed a memorandum of understanding with WHO to launch the first WHO BioHUB in Spiez, Switzerland. The facility, which is part…

AFRICA – Africa has reported continued theft of COVID-19 response funds. Rampant corruption and theft of cash and other incentives meant to relieve impacts of…