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Africa: U.S.$35 Billion Price Tag to End the Acute Phase of the Pandemic
WHO, 28 September 2020
Partners lay out investment needed to speed up access to COVID-19 diagnostics, vaccines and treatments Read more »
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WHO, 10 September 2020
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres appeals for a quantum leap in funding for the ACT-Accelerator, a global solution to get the world moving, working and… Read more »
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Uganda: Ebola Response Bolsters Uganda's Covid-19 Fight
WHO, 10 September 2020
When much of the world was waking up to the enormous implications of a global pandemic, Uganda was already a step ahead thanks to Ebola. Read more »
Billions Needed to End Acute Phase of the Covid-19 Pandemic - WHO
According to the World Health Organisation, the Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator, or the Global Collaboration to Accelerate the Development, Production and Equitable Access to New Covid-19 diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines, is the only global initiative offering a solution to speed up the end of the Covid-19 pandemic and requires U.S.$35 billion to meet the goal of developing new tools and producing and delivering 2 billion vaccine doses, 245 million treatments and 500 million diagnostic tests over the next year.
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As of August 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,126,067 while 373,195,217 vaccinations have been administered across ... Read more »
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The Covid-19 outbreak is the first pandemic in history in which technology and social media are being used on a massive scale to keep people safe, informed, productive and ... Read more »
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According to WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the declining rate of Covid-19 infections across the continent is a result of robust and decisive public health ... Read more »
