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Africa: Historic World Heath Assembly Session Offers New Chance to Prepare for Future Pandemics
allAfrica, 25 November 2021
Five million lives worldwide have already been lost to Covid, and the WHO/ACT-A grimly predict another 5 million more lives will be lost in months to come. Alarmingly also,… Read more »
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Africa: WHO's Special Envoys Call for Support for Pandemic Preparedness Treaty
allAfrica, 24 November 2021
Almost two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, several countries are witnessing a fifth wave of high transmission. Low- and middle-income countries are seeing substantial numbers of… Read more »
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Africa: How to Beat the Pandemic? Collaborate Fairly and Do It Now!
WHO, 23 November 2021
Almost two years in, and the COVID inferno still burns. Several countries are witnessing a fifth wave of high transmission. Others are recording their highest daily case numbers… Read more »
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Africa: Current System Will Not Protect Us From Next Pandemic - WHO Independent Panel
UN News, 22 November 2021
Efforts to reform global pandemic preparedness and response are happening too slowly, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response… Read more »
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Africa: WHO to Hold Special Session of the World Health Assembly November 29 to December 1, 2021
WHO, 24 November 2021
The World Health Assembly (WHA) will gather for a special session 29 November to 1 December to consider developing a WHO convention, agreement, or other international instrument on… Read more »