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SA Health Ministry hands over confidential Covid-19 vaccine contracts

Katja Hamilton 1 Sep 2023

Covid-19

#BRICS2023: Pandemic fund in focus for Brics Bank

Katja Hamilton 30 Aug 2023

Source: Supplied.

Public Health

Mastercard Foundation and IPD bolster the continent's capacity to produce vaccines

5 Jun 2023

Source: FreePik.

Covid-19

New agreement paves way for development of first African-owned Covid-19 vaccine

27 Jun 2022

Source: REUTERS.

Covid-19

New vaccine plant in Senegal gets €75m from EIB

6 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied: Petro Terblanche, managing director of Afrigen,

Medical Research

#AfricaMonth: Injecting the continent - and the world - with hope

Katja Hamilton 20 May 2022

Global Citizen launches a new campaign: End Extreme Poverty Now - Our Future Can't Wait

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Global Citizen launches a new campaign: End Extreme Poverty Now - Our Future Can't Wait

Issued by OnPoint PR 30 Mar 2022

Source: Worldbank.org. World Bank Headquarters, Washington D.C.

Finance

World Bank's $157bn takes edge off global pandemic fallout

2 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. ©Gates Archive/Sylvain Cherkaoui.

Covid-19

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome pledge $300m to combat Covid-19

21 Jan 2022

MTN announces a mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy for staff

Telecoms & Networks

MTN announces a mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy for staff

6 Dec 2021

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Covid-19

SA's Aspen signs deal paving way for J&J Covid vaccine license

30 Nov 2021

Covid-19

G20 leaders called on to correct Covid-19 vaccine discrepencies

26 Oct 2021

Global Citizen Live line-ups revealed for Lagos, Paris and NYC events

Events

Global Citizen Live line-ups revealed for Lagos, Paris and NYC events

Issued by OnPoint PR 11 Aug 2021

African countries must include all migrant populations in their vaccination plans. Thierry/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Covid-19

Excluding migrants undermines the success of Covid-19 vaccine rollouts

Rebecca Walker, Jo Vearey & Nicholas Maple 2 Aug 2021

Could vaccine registration negate the good intentions of the Trips waiver?

Medical Law

Could vaccine registration negate the good intentions of the Trips waiver?

Chyreene Truluck 10 Jun 2021

Covid-19: why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit

Covid-19

Covid-19: why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit

Bruce M Biccard 25 May 2021

In It Together: Cotton On partners with Unicef to help deliver 1 million Covid-19 vaccines to the world's most vulnerable

ESG

In It Together: Cotton On partners with Unicef to help deliver 1 million Covid-19 vaccines to the world's most vulnerable

Issued by Cotton On Group 20 May 2021

Protesters gather in Cambridge to demand that AstraZeneca shares blueprints for its Covid-19 vaccine. Luciana Guerra/PA Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

Trips waiver: US support is a major step but no guarantee of Covid-19 vaccine equity

Erin Hannah, James Scott, Silke Trommer & Sophie Harman 13 May 2021

Watch Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World on 9 May 2021

Events

Watch Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World on 9 May 2021

Issued by OnPoint PR 7 May 2021

Global Citizen announces Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as campaign chairs of Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World

Events

Global Citizen announces Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as campaign chairs of Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World

Issued by OnPoint PR 28 Apr 2021

Hospital staff in Lagos, Nigeria, administer the AstraZeneca vaccine. AP Photo/Sunday Alamba

Covid-19

How to get Covid-19 vaccines to poor countries - and still keep patent benefits for drugmakers

Dalindyebo Shabalala 16 Apr 2021

Global Citizen urges wealthy nations to pledge 'dollars for doses' to vaccinate 6.5m African health workers

Health & Welfare

Global Citizen urges wealthy nations to pledge 'dollars for doses' to vaccinate 6.5m African health workers

Issued by OnPoint PR 14 Apr 2021