ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas program recorded our recent event with global health expert, Nina Schwalbe. The ABC writes: The global health order is shifting — and the ripple effects are impossible to ignore. Once the world’s largest funder of health programs, the United States has pulled back dramatically: cutting HIV/AIDS support, freezing critical research funding, restricting gender-affirming care, […]
COVAX welcomes dose sharing commitments for 870 million additional doses to support equitable access to vaccines in 2021 and 2022, with the aim to deliver at least half by the end of 2021 The G7 has committed one billion doses since the February 2021 virtual G7 Early Leaders’ Summit, including pledges made at the G20 […]
Geneva, 10 June 2021 – Unitaid has been informed by the Government of the United Kingdom that our funding from the UK has been cut from an expected £77 million in 2021 to just £6 million. This includes a deferred contribution of £33 million from 2020. While recognising that the pandemic has placed governments in an unexpected […]
US Government scheme, announced today, will see 500 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine distributed through the COVAX Facility Deliveries will begin in August, with 200 million to be shipped in 2021 and a further 300 million by June 2022 Geneva, 10 June 2021 – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, today welcomes the decision by the United States […]
MEDIA RELEASE 2 June 2021 The Australian Global Health Alliance and Pacific Friends of Global Health welcome the news that the Australian Government has pledged an additional $50 million to COVAX, the global mechanism to ensure access to safe and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for 92 of the world’s poorest countries. Today’s commitment […]
The Gavi COVAX AMC Summit “One World Protected” virtual event, hosted today by the Government of Japan and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, raised US$ 2.4 billion from nearly 40 donor governments, the private sector and foundations, exceeding the funding target and bringing the total pledged to the COVAX AMC to US$ 9.6 billion to date […]
Responding to an urgent need for doses around the world, the Government of New Zealand has pledged to transfer 1.6 million doses allocated through COVAX to lower-income economies. These doses, entirely funded by New Zealand, will go to a number of low- and middle-income countries, with the first 211,200 allocated to six economies in the […]
21 May 2021 ROME – G20 leaders and heads of international and regional organizations reaffirmed their commitment to fight pandemics and support the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator –a ground breaking collaboration of global partners to accelerate the development, production and equitable delivery of new tests, treatments, vaccines and health supplies worldwide. Meeting in Rome […]
Geneva, 13th May 2021 – Unitaid is pleased to support the new Global Initiative to end Cryptococcal Meningitis deaths by 2030, launched on May 12th 2021 by key partners in the Cryptococcal Meningitis Advocacy Group. This target will help bring renewed focus on preventing the deaths of those living with HIV. Cryptococcal Meningitis (CM) is a major […]
Geneva, 12 May 2021 – The Government of Japan yesterday announced that it will host the virtual Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) Summit on June 2nd 2021. The event, co-hosted by Japanese Prime Minister H.E. Yoshihide Suga and José Manuel Barroso, Chair of the Gavi Board, will aim to secure at least US $8.3 billion for 2020-21 […]
Global Fund 45th Board Meeting Reports Continued Progress Despite COVID-19 Pandemic 12 May 2021 GENEVA – The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria overwhelmingly praised the continued progress of the Global Fund in the past year despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Board discussed how the Global Fund partnership […]
11 May 2021: The Australian Global Health Alliance – Australia’s peak body for global health organisations – and Pacific Friends of Global Health are alarmed by the Australian Government’s decision to decrease its foreign aid budget during the worst global health and economic crisis in a century. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic causing devastating impact across […]
Unitaid statement on US support for IP waiver for COVID-19 vaccines Geneva, 6th May 2021 – Unitaid welcomes the decision of the United States government to support a waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines. This is an important step forwards for equitable access in the context of the current World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations […]
Immunization services begin slow recovery from COVID-19 disruptions, though millions of children remain at risk from deadly diseases Ambitious new global strategy aims to save over 50 million lives through vaccination. Geneva/New York, 26 April 2021 – While immunization services have started to recover from disruptions caused by COVID-19, millions of children remain vulnerable to deadly […]
