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, […]
MEDIA RELEASE 13 August 2020 Australia leads on elimination of global cervical cancer Australia has led the way by sponsoring a resolution at the most recent World Health Assembly calling for World Health Organization (WHO) Member States to adopt the WHO Global Strategy: Accelerating the Elimination of Cervical Cancer as a Public Health Problem. VCS […]
Global Fund COVID-19 Situation Report – 21 July 2020 Global cases: : 14,348,858 confirmed. Global deaths: 603,691 confirmed. Countries, areas or territories with cases: 216 (as of 14 July, WHO). As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue rising globally, WHO expressed deep concerns about COVID-19 impact on indigenous people, especially at risk. WHO also warned of a decline […]
Geneva – On the occasion of World Hepatitis Day, Unitaid celebrates the progress made in the fight against Hepatitis C in the past few years. Notably, thanks to quality medicines and tests that are simpler to administer, affordable and adapted to the needs of people in low- and middle-income countries. Close to 400,000 people continue dying […]
Global Fund COVID-19 Situation Report – 21 July 2020 Global cases: : 14,348,858 confirmed. Global deaths: 603,691 confirmed. Countries, areas or territories with cases: 216 (as of 14 July, WHO). As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue rising globally, WHO expressed deep concerns about COVID-19 impact on indigenous people, especially at risk. WHO also warned of a decline […]
Global Fund COVID-19 Situation Report – 14 July 2020 Global cases: : 12,929,306 confirmed. Global deaths: 569,738 confirmed. Countries, areas or territories with cases: 216 (as of 14 July, WHO). As COVID-19 infections and deaths toll continues to rise globally, WHO Director-General called to reinforce leadership and unity, and launched the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and […]
The COVAX pillar aims to ensure that the most viable COVID19 vaccine candidates get the support needed to succeed, and are then produced at scale to reach everyone, everywhere. Read this Q&A from Gavi CEO Dr Seth Berkley, where he explains why it is so important for countries to join the COVAX Pillar and how this […]
Application deadline extended: 17 July 2020 The COVAX Pillar – one of the four pillars of the Act-Accelerator – are seeking applications for its expert Independent Product Group. Objectives The Independent Product Group will be set up with the aim of establishing an independent process to advise the COVAX Facility and the COVAX Pillar more […]
EOI closes July 24, 2020 – Unitaid and FIND are calling for expressions of interest (EOI) to accelerate the availability and manufacturing scale-up of rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 antigens. This EOI is has been prepared in the context of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator Diagnostics Pillar. Launched by FIND and Unitaid, it supports the […]
Global Fund COVID-19 Situation Report – 7 July 2020 Global cases: 11,468,979 confirmed. Global deaths: 535,181 confirmed. Countries, areas or territories with cases: 216 (as of 7 July, WHO). COVID-19 cases and deaths continue rising globally. Trends are worsening in Brazil, India, Mexico and the U.S., among others. Some countries experiencing a resurgence in infections partially reinstate […]
Global Fund COVID-19 Situation Report – 23 June 2020 Global cases: 8,936,337 confirmed. Global deaths: 468,308 confirmed. Countries, areas or territories with cases: 216 (as of 23 June, WHO). “It seems that almost every day we reach a new and grim record,” the WHO Director-General said, reporting the most new COVID-19 cases in a single day on […]
Melbourne, 4 June, 2020: Australia’s leading advocacy group for global health in the Pacific, has welcomed the Australian Government’s renewed commitment to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to ensure routine vaccinations can continue to be delivered and accessed despite COVID-19. Tonight in London, the Global Vaccine Summit, hosted by the UK Government will see donors pledge their support […]
Geneva, 14 May 2020 – As governments, international organisations, pharmaceutical industry, academia and others focus their efforts on the COVID-19 coronavirus, it is clear that this global pandemic needs a global response. It is both a public health need and a moral duty to ensure that this response is grounded in solidarity to ensure that the […]
Global Fund COVID-19 Situation Report – 8 May 2020 Global cases: 3,679,499 confirmed. Global deaths: 254,199 confirmed. Countries, areas or territories with cases: 215 (as of 8 May, WHO). On 4 May governments and organisations pledged €7.4 billion as part of the Coronavirus Global Response pledging marathon led by the European Commission, which runs until 23 May, to develop and […]
