Urgent Needed for More Funds to the Pandemic Fund
More than 100 low- and middle-income countries have put in early bids for at least $5.5 billion from a fund that initially has only $300 million to spend to help them better prepare for pandemics.
The Quest for a New Global Pandemic Plan in the World
After spending the past week negotiating a proposed future pandemic accord in the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) set up by the World Health Organization (WHO), member states will pick up discussions from 3 to 6 April.
Urgent Action: Health Crisis and LGBT+ Leaders in Latin America
Gay leaders from 21 countries gathered in Mexico City during the Regional Conference on Sexual Health, Human Rights and Care for Gay and Bisexual Men declare the following
Acción Urgente: Crisis de Salud y Líderes LGBT+ en América Latina
Líderes gays de 21 países reunidos en la Ciudad de México durante la Conferencia Regional sobre Salud, Derechos Humanos y Cuidado para Hombres Gay y Bisexuales declaramos lo siguiente
Neglect of the New Monkeypox Outbreak is Rooted in Homophobia
With COVID still upon us, it is hard to fathom why we have waited so long to address monkeypox. A cardinal rule of public health is to catch an emerging epidemic at the first instance it appears.
Africa Needs New Platform of the Health Surveillance Systems
Pandemic preparedness rests on having a robust surveillance system to identify health threats – something that is still “rudimentary” in many African countries, says Professor Salim Abdool Karim, a South African infectious diseases epidemiologist.
New Declaration of Monkeypox as Public Health Emergency
Monkeypox was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on July 23, 2022. This is the seventh declaration of a PHEIC since 2005.
Exclusive: Shut-down of the Only Mpox Vaccine Plant Raises Concerns
The manufacturer of the world’s only vaccine approved for monkeypox, Bavarian Nordic, closed its European vaccine production plant this spring and won’t reopen again until late 2022 – leading to a global monkeypox vaccine shortage, Health Policy Watch has learned.
In New Race of the Monkeypox Vaccines, Experts See Repeat Of COVID
Moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine, while declining to share doses with Africa, could leave millions of people unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease and risk continued spillovers of the virus into humans, public health officials are warning.