Bill Gates to give away $US200 billion by 2045, says Musk is “killing” world’s poorest children
London, UK Reuters Bill Gates pledged on Thursday to give away $US200 billion via his charitable foundation by 2045 and lashed out at Elon Musk, accusing the world’s richest man of “killing the world’s poorest children” through huge cuts to the US foreign aid budget. The 69-year-old billionaire co-founder of Microsoft said he was speeding […]
Aid funding disrupts child vaccinations almost as much as pandemic, says UN
London, UK Reuters Global aid funding cuts, led by the United States, are disrupting efforts to vaccinate children against deadly diseases almost as much as the COVID-19 pandemic did, the United Nations said on Thursday. Outbreaks of infectious diseases, including measles, meningitis and yellow fever, have been increasing globally. The United Nations headquarters building is […]
Mpox: Rich nations have millions of shots as Africa’s outbreak spreads; will they share?
JENNIFER RIGBY and JULIE STEENHUYSEN, of Reuters, report on the stark divide on vaccine access…
Congo expects first delivery of mpox vaccine doses on Thursday
Reuters Democratic Republic of Congo, epicentre of an mpox outbreak that prompted a UN declaration of a global public health emergency, said it expects to receive its first delivery of vaccine doses on Thursday and a second delivery on Saturday. The World Health Organization declared the health emergency last month but efforts to curb the […]
Mpox: Why vaccines are only just arriving in Africa after two years
JENNIFER RIGBY, of Reuters, reports on concerns that lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic about global healthcare inequities have been slow to bring change…
One case of clade 2 mpox detected in Pakistan, new strain not detected
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters One case of the mpox virus has been detected in Pakistan of the clade 2 variety, the country’s ministry of health said on Monday, adding that no cases of the clade 1b strain of the disease have been diagnosed. Clade 1b has triggered global concern because it seems to spread more easily […]
WHO confirms first case of new mpox strain outside Africa as outbreak spreads
Stockholm, Sweden Reuters Global health officials on Thursday confirmed an infection with a new strain of the mpox virus in Sweden and linked it to a growing outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its spread outside the continent a day after the World Health Organization declared the disease a global public health emergency. Swedish […]
Vaccine group Gavi seeks $US11.9 billion to immunise world’s poorest children
London, UK Reuters The global vaccine organisation Gavi is likely to seek around $US11.9 billion from governments and foundations on Thursday to fund immunisation efforts in the world’s poorest countries over five years, board documents reviewed by Reuters showed. The amount will be finalised at a meeting on Thursday in Paris, where donors will make […]
Measles: Children most at risk as cases soar from Ethiopia to Yemen
LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Cameroon launches malaria vaccination program in global milestone
Reuters The global fight against malaria took a stride forward on Monday as Cameroon launched the world’s first routine vaccine programme against the mosquito-borne disease that is projected to save tens of thousands of children’s lives per year across Africa. Around 40 years in the making, the World Health Organization-approved RTS,S vaccine developed by British […]