Mar 13, 2023 · Since COVID-19 vaccines began to be rolled out in late 2020, more than 13 billion doses have been distributed around the world, but not evenly. Global leaders say 1.3 million lives could have been saved with more equitable global vaccine distribution in the first year of …

Jun 2, 2020 · Over 100 studies are under way to find a vaccine for COVID-19. Vaccination is one of the world’s most successful health interventions, saving as many as 3 million lives every year. But a further 1.5 million deaths a year could be avoided with improved global coverage. Cost, conflict and vaccine hesitancy are among the barriers.

Jun 8, 2021 · The world will need billions of COVID-19 vaccine doses. Around the world, there is a concerted effort under way to vaccinate as many people as possible against COVID-19, as quickly as possible. After slow starts in some countries, steady progress is now being made - although the rollout remains unequal .

Jan 31, 2022 · The large crowds gathered to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates suggest hesitancy may be more common in Europe than survey results indicate, according to this piece – which traces some of the region’s anti-vaccination history. (Institut Montaigne)

Sep 22, 2020 · Speaking at a virtual session on COVID-19, Anita Zaidi, Director of Vaccine Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said she agreed with the WHO's estimate that a vaccine would be ready to be widely deployed by the middle of next year.

Jan 30, 2025 · Shyam Bishen explains, "The availability of a vaccine is encouraging news in the fight against mpox, but as with COVID-19, equitable distribution and access to vaccines will be a key challenge globally due to uneven rollouts and uptake rates between high-income and low-and-middle-income countries.

Aug 3, 2021 · “Vaccine inequity is the world’s biggest obstacle to ending this pandemic and recovering from COVID-19,” Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said last month.

Dec 2, 2020 · The Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator) is the global collaboration to accelerate development, production, and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines. It is the only instrument of its kind with principles of universal access and equity at its core.

Dec 8, 2021 · Uneven vaccine rollout saw African nations receive just 2% of the 5.7 billion doses administered around the world, the WHO announced. Johnson & Johnson released results of a real-world study showing a 74% efficacy rating for its COVID-19 vaccine.

Jul 15, 2021 · Empty COVID vaccine vials for sale on eBay This was all sadly predictable. When a market with the potential to reach $150 billion in pharma revenues for the 2021-2022 period emerges in record time, this will loom large on the criminal radar.