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COVID is not over but some global health leaders are making preparing for the next pandemic a new priority

Mon, 2022-03-07 10:59 — mike kraft

Is Covid Over? No, But Global Health Funders Are Moving On People in poorer countries are still waiting for vaccines, but the leaders of global health organizations have a new priority: preparing for the next pandemic. POLITICO

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OPINION: Covid, the state of two worlds, north and south

Fri, 2022-03-04 17:07 — mike kraft

The Pandemic Is Following a Very Predictable and Depressing Pattern As with diseases such as malaria and HIV, rich countries are “moving on” from COVID while poor ones continue to get ravaged. Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, Boghuma Kabisen Titanji, Fredros Okumu, Madhukar Pai The Atlantic

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Vaccines delivered under COVAX sharing scheme for poorer countries --data

Fri, 2022-03-04 11:12 — mike kraft

Factbox: Vaccines delivered under COVAX sharing scheme for poorer countries The COVAX facility, backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), has delivered 1.34 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to 144 countries, GAVI data shows. Reuters Reuters

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Peace Corps returns to duty abroad after pandemic forced evacuations

Fri, 2022-03-04 10:51 — mike kraft

Peace Corps returns to duty abroad after pandemic forced sudden evacuations The organization is recruiting volunteers as it promises to focus on issues such as diversity, transparency and sexual assault. NBC News

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Analysis: Why are COVID vaccination rates still low in some countries

Thu, 2022-03-03 10:35 — mike kraft

Why are COVID vaccination rates still low in some countries? Why are COVID-19 vaccination rates still low in some countries? Limited supplies remain a problem, but experts say other challenges now include unpredictable deliveries, weak health care systems and vaccine hesitancy. AP NEWS

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WHO sees little impact on COVID-19 vaccine supplies to Africa from Ukraine war

Thu, 2022-03-03 10:30 — mike kraft

WHO sees little impact on COVID-19 vaccine supplies to Africa from Ukraine war The World Health Organization does not expect any immediate impact on vaccine supply to Africa from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, senior officials on the continent said on Thursday. Reuters Reuters

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Analysis: Is WHO's aim to vaccinate 70% of world by June still realistic?

Mon, 2022-02-28 09:47 — mike kraft

Analysis: Is WHO's aim to vaccinate 70% of world by June still realistic? Vaccinating 70% of the population in every country in the world against COVID-19 by mid-2022 has been the World Health Organization's (WHO) rallying cry to end the pandemic. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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WHO to create training center in South Korea to help poor countries make vaccines and other treatments

Wed, 2022-02-23 10:26 — mike kraft

WHO works to spread COVID vaccine technology to more nations GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is creating a global training center to help poorer countries make vaccines, antibodies and cancer treatments using the messenger RNA technology that has successfully been used to make COVID-19 vaccines. AP NEWS

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International Covid vaccine supply for global program outstrips demand for first time

Wed, 2022-02-23 10:16 — mike kraft

COVID vaccine supply for global programme outstrips demand for first time The global project to share COVID-19 vaccines is struggling to place more than 300 million doses in the latest sign the problem with vaccinating the world is now more about demand than supply. Francesco Guarascio,Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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World wide, U.S COVID cases drop for third week.

Tue, 2022-02-22 17:24 — mike kraft

Covid infections plummet 90% from U.S. pandemic high, states lift mask mandates

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Hospitalizations have also fallen sharply. There are about 66,000 patients in U.S. hospitals with Covid as of Monday, according to a seven-day average of data from the Department of Health and Human Services, down from the Jan. 20 peak of 159,000 patients.

The Covid death toll, which typically lags a rise in cases by a number of weeks, is elevated but showing signs of easing. Average daily deaths reached the highest level in about a year on Feb. 1 at nearly 2,600 per day and have since fallen below 2,000. ...

ALSO SEE: WHO: New COVID cases fall for the 3rd week, deaths also drop

GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases around the world fell 21% in the last week, marking the third consecutive week that COVID-19 cases have dropped, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

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