Vaccine equity

(United Nations News) Addressing misinformation and countering vaccine hesitancy features prominently in a political declaration launched at the United Nations General Assembly, as countries pledged to “work together as one” to defeat the…
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Jamaica is the first country in the Caribbean to obtain vaccines procured through COVAX (Jamaica Information Service) The Government of Jamaica has received a shipment of 14,400 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines under the COVAX Facility. …
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(United Nations News) The United Nations on Thursday launched a new global campaign, Only Together, aiming to advance fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines worldwide.  The initiative underscores the need…
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(United Nations News) The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on manufacturers to prioritise contracts with the UN-led equitable vaccines initiative, COVAX, declaring that it’s “not a matter of charity, it’s a matter of…
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – Fourteen independent Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states insisted on the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, in a resolution adopted by the Permanent Council of the Organization of American…
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