vaccines
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Africa
Ghana receives first historic shipment of COVID-19 vaccinations from international COVAX facility
Six hundred thousand doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine from the UN-partnered COVAX initiative have arrived in Ghana: a historic first for the…
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Health
‘No place’ for coups in today’s world, UN chief tells Myanmar military
On the opening day of a new UN Human Rights Council session on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his “full support to the people of Myanmar”, three weeks after the…
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Health
WHO seeks $1.96 billion for 2021 Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Response
The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking nearly $2 billion to fund its 2021 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP)…
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Human Rights
‘No place’ for coups in today’s world, UN chief tells Myanmar military
On the opening day of a new UN Human Rights Council session on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his “full support to the people of Myanmar”, three weeks after the…
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Health
Major airlines join forces with UNICEF to support ‘monumental’ COVID-19 vaccine roll-out plan
The world’s leading airlines are backing a landmark UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) initiative to prioritize delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, essential medicines and…
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Health
Dispatch of millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa expected to start in February: WHO
The joint UN-led COVAX initiative aims to start shipping about 90 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa in February,…
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Africa
Dispatch of millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa expected to start in February: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday the joint UN-led COVAX initiative aims to start shipping about 90 million…
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Health
Key workers in 145 countries to receive COVID vaccines under UN-backed initiative
Key workers and other vulnerable people in 145 countries should receive COVID-19 vaccines in the first half of this year,…
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