What the Latest Global COVID-19 Summit Achieved (and missed)

What the Latest Global COVID-19 Summit Achieved (and missed)

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WEEKLY COVID VACCINE RESEARCH UPDATE Friday, September 24, 2021 Confirmed Vaccine Purchases Confirmed Donations (by recipient, includes pledges) High income countries 6.97 B 7 M Upper  middle income countries 2.58 B 62.5 M Lower middle income countries 2.7 B 78 M Low income countries 238 M 65.1 M COVAX 2.5 B 740 M WORLDWIDE TOTALS 15 B 953 M INSIGHTS What the latest Global COVID-19 Summit achieved (and missed) Author: Andrea Taylor As we and a coalition of over 100 leaders and organizations called for, President Biden hosted a Global COVID-19 Summit on Wednesday. With participation of world leaders mostly virtually, the Summit covered familiar ground as well as some new territory. In order to make progress, we need clear goals, an action plan, and an accountability mechanism. Using this framework, we’ve reviewed the…
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Will Cuba’s Home-Grown Vaccine Strategy Pay Off?

Will Cuba’s Home-Grown Vaccine Strategy Pay Off?

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WEEKLY COVID VACCINE RESEARCH UPDATE Saturday, September 11, 2021 Confirmed Vaccine Purchases Confirmed Donations (by recipient, includes pledges) High income countries 6.9 B 6.5 B Upper  middle income countries 2.5 B 54 M Lower middle income countries 2.6 B 64 M Low income countries 238 M 63 M COVAX 2.5 B 741 M WORLDWIDE TOTALS 14.8 B 927 M INSIGHTS Will Cuba’s home-grown vaccine strategy pay off? Author: Blen Biru Cuba has become the leader of COVID-19 vaccine development in Latin America – producing a total of five vaccine candidates so far, four of which are awaiting submission to WHO’s Emergency Use Listing Procedure (EUL). All of the vaccines have names that express Cubans’ pride in developing successful home-grown vaccines as a small nation: Abdala (named after a patriotic poem), Soberana 1…
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