COVID-19 vaccine inequity 'catastrophic moral failure', says WHO

Mar 22, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Michael Ryan, Executive Director of World Health Organisation (WHO) Health Emergencies Program, said on Monday that the "inequitable" COVID-19...

Vaccine inequity causes 'dangerous divergence' in COVID survival rates: UN

Aug 28, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], August 28 : The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is progressing at "two alarmingly different speeds", UN agency leaders said.

Gates Foundation pledges USD 8.3 bn for 2023 in fight against poverty, disease, inequity

Jan 17, 2023

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that the foundation will spend worth USD 8.3 billion in 2023 in its continued efforts to fight...

'If we end inequity, we end COVID-19 pandemic': WHO chief

Jan 01, 2022

Geneva [Switzerland], January 1 : As the world enters its third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom...

Study reveals unhealthy lifestyle only explains small part of health inequity in UK, US adults

Apr 15, 2021

London [UK], April 15 : Unhealthy lifestyles alone only explain a small proportion of the socioeconomic inequity in health in both US and UK...

Liberalised pricing, accelerated COVID-19 vaccination strategy ensure vaccine equity: Centre

Jun 05, 2021

New Delhi [India], June 6 : Calling the media reports alleging vaccine inequity in India's vaccination drive as "inaccurate" and "speculative" in nature, the...