Over 150 countries engaged in COVID-19 vaccine global access facility
Over Seventy countries have submitted expressions of interest to protect their populations and those of other nations through joining the COVAX Facility, a mechanism...
UNBS certifies six more companies to produce non-medical face masks
Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has certified six more companies to produce non-medical face masks as of 8th July 2020, bringing the total...
WHO Experts head to China for identification of zoonotic source of Covid-19
The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has confirmed that all preparations have been finalised and the organization’s...
Access to HIV medicines severely impacted by COVID-19 as AIDS response stalls
More than countries have warned that they are at risk of stock-outs of antiretroviral (ARV) medicines as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according...
WHO discontinues hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir treatment arms for COVID-19
The World health organisation (WHO) has accepted the recommendation from the Solidarity Trial’s International Steering Committee to discontinue the trial’s hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir arms....
