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COVAX

Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 27, 2023
COVAX vaccine initiative has $2.6 billion left to spend as pandemic recedes
The initiative is set to wind up at the end of this year, although some of its work will continue.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2022
Japan pledges $500 million for global vaccine-sharing efforts
The sum comes on top of the $1 billion already provided by Japan to the COVAX vaccine-sharing program as lower-income nations struggle to secure doses.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 28, 2021
Global vaccine access body to revamp rules after giving U.K. more than Botswana
The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) has largely allocated doses among its members according to population size — regardless of their vaccination coverage.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 23, 2021
Under pressure, U.S. pledges 500 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses globally
Health experts say the planned donations are welcome but insufficient, and that the Pfizer vaccine is difficult to administer in poorer countries that lack sophisticated infrastructure.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2021
Japan to donate 30 million additional COVID-19 vaccine doses
The pledge, made at a virtual summit on the pandemic hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden, brings Japan's total commitments to 60 million doses.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 9, 2021
COVAX vaccine shortfall puts pressure on rich nations to act
A year ago, scores of countries committed to COVAX, the program set up to deliver COVID-19 vaccines equitably to every corner of the planet. Now the initiative is falling short of its goals.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 5, 2021
By the end of the year, wealthy nations will have 1.2 billion vaccine doses they don’t need
Wealthy countries face mounting pressure to divert COVID-19 vaccine supplies to lower-income regions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 10, 2021
North Korea rejected AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine over side effects, think tank claims
North Korea has rejected planned shipments of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine that were being organized under the global COVAX distribution plan due to concerns over side effects, a South Korean think tank said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 24, 2021
Let down by rich and failing the poor, global vaccine program to be shaken up
By prioritizing their own diplomatic and commercial interests, wealthy nations have in effect wrecked COVAX's ambition to take overall charge of the global fight against the pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 11, 2021
G7 to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries
Some campaign groups condemned the plan as a drop in the ocean, with Oxfam estimating that nearly 4 billion people will depend on COVAX for vaccines.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 9, 2021
Biggest vaccine-maker’s problems keep world short of COVID-19 shots
The Serum Institute of India's travails have become a key illustration of how the effort to inoculate against COVID-19 has failed the developing world.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 3, 2021
Japan pledges $800 million for global COVID-19 vaccination effort
The COVAX Facility has beaten its goal of raising $8.3 billion to secure 1.8 billion doses, enough for 30% of the population of developing countries, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 20, 2021
'We are waiting to die': Hope fades after India halts vaccine exports
The move has hampered plans for the protection for millions of poorer people around the world caught in the pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 8, 2021
WHO approves Sinopharm vaccine in potential boost to COVAX pipeline
The vaccine, one of two main Chinese coronavirus vaccines, is the first developed by a non-Western country to win WHO backing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 20, 2021
Vaccine nationalism threatens WHO’s 2021 goal of 2 billion doses
Concerns are being raised that countries are holding tight to their supplies and restricting access to materials needed to make more.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 30, 2021
Israel’s vaccine data has lessons for all
Tiny Israel is set to immunize its population months before far bigger and richer countries, partly by ordering early but also by sharing patient information after vaccination.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 3, 2020
African nation worst hit by COVID-19 falling behind on vaccines
Almost 22,000 people have died of COVID-19 in South Africa, the 14th-highest figure worldwide.

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