The World Health Organization (WHO)

AstraZeneca/Oxford-developed vaccines to reach countries in the coming weeks

Published on February 15, 2021

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The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light for these vaccines to be rolled out globally through COVAX.

Yemen: ‘Toxic mix’ imperils lives of under-fives with acute malnutrition

Published on February 14, 2021

Human right/Politics

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Since the escalation of conflict in 2015, severe acute malnutrition is among its highest levels in Yemen, threating the lives of half of the country’s children under the age of five, four UN agencies warned on Friday.

WHO issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine and emphasizes need for equitable global access

Published on January 2, 2021

COVID-19/Politics/Public Health

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The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO since the outbreak began a year ago.