Russia: COVID-19 Vaccines – Announcements/Regulatory Actions/Deployment
Russia: Sputnik V – “the first registered COVID-19 vaccine”
https://sputnikvaccine.com/newsroom/pressreleases/
Press Releases
RDIF statement
Press release, 28.02.2022
[See Ukraine above for detail]
India: COVID-19 Vaccines – Announcements/Regulatory Actions/Deployment
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
https://www.mohfw.gov.in/
Government of India – Press Information Bureau
Latest Press Releases
COVID – 19 Vaccination Update – Day 414
:: India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 178.80 Crore
:: More than 23 lakh Vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm
Posted On: 05 MAR 2022 8:15PM by PIB Delhi
Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR)
https://www.icmr.gov.in/media.html
Press Releases
No new digest content identified.
China: COVID-19 Vaccines – Announcements/Regulatory Actions/Deployment
[See China CDC below]
Emergencies
POLIO
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)
https://polioeradication.org/polio-today/polio-now/this-week/
Polio this week as of 23 February 2022
:: Amid the escalating crisis in Ukraine, the GPEI has expressed extreme concern about the unfolding effects of the conflict on the country’s health system as security and displacement increase risk of diseases such as polio. Read the statement.
:: Earlier this week, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs officially announced his role as Polio Gender Champion during an event in Madrid, Spain. Read his statement and commitments together with those of other Gender Champions
Summary of new WPV and cVDPV viruses this week (AFP cases and ES positives):
– Madagascar: one cVDPV1 case
– Nigeria: two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
Djibouti launches national polio vaccination campaign
Djibouti, 27 February 2022 – Djibouti’s Ministry of Health, with technical support from WHO and UNICEF, today kicked off a five-day national polio vaccination campaign aiming to reach all children in Djibouti aged zero to 59 months, approximately 150,000 children.
Multi-disciplinary teams of vaccinators, social mobilizers and technical experts are fanning out across the country to knock on every door, vaccinate every child under five and raise immunity levels to this deadly childhood disease. This is a house-to-house campaign, with vaccination also being offered in health facilities.
Djibouti was declared polio-free in 1999, but outbreaks of poliovirus type 2 in Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen underscore the risk to all children in the Horn of Africa and the broader region…
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:: 3 March 2022 | Wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) – Malawi
…Sequencing of the virus conducted by the NICD on 2 February, and the US CDC on 12 February confirmed this case as WPV1. Analysis shows that the current WPV1 isolate in Malawi is genetically linked to a Pakistan sequence detected in 2020 in Sindh province.
Africa was declared free of indigenous wild polio in August 2020 after eliminating all forms of wild polio from the region, and in Malawi, the last clinically confirmed WPV case was reported in 1992…
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WHO/OCHA Emergencies
Health emergencies list – WHO
“The health emergencies list details the disease outbreaks, disasters and humanitarian crises where WHO plays an essential role in supporting countries to respond to and recover from emergencies with public health consequences.”
Afghanistan crisis [Last apparent update: 17 Jan 2022]
Crisis in Northern Ethiopia [Last apparent update: 1 June 2021]
Ebola outbreak, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2021 [Last apparent update: 17 Aug 2021]
Ebola outbreak outbreak, N’Zerekore, Guinea, 2021 [Last apparent update: 17 Aug 2021]
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic [See COVID above]
Ebola outbreak, Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2020
[Last apparent update: 17 Aug 2021]
Ebola outbreak, North Kivu, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018 – 2020
[Last apparent update: 17 Aug 2021]
Ebola outbreak, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018 [Last apparent update: 24 July 2018]
Yemen crisis [Last apparent update: 12 February 2021]
Syria crisis [Last apparent update: 18 June 2021]
Somalia crisis [Last apparent update: 24 March 2018]
Nigeria crisis [Last apparent update: 1 Oct 2021]
Ebola outbreak, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2017 [Last apparent update: 17 Aug 2021]
Zika virus disease outbreak, 2015-2016 [Last apparent update: 24 Jan 2020]
Ebola outbreak: West Africa, 2014-2016 [Last apparent update: 17 Aug 2021]
Iraq crisis [Last apparent update: 9 Jan 2008]
South Sudan crisis [Last apparent update: 23 Sep 2020]
Avian influenza A (H7N9) virus outbreak [Last apparent update: 13 September 2021]
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV) outbreak [Last apparent update: 8 July 2019]
Influenza A (H1N1) virus, 2009-2010 pandemic [Last apparent update: 10 Aug 2010]
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UN OCHA – Current Emergencies
Current Corporate Emergencies
Afghanistan
No new updates identified.
Northern Ethiopia
Ethiopia – Northern Ethiopia Humanitarian Update Situation Report, 3 March 2022
HIGHLIGHTS
The humanitarian situation in Afar continues to deteriorate with increased displacement and needs.
Nutrition supplies for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition among young children airlifted to Tigray, for the first-time since mid-December.
No food distribution reported in Tigray between 17 and 23 February, as food and fuel in the region is almost entirely exhausted.
More than 283,000 people assisted with food during the reporting week in Dessie and Kombolcha towns and in North Gondar Zone by the UN and INGO partners.
A new food distribution cycle has started in Afar targeting more than 622,000 people with more than 18,000 people reached during the week in Yalo, Abala, Barahle and Megale woredas
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WHO & Regional Offices [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.who.int/
News [Selected]
4 March 2022
Departmental news
First-ever malaria vaccine recommendation now published in a position paper and in the WHO guidelines for malaria
[See Perspectives above for detail]
3 March 2022
News release
WHO updates its treatment guidelines to include molnupiravir
3 March 2022
Statement
WHO and MPP welcome NIH’s offer of COVID-19 health technologies to C-TAP
2 March 2022
Departmental news
World leaders and experts call for action to protect the environment from antimicrobial pollution
[See Perspectives above for detail]
2 March 2022
News release
COVID-19 pandemic triggers 25% increase in prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide
Scientific brief: Mental health and COVID-19: Early evidence of the pandemic’s impact
1 March 2022
Statement
ACT-Accelerator welcomes Germany’s generous ‘fair share’ commitment
[See Perspectives above for detail]
27 February 2022
Departmental news
Singapore medicines regulator world’s first to achieve highest maturity level in WHO classification
Out of 28 countries formally assessed by WHO, Singapore is the first to have achieved the highest maturity level (ML 4) in WHO’s classification of regulatory authorities for medical products. Achieving ML 4 brings Singapore closer to becoming a WHO listed authority, a new scheme that will be operational later this year and will list the world’s regulators of reference…
Regulation of medical products is extremely important for all health systems and for access to quality vaccines, medicines and other health products. Apart from ensuring the quality, safety and efficacy of medical products, regulatory authorities that function well also perform critical functions such as faster authorization of products and drug safety monitoring after authorization.
WHO’s assessment of regulatory authorities is based on the ‘Global Benchmarking Tool’ – an evaluation tool that checks regulatory functions against a set of more than 260 indicators – covering core regulatory functions such as product authorization, testing of products, market surveillance and the ability to detect adverse events – to establish their level of maturity and functionality. Regulatory authorities that reach maturity levels 3 and 4 will be considered eligible for inclusion among WHO-listed authorities, after additional evaluation of their performance…
27 February 2022
Statement
Dangerously low medical oxygen supplies in Ukraine due to crisis, warn WHO Director-General and WHO Regional Director for Europe
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WHO Regional Offices
Selected Press Releases, Announcements
WHO African Region
:: 04 March 2022 Malawi intensifies response after wild poliovirus detected
:: 04 March 2022 Rallying to combat COVID-19 rumours in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
:: 02 March 2022 Obesity rising in Africa, WHO analysis finds
WHO Region of the Americas PAHO
:: A third of pregnant women with COVID-19 unable to access life-saving critical care on time
2 Mar 2022 In the Americas, over 365,000 pregnant women got COVID-19 and more than 3000 died. Ahead of International Women’s Day, PAHO Director urges countries to invest in improving access to vaccines and essential care for women and girls. Washington D.C. 2 March 2022 (PAHO) – A lack of access to timely care and disruptions to prenatal services are to…
:: COVID-19 pandemic triggers 25% increase in prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide
2 Mar 2022 Wake-up call to all countries to step up mental health services and support Geneva, 2 March 2022 – In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25%, according to a scientific brief released by the World Health Organization (WHO) today. The brief also highlights who has been most…
:: WHO releases new standard to tackle rising threat of hearing loss
Geneva, 2 March 2022 – Over 1 billion people aged 12 to 35 years risk losing their hearing due to prolonged and excessive exposure to loud music and other recreational sounds. This can have devastating consequences for their physical and mental health, education, and employment prospects. Ahead of World Hearing Day 2022, under the theme To…
:: PAHO initiates procedures to elect next Director
1 Mar 2022 Election will take place during the 30th Pan American Sanitary Conference in September 2022, and countries may nominate candidates until May 1, 2022. Washington, D.C., March 1, 2022 (PAHO/WHO) – The process to elect the next Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (PASB) officially began this week with a formal invitation by the President of…
WHO South-East Asia Region SEARO
No new digest content identified
WHO European Region EURO
:: Ukraine’s most vulnerable children in a Kherson home, designed to keep them safe and healthy 05-03-2022
:: Running a hospital while your country is under attack – a story from western Ukraine 01-03-2022
WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region EMRO
:: Nearly 18 000 Yemenis with genetic blood disorders receive lifesaving medications under IsDB-funded WHO programme 1 March 2022
:: WHO delivers SARS-CoV-2 kits for research at Tehran’s Pasteur Institute 28 February 2022
:: Djibouti launches national polio vaccination campaign 27 February 2022
WHO Western Pacific Region
No new digest content identified
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WHO Events
https://www.who.int/news-room/events/2
[Selected]
Immunization and vaccines related implementation research advisory committee (IVIR-AC) – March 2022
7 – 11 March 2022
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New WHO Publications
https://www.who.int/publications/i
Selected Titles
4 March 2022
Malaria vaccine: WHO position paper – March 2022
3 March 2022
Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline
2 March 2022
Mental Health and COVID-19: Early evidence of the pandemic’s impact: Scientific brief, 2 March 2022
2 March 2022
Tuberculosis prevention and care among refugees and other populations in humanitarian settings: an interagency field guide
Overview
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading infectious diseases causing millions to fall ill and lose their lives annually. Refugees and other populations in humanitarian settings face substantial threats to health and survival, such as poverty, crowded living conditions, undernutrition and poor access to health services – all conditions in which TB transmission thrives.
This guide is a joint effort of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Health Organization (WHO). It includes new strategic approaches, guidance and innovations for TB prevention and care interventions in humanitarian settings. The guide focuses primarily on managerial/organizational aspects of TB interventions, and provides links to the most updated references for the clinical aspects. We hope this guide can serve as a useful tool in humanitarian settings to alleviate the suffering and deaths caused by this preventable and curable disease, especially for refugees and displaced populations in humanitarian settings.
1 March 2022
Workshop on WHO policy guidance on malaria elimination and the implementation of the intensification plans for reducing malaria burden in the Greater Mekong subregion
Virtual meeting, 22–23 November 2021
28 February 2022
Information for applicants preparing a submission for the 2023 meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines
28 February 2022
Continuum of care for noncommunicable disease management during the migration cycle
28 February 2022
Primary health care measurement framework and indicators: monitoring health systems through a primary…
28 February 2022
WHO implementation handbook for national action plans on antimicrobial resistance: guidance for the human…
CDC/ACIP [U.S.] [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.cdc.gov/media/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/index.html
Latest News Releases, Announcements [Selected]
No new digest content identified.
ACIP Meetings
Next meeting scheduled for June 22-23, 2022
MMWR News Synopsis Friday, March 3, 2022
Geospatial Transmission Hotspots of Recent HIV Infection in Malawi, October 2019–March 2020
Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Between Urban and Rural Counties — United States, December 14, 2020–January 31, 2022
Previously Released: SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant Transmission Within Households — Four U.S. Jurisdictions, November 2021–February 2022
Previously Released: Safety Monitoring of COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses Among Persons Aged 12–17 Years — United States, December 9, 2021–February 20, 2022
Previously Released: Effectiveness of COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccination in Preventing COVID-19–Associated Emergency Department and Urgent Care Encounters and Hospitalizations Among Nonimmunocompromised Children and Adolescents Aged 5–17 Years — VISION Network, 10 States, April 2021–January 2022
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)– CDC
Approximately 25 announcements/reports/data summaries.
:: 3/4/22 Overall US COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration Update as of Fri, 04 Mar 2022 06:00:00 EST
Africa CDC [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.africacdc.org/
News
Global Afropop star Yemi Alade urges vaccination in Africa
4 March 2022
China CDC http://www.chinacdc.cn/en/
National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://en.nhc.gov.cn/
News
March 5: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
On March 4, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 281 new cases of confirmed infections.
National Medical Products Administration – PRC [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://english.nmpa.gov.cn/
News
Over 3.14b COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland
2022-03-04
The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on the Chinese mainland grew by around 5.88 million from the previous day to surpass 3.14 billion on Wednesday, data from the National Health Commission showed on March 3.
CCDC Weekly Reports: Current Volume (4)
2022-03-04 / No. 9 SIXTH TOTAL DIET STUDY ISSUE
View PDF of this issue
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Organization Announcements
Editor’s Note:
Careful readers will note that the number and range of organizations now monitored in our Announcements section below has grown as the impacts of the pandemic have spread across global economies, supply chains and programmatic activity of multilateral agencies and INGOs.
Airfinity [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.airfinity.com/insights
INSIGHTS & COMPANY NEWS
No new digest content identified.
Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://alleninstitute.org/news-press/
News
News from the Allen Institute: March 2022
March 2, 2022
Highlights include: our 2021 annual report, announcing our incoming President and CEO Rui Costa, 23 Allen Distinguished Investigators announced, upcoming events and more.
BMGF – Gates Foundation [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center
Press Releases and Statements
No new digest content identified.
Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.gatesmri.org/news
The Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute is a non-profit biotech organization. Our mission is to develop products to fight malaria, tuberculosis, and diarrheal diseases—three major causes of mortality, poverty, and inequality in developing countries. The world has unprecedented scientific tools at its disposal; now is the time to use them to save the lives of the world’s poorest people
No new digest content identified.
CARB-X [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://carb-x.org/
News
No new digest content identified.
Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy – GE2P2 Global Foundation [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.net/
News/Analysis/Statements
:: Informed Consent: A Monthly Review – March 2022 is now posted here
:: Past weekly editions and posting of all segments of Vaccines and Global Health: The Week in Review are available here.
:: Statement on ICF [Informed Consent Form] Posting for Clinical Trials Involving Gene Editing/Gene Therapies – Invitation to Endorse
CEPI – Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://cepi.net/
Latest News
No new digest content identified.
DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [U.S.] [to 05 Mar 2022
https://www.darpa.mil/news
News
No new digest content identified.
Duke Global Health Innovation Center [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://dukeghic.org/
Our Blog
No new digest content identified.
EDCTP [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.edctp.org/
The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) aims to accelerate the development of new or improved drugs, vaccines, microbicides and diagnostics against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as well as other poverty-related and neglected infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on phase II and III clinical trials
News
No new digest content identified.
Emory Vaccine Center [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.vaccines.emory.edu/
Vaccine Center News
No new digest content identified.
European Vaccine Initiative [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.euvaccine.eu/
Latest News, Events
No new digest content identified.
Evidence Aid [to 05 Mar 2022]
Evidence Aid aims to save lives and livelihoods in disasters by providing decision-makers with the best available evidence and by championing its use.
http://www.evidenceaid.org/
New Resources
Barriers and facilitators affecting HIV care for migrant people living with HIV in Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) countries Added March 4, 2022
Health impact and risk factors affecting women in south and southeast Asia following disasters caused by natural hazards Added March 2, 2022
Clinical practice guidelines for pharmacologic treatments of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: assessment of quality and trustworthiness (search up to 28 February 2021) Added February 28, 2022
Fondation Merieux [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.fondation-merieux.org/
News, Events
Mérieux Foundation co-organized event
7th Meeting of the GTFCC Working Group on WASH
March 9 – 10, 2022 – Hybrid Event – Virtual & Les Pensières Center for Global Health, Veyrier-du-Lac (France)
The 7th Meeting of the Global Task Force for Cholera Control (GTFCC) Working Group on WASH will be held from March 9-10, 2022.
Gavi [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.gavi.org/
News Releases
No new digest content identified.
GHIT Fund [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.ghitfund.org/newsroom/press
No new digest content identified.
Global Fund [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/news/
News & Stories
Introducing Project STELLAR
04 March 2022
Diagnostics play an essential role in the fight against COVID-19 for effective patient management, infection prevention and control, and disease surveillance. In order to support countries and help them to achieve WHO and Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) targets for COVID-19 diagnostics, the Global Fund has introduced Project STELLAR – Scaling-up Testing and Strengthening Lab Systems.
As one of the centrally managed limited investment (CMLI) projects under the COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM), Project STELLAR has been created to support a group of African countries in maximizing the impact of C19RM resources, to rapidly scale up COVID-19 testing and galvanize longer term strengthening of laboratory systems.
With an initial investment of US$9.86 million, the project will cover the following interventions that should be implemented by December 2023:
improve national diagnostic governance;
scale up and increase coverage for COVID-19 testing and surveillance;
and strengthen data management.
Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness [GloPID-R] [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.glopid-r.org/news/
News
No new digest content identified.
Hilleman Laboratories [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.hilleman-labs.org/
News & Insights
No new digest content identified
HHMI – Howard Hughes Medical Institute [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.hhmi.org/news
Press Room
Research Mar 1 2022
Viral Cover-Up: SARS-CoV-2 Cap Offers New Target for Antivirals
Before it can wreak havoc in human cells, the virus that causes COVID-19 must hide the tip of its genetic material. By delving into how the virus puts on this disguise, researchers have identified a unique way to fight it.
Human Vaccines Project [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.humanvaccinesproject.org/
News
HVP COVID Report
Mar 03, 2022
Steven Deeks: What We Know—or Mostly Don’t Know—about Long COVID
IAVI [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.iavi.org/
Latest News
No new digest content identified
ICRC [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.icrc.org/en/whats-new
What’s New
Statement on safe passage operations in Ukraine
We understand that the safe passage operations from Mariupol and Volnovakha will not start today.We remain in dialogue with the parties about the safe passage of civilians from different cities affected by the conflict.
05-03-2022 | News release
Ukraine: Amid mounting human cost, parties must uphold international humanitarian law
Statement by ICRC President Peter Maurer, “We are seeing a devastating humanitarian crisis unfold in Ukraine.
04-03-2022 | News release
‘Whether Afghanistan, Syria or Ukraine: IHL is the line between barbarity and our common humanity’ – ICRC President Peter Maurer
This statement was delivered by Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, on the 1 March 2022 at the High Level Segment of the 49th Session of the Human Rights Council.
01-03-2022 | Statement
International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities [ICMRA]
http://www.icmra.info/drupal/en/news
Selected Statements, Press Releases, Research
No new digest content identified.
IFFIm
http://www.iffim.org/
Press Releases/Announcements
No new digest content identified.
IFRC [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/news/press-releases/
Selected Press Releases, Announcements
01/03/2022
Red Cross Red Crescent humanitarian leaders agree on a road map to alleviate the suffering in MENA
01/03/2022
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement appeals for 250 million Swiss francs to assist people affected by Ukraine conflict
28 February 2022
Red Cross providing life-saving assistance for hundreds of thousands displaced from Ukraine
Institut Pasteur [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.pasteur.fr/en/press-area
Press Documents
No new digest content identified.
IOM / International Organization for Migration [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.iom.int/press-room/press-releases
News – Selected
04 Mar 2022
IOM Ukraine Response Update
03 Mar 2022
IOM and AU Sign New 3-Year Agreement to Strengthen Migration Policies and Frameworks in Africa
01 Mar 2022
IOM Scales Up Response to Ukraine Crisis and Appeals for Inclusive Protection Measures
ISC / International Science Council [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://council.science/current/
ISC is a non-governmental organization with a unique global membership that brings together 40 international scientific Unions and Associations and over 140 national and regional scientific organizations including Academies and Research Councils.
News Blogs Podcasts
Statements and resources on the current conflict in Ukraine
01.03.2022
IVAC [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/ivac/index.html
Updates; Events
MCHI Course: “The COVID-19 Response in India: Impact on Women and Children’s Health and Wellbeing”
March 2022
IVI [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.ivi.int/
IVI News & Announcements
No new digest content identified.
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/news/center-news/
Center News
No new digest content identified.
MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.msf.org/
Latest [Selected Announcements]
War in Ukraine
Civilians must be allowed safe passage out of dire conditions in Mariupol
Project Update 5 Mar 2022
War in Ukraine
Accessing areas most affected by fighting in Ukraine
Interview 3 Mar 2022
Madagascar
Cyclones cut people off from healthcare in eastern Madagascar
Project Update 2 Mar 2022
South Sudan
Access to medical care undermined following robbery of MSF staff in Yei
Press Release 1 Mar 2022
Ukraine
MSF mobilises response in Ukraine and nearby countries as conflict escalates
Project Update 1 Mar 2022
National Academy of Sciences – USA [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/
News
No new digest content identified.
National Vaccine Program Office – U.S. HHS [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.hhs.gov/vaccines/about/index.html
Upcoming Meetings/Latest Updates
Vaccines Federal Implementation Plan 2021-2025
On Wednesday March 2, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit stakeholder written public comments on the draft Vaccines Federal Implementation Plan 2021-2025- PDF*. HHS values input from all stakeholders and will take all public comments into consideration before finalizing this document.
We encourage your input or comments and ask that you circulate this information to others who may also wish to provide comments. Information about how to provide written public comment is found on HHS.gov and the deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. EST Tuesday March 29, 2022.
The Vaccines Federal Implementation Plan is a companion document to the Vaccines National Strategic Plan 2021-2025 published in January 2021. This plan outlines the federal government’s broad national vaccination goals and offers a framework to eliminate vaccine-preventable diseases through safe and effective vaccination over the lifespan, for both federal agencies and external partners.
The implementation plan focuses on the specific actions that federal agencies can take to further those same national vaccination goals.
NIH [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases
News Releases
No new digest content identified.
OECD [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/publicationsdocuments/bydate/
Newsroom
No new digest content identified.
OXFAM [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.oxfam.org/en/
Press Releases
COVID-19 death toll four times higher in lower-income countries than rich ones
3 March 2022
3 million people died since the Omicron variant emerged, shattering perceptions that the pandemic is over
The COVID-19 death toll has been four times higher in lower-income countries than in rich ones, according to a new report published today by Oxfam on behalf of the People’s Vaccine Alliance as the world marks two years since the World Health Organization declared the pandemic.
While the pandemic has been devastating for rich countries like the US and the UK, the world’s poorest countries have been hardest hit, with women and children bearing a disproportionate burden. Lack of testing and reporting means that very large numbers of deaths due to COVID-19 go unreported, especially in the poorest countries. Modelling using measures of excess deaths estimates that 19.6 million people have died because of COVID-19, over three times the official death toll. Based on this analysis, Oxfam calculated that for every death in a high-income country, an estimated four other people have died in a low or lower-middle income country. On a per capita basis, deaths in low and lower middle-income countries are 31 percent higher than high income countries.
Oxfam also calculated that three million COVID-19 deaths have occurred in the three months since the Omicron variant emerged. The figure shatters perceptions that Omicron’s milder illness means the pandemic is coming to an end, as the more contagious variant tears through unvaccinated populations. By some estimates, over half of humanity is set to have been infected with COVID-19 by the end of March 2022. While most cases will be mild, the sheer number of cases means that numbers of deaths remain high.
The report also outlines that:
:: Every minute, four children around the world have lost a parent or caregiver to COVID. In India alone, more than two million children lost a caregiver.
:: Women have been 1.4 times more likely to drop out of the labour force than men because of the pandemic.
:: 99 percent of humanity is worse off because of COVID-19, 160 million people have been pushed into poverty, and 137 million people have lost their jobs…
PATH [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.path.org/media-center/
Press Releases
PATH partners with AstraZeneca and Qure.ai to increase lung cancer detection in low-and-middle income countries
March 3, 2022 by PATH
The three organizations will collaborate to apply an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the interpretation of radiology images to increase early detection of lung cancer and ultimately reduce mortality rates across emerging markets.
Sabin Vaccine Institute [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.sabin.org/updates/pressreleases
Statements and Press Releases
No new digest content identified.
UNAIDS [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.unaids.org/en
Selected Press Releases/Reports/Statements
3 March 2022
Engaging the EU in the Global Partnership on Zero Discrimination Day
1 March 2022
The case for anti-discrimination legislation in Jamaica
1 March 2022
“An HIV diagnosis should not be a guilty verdict—it’s just a diagnosis”
UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/media-centre.htmlS
Selected News Releases, Announcements
News Comment: UNHCR welcomes EU decision to offer Temporary Protection to Refugees fleeing Ukraine
This news comment is attributable to Pascale Moreau, Director of the Bureau for Europe, UNHCR
4 Mar 2022
News Comment: 1 million refugees have fled Ukraine in a week
This Statement is attributed to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
3 Mar 2022
UNHCR highlights great progress on refugee vaccine inclusion but inequities hamper rollout
2 Mar 2022
UNHCR mobilizing to aid forcibly displaced in Ukraine and neighbouring countries
1 Mar 2022
News Comment: UNHCR warns of increasing violence and human rights violations at European borders
This statement is attributed to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.
21 Feb 2022
UNICEF [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.unicef.org/media/press-releases
Press Releases, News Notes, Statements [Selected]
Press release
03/03/2022
One week into conflict in Ukraine, half a million children become refugees
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/one-week-conflict-ukraine-half-million-children-become-refugees
GENEVA, 3 March 2022 –, The conflict in Ukraine, now in its second week, is exacting a harrowing toll on children, UNICEF warned today. Millions of children could be caught up in the violence as the fighting intensifies in and around the country’s major urban centres. Children are especially vulnerable to being injured or killed when weapons and explosive munitions are…
Remarks
03/01/2022
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s remarks at the Joint Launch of the Humanitarian Flash Appeal and Regional Refugee Response Plan, Ukraine
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unicef-executive-director-catherine-russells-remarks-joint-launch-humanitarian-flash
NEW YORK, 1 March 2022 -, “The situation facing children and families caught up in the escalating conflict in Ukraine grows worse by the minute. “The fighting is moving closer to civilian populations – closer to children’s homes and schools, to hospitals and orphanages. “Damage to infrastructure has left hundreds of thousands of people without safe water and…
Statement
02/28/2022
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell calling for a suspension of hostilities to carry out urgent humanitarian action in Ukraine
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/statement-unicef-executive-director-catherine-russell-calling-suspension-hostilities
NEW YORK, 28 February 2022 –, “The situation for children caught up in the conflict in Ukraine grows worse by the minute. “We are receiving reports of hospitals, schools, water and sanitation facilities and orphanages under fire. Explosive weapons in populated areas and explosive remnants of war are real and present dangers for the children of Ukraine. “Children have been…
Unitaid [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://unitaid.org/
Featured News
03 March 2022
Unitaid statement on WHO guidelines for COVID-19 antiviral molnupiravir
Geneva – Unitaid today welcomes the conditional recommendation from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the use of molnupiravir to treat adult patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 at highest risk of developing severe forms of the disease.
Oral outpatient treatments are potential gamechangers in the management of COVID-19. They are critical in the global response to the pandemic, with a potential to save lives and ease the pressure on healthcare systems, and an important step toward realizing the promise of test-and-treat strategies in decentralized settings.
Molnupiravir is the first oral antiviral for non-hospitalized mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients to be recommended by WHO, bringing an additional treatment option to the COVID-19 clinical care package…
Vaccine Equity Cooperative [nee Initiative] [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://vaccineequitycooperative.org/news/
News
No new digest content identified.
Vaccination Acceptance & Demand Initiative [Sabin) [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.vaccineacceptance.org/
Announcements
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Vaccine Confidence Project [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.vaccineconfidence.org/
News, Research and Reports
No new digest content identified.
Vaccine Education Center – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center
News
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Wellcome Trust [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://wellcome.ac.uk/news
News. Opinion, Reports
Opinion
Author – Alan Dangour
Five things the latest IPCC report tells us about climate change and health
4 March 2022
The Wistar Institute [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.wistar.org/news/press-releases
Press Releases
No new digest content identified.
WFPHA: World Federation of Public Health Associations [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.wfpha.org/
Latest News – Blog
What Is Leadership in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Mar 4, 2022
What Is Leadership in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic?A Reflection by Public Health Leadership Coalition’s Member – Prof. Luís Eugênio de Souza Leadership can be defined as the collection of competences – knowledge, skills and aptitudes –…
World Bank [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/all
Selected News, Announcements
World Bank Group Statement on Russia and Belarus
WASHINGTON, March 2, 2022—The World Bank Group today released the following statement on its programs in Russia and Belarus: “The World Bank Group has not approved any new loans to or investments in Russia…
Date: March 02, 2022 Type: Statement
Nearly 2.4 Billion Women Globally Don’t Have Same Economic Rights as Men
Despite Pandemic, 23 Countries Improved Laws to Advance Women’s Economic Inclusion in 2021 WASHINGTON, Mar. 1, 2022 – Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity…
Date: March 01, 2022 Type: Press Release
Joint IMF-World Bank Group Statement on the War in Ukraine
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1, 2022 – International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank Group President David Malpass today issued the following statement on the war in…
Date: March 01, 2022 Type: Statement
World Customs Organization – WCO [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.wcoomd.org/
Latest News – Selected Items
04 March 2022
WCO holds a further series of webinars to improve Customs’ awareness of COVID-19 vaccines
On 15 February 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) successfully held its 9th series of webinars aimed at improving Customs administrations’ awareness of counterfeit COVID-19-related goods, in collaboration with high-level representatives from Novavax.
These webinars are among the measures taken to ensure thorough implementation by the Secretariat of the WCO Covid-19 Action Plan. The Action Plan was developed shortly after the adoption of the Resolution on the Role of Customs in Facilitating the Cross-Border Movement of Situationally Critical Medicines and Vaccines, as a temporary and overarching priority in the Implementation Plan 2021-2002 for the WCO Strategic Plan.
The latest webinars were designed to provide Customs with knowledge of the essential characteristics and specifications of the Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. In December 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for Nuvaxovid, following its assessment and approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
The knowledge gained during these webinars will ensure that Customs administrations are better equipped to identify trafficking in genuine and counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines…
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.oie.int/en/media/news/
Press Releases, Statements
World leaders and experts call for action to protect the environment from antimicrobial pollution
Joint Press Release 2 March 2022
[See Perspectives above for detail]
WTO – World Trade Organisation [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news_e.htm
WTO News and Events
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ARM [Alliance for Regenerative Medicine] [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://alliancerm.org/press-releases/
Selected Press Releases
No new digest content identified.
BIO [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.bio.org/press-releases
Press Releases, Letters, Testimony, Comments [Selected]
BIO Joins Efforts to Aid in Humanitarian Relief in Ukraine
March 2, 2022
DCVMN – Developing Country Vaccine Manufacturers Network [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.dcvmn.org/
News; Upcoming events
No new digest content identified.
ICBA – International Council of Biotechnology Associations [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://internationalbiotech.org/news/
News
Website still in “maintenance mode”
IFPMA [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.ifpma.org/resources/news-releases/
Selected Press Releases, Statements, Publications
Pharmaceutical industry response to the crisis in Ukraine
02 March 2022
As the situation in Ukraine continues to cause unimaginable suffering, our thoughts are with the people in Ukraine. Overcoming the challenges that this unprecedented humanitarian crisis poses for patients is our main concern. We are supporting the efforts of our sister regional organization – EFPIA – to ensure vital medicines reach the people who need them most and the health needs of the many thousands of people already displaced by the crisis are met.
“The research-based pharmaceutical industry in Europe stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. We condemn the invasion of their country and express our sorrow at the suffering it has caused. As an industry dedicated to saving and improving lives, we stand for peace.
“Our first priority is to ensure that medicines reach the patients that need them in Ukraine, in the neighbouring EU Member States, in Russia and in other countries where access to medicines may be negatively impacted. We call on all parties to facilitate the safe passage of medicines and vaccines to those in need.
“As a health-based industry and part of the wider EU healthcare community, we will work together to address the health needs of all those affected by this war, in Ukraine and in neighbouring countries as part of the wider humanitarian relief effort.
“Our Member Companies and Associations are offering humanitarian support both in Ukraine and for the emerging refugee crisis in neighbouring EU Member States. This includes in kind donations of medical supplies and financial support to NGOs.”
The contributions/actions of individual biopharma organizations below are available at the link above:
AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Ipsen, Lilly, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Roche, Servier, Bayer,
Bristol Myers Squibb, GSK, Leem, Lundbeck, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi
R&D-based pharmaceutical industry’s innovative partnerships to meet urgent global supply needs
01 March 2022
The examples in this report highlight a few selected collaborations with IFPMA companies. According to Airfinity data, as of March 2022 at least 368 manufacturing and production agreements for COVID-19 vaccines – of which 326 agreements involving some sort technology transfer- around the globe were made public.
International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association [IGBA]
https://www.igbamedicines.org/
News
No new digest content identified.
International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations – IAPO [to 05 Mar 2022]
https://www.iapo.org.uk/news/topic/6
Press and media [Selected]
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PhRMA [to 05 Mar 2022]
http://www.phrma.org/
Latest News [Selected]
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Journal Watch
Vaccines and Global Health: The Week in Review continues its weekly scanning of key peer-reviewed journals to identify and cite articles, commentary and editorials, books reviews and other content supporting our focu-s on vaccine ethics and policy. Journal Watch is not intended to be exhaustive, but indicative of themes and issues the Center is actively tracking. We selectively provide full text of some editorial and comment articles that are specifically relevant to our work. Successful access to some of the links provided may require subscription or other access arrangement unique to the publisher.
If you would like to suggest other journal titles to include in this service, please contact David Curry at: david.r.curry@centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.org
AMA Journal of Ethics
Volume 24, Number 2: E107-163 Feb 2022
https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/tactical-health-and-law-enforcement
Tactical Health and Law Enforcement
Tactical health involves providing field-based clinical support to law enforcement operations during frontline crisis interventions and prehospital emergency care. Health professional skill can inform individual officers’ occupational health maintenance and help agents of the state navigate primary and secondary trauma and posttrauma experiences in field- and clinic-based settings. Tactical health expertise can also inform department- and agency-level policies, decisions, and responses to community health and safety threats. Ethical questions considered in this issue focus on the nature and scope of health professionals’ collaborations with law enforcement personnel during and following critical event preparation and responses.
American Journal of Infection Control
March 2022 Volume 50 Issue 3 p243-366
http://www.ajicjournal.org/current
Major Articles
How many lives do COVID vaccines save? Evidence from Israel
Ronen Arbel, Candace Makeda Moore, Ruslan Sergienko, Joseph Pliskin
Published online: December 28, 2021
p258-261
American Journal of Infection Control
March 2022 Volume 50 Issue 3 p243-366
http://www.ajicjournal.org/current
Facilitators of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among Black and Hispanic individuals in New York: A qualitative study
Zainab Toteh Osakwe, Jennel C. Osborne, Nonso Osakwe, Ana Stefancic
Published online: November 15, 2021
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
March 2022 Volume 62 Issue 3 p307-472
https://www.ajpmonline.org/current
Research Articles
Parental Vaccine Hesitancy and Association With Childhood Diphtheria, Tetanus Toxoid, and Acellular Pertussis; Measles, Mumps, and Rubella; Rotavirus; and Combined 7-Series Vaccination
Kimberly H. Nguyen, Anup Srivastav, Megan C. Lindley,…Stacie M. Greby, James Lee, James A. Singleton
Published online: December 07, 2021
p367-376
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
March 2022 Volume 62 Issue 3 p307-472
https://www.ajpmonline.org/current
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Impact on Cervical Precancers in a Low-Vaccination Population
Jaimie Z. Shing, Marie R. Griffin, Rachel S. Chang,…Manideepthi Pemmaraju, Edward F. Mitchel, Pamela C. Hull
Published online: October 29, 2021
p395-403
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
March 2022 Volume 62 Issue 3 p307-472
https://www.ajpmonline.org/current
Research Letters
Public Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Clinical Trials in the COVID-19 Era
Eshan U. Patel, Xianming Zhu, Thomas C. Quinn, Aaron A.R. Tobian
Published online: October 07, 2021
p469-471
American Journal of Public Health
March 2022 112(3)
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/toc/ajph/current
PERSPECTIVES
Nurturing Innovation at the Roots: The Success of COVID-19 Vaccination in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Health Service Delivery, Immunization/Vaccines, Native Americans, Race/Ethnicity
Emily E. Haroz, Christopher G. Kemp, Victoria M. O’Keefe, Katherine Pocock, David R. Wilson, Loretta Christensen, Melissa Walls, Allison Barlow and Laura Hammitt
112(3), pp. 383–387
American Journal of Public Health
March 2022 112(3)
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/toc/ajph/current
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution in a Community With Large Numbers of Immigrants and Refugees
Immunization/Vaccines, Immigration, Community Health, Refugees
Brett Malone, Esther Kim, Rachel Jennings, Rainer A. Pacheco and Alex Kieu
112(3), pp. 393–396
American Journal of Public Health
March 2022 112(3)
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/toc/ajph/current
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
A Rapid Survey of State and Territorial Public Health Partnerships With Faith-Based Organizations to Promote COVID-19 Vaccination
Immunization/Vaccines, Other Race/Ethnicity, Community Health, Socioeconomic Factors, Race/Ethnicity
Scott Santibañez, Ashley Ottewell, Paris Harper-Hardy, Elizabeth Ryan, Heidi Christensen and Nathaniel Smith
112(3), pp. 397–400
American Journal of Public Health
March 2022 112(3)
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/toc/ajph/current
RESEARCH
COVID-19–Related Discrimination Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities and Other Marginalized Communities in the United States
Other Race/Ethnicity, Race/Ethnicity, Epidemiology
Paula D. Strassle, Anita L. Stewart, Stephanie M. Quintero, Jackie Bonilla, Alia Alhomsi, Verónica Santana-Ufret, Ana I. Maldonado, Allana T. Forde and Anna María Nápoles
112(3), pp. 453–466
BMJ Global Health
March 2022 – Volume 7 – 3
https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/3
Original research
Global impact of COVID-19 on newborn screening programmes (2 March, 2022)
Vanesa Koracin, J Gerard Loeber, Matej Mlinaric, Tadej Battelino, James R Bonham, Urh Groselj
BMC Infectious Diseases
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinfectdis/content
(Accessed 05 Mar 2022)
Investigating the intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccination in Macao: implications for vaccination strategies
Understanding the intention of receiving COVID-19 vaccines is important to inform effective vaccination strategies. This study aimed to investigate such intention, identify the key influencing factors, and det…
Authors: Carolina Oi Lam Ung, Yuanjia Hu, Hao Hu and Ying Bian
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:218
Content type: Research
Published on: 4 March 2022
BMC Public Health
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles
(Accessed 05 Mar 2022)
Knowledge, attitude and perception of West Africans towards COVID-19: a survey to inform public health intervention
The first case of the novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) in West Africa was first confirmed in Nigeria in February 2020. Since then, several public health interventions and preventive measures have been…
Authors: Aniefiok John Udoakang, Alexandra Lindsey Djomkam Zune, Kesego Tapela, Oloche Owoicho, Ifeoluwa Kayode Fagbohun, Claudia Adzo Anyigba, Mat Lowe, Nora Nghochuzie Nganyewo, Bineta Keneme, Frances Ngozi Olisaka, Agatha Nkem Henry-Ajala, Mary Aigbiremo Oboh, Lily Paemka and Lucas N Amenga-Etego
Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:445
Content type: Research
Published on: 5 March 2022
BMC Public Health
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles
(Accessed 05 Mar 2022)
A qualitative descriptive study of providers’ perspectives on human papillomavirus vaccine administration among Latino/a adolescents in South Texas clinics: barriers and facilitators
South Texas Latinas experience higher cervical cancer incidence and mortality compared to Latinas nationwide. Despite the availability of effective human papillomavirus vaccines, South Texas Latino/a adolescen…
Authors: Daisy Y. Morales-Campos, Bertha E. Flores, Erin Donovan, Suzanne Burdick, Deborah Parra-Medina and Jessica A. Kahn
Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:443
Content type: Research
Published on: 5 March 2022
BMC Public Health
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles
(Accessed 05 Mar 2022)
Location, location, location: a discrete choice experiment to inform COVID-19 vaccination programme delivery in the UK
Large-scale vaccination is fundamental to combatting COVID-19. In March 2021, the UK’s vaccination programme had delivered vaccines to large proportions of older and more vulnerable population groups; however,…
Authors: Robert McPhedran, Natalie Gold, Charlotte Bemand, Dale Weston, Rachel Rosen, Robert Scott, Tim Chadborn, Richard Amlôt, Max Mawby and Ben Toombs
Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:431
Content type: Research
Published on: 4 March 2022
BMC Public Health
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles
(Accessed 05 Mar 2022)
Longitudinal changes in COVID-19 vaccination intent among South African adults: evidence from the NIDS-CRAM panel survey, February to May 2021
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has threatened the ability of many countries worldwide to contain the pandemic. Given the severe impact of the pandemic in South Africa and disruptions to the roll-out of the vaccine…
Authors: Ronelle Burger, Timothy Köhler, Aleksandra M. Golos, Alison M. Buttenheim, René English, Michele Tameris and Brendan Maughan-Brown
Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:422
Content type: Research
Published on: 2 March 2022
BMJ Open
March 2022 – Volume 12 – 3
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/3
Original research: Characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake among adults aged 50 years and above in England (8 December 2020–17 May 2021): a population-level observational study (1 March, 2022)
Elise Tessier, Yuma Rai, Eleanor Clarke, Anissa Lakhani, Camille Tsang, Ashley Makwana, Heather Heard, Tim Rickeard, Shreya Lakhani, Partho Roy, Michael Edelstein, Mary Ramsay, Jamie Lopez-Bernal, Joanne White, Nick Andrews, Colin N J Campbell, Julia Stowe
Cell
Mar 03, 2022 Volume 185 Issue 5 p747-938
https://www.cell.com/cell/current
Benchmarks
The RTS,S vaccine—a chance to regain the upper hand against malaria?
Photini Sinnis, David A. Fidock
Malaria is estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO) to have killed 627,000 individuals worldwide in 2020, with nearly 80% of deaths in African children younger than five. The recent WHO approval of the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine, which targets Plasmodium falciparum pre-erythrocytic stages, provides hope that its use combined with other interventions can help reverse the current malaria resurgence.
Cell
Mar 03, 2022 Volume 185 Issue 5 p747-938
https://www.cell.com/cell/current
Commentary
Basic science under threat: Lessons from the Skirball Institute
Agnel Sfeir, et al
Support for basic science has been eclipsed by initiatives aimed at specific medical problems. The latest example is the dismantling of the Skirball Institute at NYU School of Medicine. Here, we reflect on the achievements and mission underlying the Skirball to gain insight into the dividends of maintaining a basic science vision within the academic enterprises.
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Volume 111, Issue 3 Pages: 519-704 March 2022
https://ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15326535/current
Editorial
Free Access
The Pandemic as a Catalyst for Disruptive Innovation in Clinical Pharmacology
Kathleen M. Giacomini, Piet H. van der Graaf
Pages: 529-532
First Published:08 February 2022
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Volume 111, Issue 3 Pages: 519-704 March 2022
https://ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15326535/current
Perspectives
Free Access
US Taxpayers Heavily Funded the Discovery of COVID-19 Vaccines
Hussain S. Lalani, Jerry Avorn, Aaron S. Kesselheim
Pages: 542-544
First Published:09 July 2021
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Volume 111, Issue 3 Pages: 519-704 March 2022
https://ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15326535/current
Science, Innovation, and Society in the Age of Pandemics: Reflections From the Inaugural Sir Alasdair Breckenridge Lecture
Nokuthula Sikhethiwe Kitikiti, Uttara Soumyanarayanan, Silke Vogel, John C. W. Lim
Pages: 548-550
First Published:11 November 2021
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Volume 111, Issue 3 Pages: 519-704 March 2022
https://ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15326535/current
Mini-Review
Open Access
Japan’s Special Approval for Emergency System During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hideki Maeda
Pages: 551-558
First Published:25 May 2021
Conflict and Health
http://www.conflictandhealth.com/
[Accessed 05 Mar 2022]
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of Rohingya refugees with pre-existing health problems in Bangladesh
Mental disorders among refugees have been well explored in several studies. However, longitudinal studies on the impact of the pandemic on refugee populations are widely lacking. This study was designed to exa…
Authors: Somen Palit, Huifang Yang, Jiangping Li, Md. Abdullah Saeed Khan and Mohammad Jahid Hasan
Citation: Conflict and Health 2022 16:10
Content type: Research
Developing World Bioethics
Volume 22, Issue 1 Pages: 1-62 March 2022
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14718847/current
EDITORIAL
The evolution of bioethics in the global south
Pages: 3
First Published: 03 March 2022
Development in Practice
Volume 32, Issue 1, 2021
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cdip20/current
Articles
The role of Indigenous traditional institutions in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
Vincent Ekow Arkorful
Pages: 107-111
Published online: 02 Dec 2021
Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP)
Vol. 10, No. 1 February 28, 2022
http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/current
EDITORIALS
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
Doug Storey
Global Health: Science and Practice February 2022, 10(1):e2200043; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00043
Improving access to accurate information on vaccines and vaccination, increasing trust in reliable information sources, and counteracting misinformation can go a long way toward improving vaccination decision making.
Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP)
Vol. 10, No. 1 February 28, 2022
http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/current
COMMENTARIES
Open Access
Maintaining Polio-Free Status in Indonesia During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Luthfi Azizatunnisa’, Utsamani Cintyamena, Vinod Bura, Asik Surya, Hariadi Wibisono, Riris Andono Ahmad and Yodi Mahendradhata
Global Health: Science and Practice February 2022, 10(1):e2100310; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00310
Despite the negative impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on polio eradication efforts, ensuring the high coverage of polio immunization and high performance of surveillance are essential to maintaining Indonesia’s polio-free status and the reaching the 2023 global polio eradication target.
Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP)
Vol. 10, No. 1 February 28, 2022
http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/current
Role of Information Sources in Vaccination Uptake: Insights From a Cross-Sectional Household Survey in Sierra Leone, 2019
Shibani Kulkarni, Paul Sengeh, Victor Eboh, Mohammad B. Jalloh, Lansana Conteh, Tom Sesay, Ngobeh Ibrahim, Pa Ousman Manneh, Reinhard Kaiser, Yuka Jinnai, Aaron S. Wallace, Dimitri Prybylski and Mohamed F. Jalloh
Global Health: Science and Practice February 2022, 10(1):e2100237; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00237
Our findings suggest that health workers and faith leaders are important sources of information to deliver vaccination messages, given their strong association with vaccination confidence and uptake. In this context, vaccination promotion efforts that integrate faith leaders and health workers may help increase vaccination uptake.
Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP)
Vol. 10, No. 1 February 28, 2022
http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/current
FIELD ACTION REPORTS
Open Access
Key Factors Influencing Use of Immunization Cost Evidence in Country Planning and Budgeting Processes: Experiences From Indonesia, Tanzania, and Vietnam
Annette Ozaltin, Kelsey Vaughan, Kassimu Tani, Fatuma Manzi, Vu Quynh Mai, Hoang Van Minh, Soewarta Kosen, Lora Shimp, Logan Brenzel and Laura Boonstoppel
Global Health: Science and Practice February 2022, 10(1):e2100264; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00264
The evidence to policy and practice facilitated process represents a journey that countries and their development partners can embark on to increase the likelihood that health policy makers will use cost evidence for policy making and planning.
Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP)
Vol. 10, No. 1 February 28, 2022
http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/current
REVIEWS
Open Access
Implementation Approaches for Introducing and Overcoming Barriers to Hepatitis B Birth-Dose Vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa
Alix Boisson, Varun Goel, Marcel Yotebieng, Jonathan B. Parr, Bruce Fried and Peyton Thompson
Global Health: Science and Practice February 2022, 10(1):e2100277; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00277
We discuss determinants of hepatitis B birth-dose vaccine uptake in sub-Saharan Africa countries at the policy, facility, and community levels and propose solutions to known barriers of hepatitis B vaccine introduction in low- and middle-income countries.
Globalization and Health
http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/
[Accessed 05 Mar 2022]
COVAX, vaccine donations and the politics of global vaccine inequity
Authors: Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée and Katerini Tagmatarchi Storeng
Citation: Globalization and Health 2022 18:26
Content type: Research
Published on: 5 March 2022
In 2021, donor countries, the pharmaceutical industry, and the COVAX initiative promoted vaccine donation or “dose-sharing” as a main solution to the inequitable global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. COVAX positioned itself as a global vaccine-sharing hub that promised to share doses “equitably, effectively and transparently,” according to rational criteria overseen by independent scientists. This article provides a critical analysis of the principles and practice of “dose-sharing,” showing how it reveals the politics at play within COVAX.
Health Economics, Policy and Law
Volume 17 – Special Issue 1 – January 2022
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/health-economics-policy-and-law/latest-issue
SPECIAL ISSUE: Country Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Articles analyzing country responses in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, U.S., Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, France, Italy
Health Research Policy and Systems
http://www.health-policy-systems.com/content
[Accessed 05 Mar 2022]
Health communication in and out of public health emergencies: to persuade or to inform?
Much health communication during the COVID-19 pandemic has been designed to persuade people more than to inform them. For example, messages like “masks save lives” are intended to compel people to wear face ma…
Authors: Andrew D. Oxman, Atle Fretheim, Simon Lewin, Signe Flottorp, Claire Glenton, Arnfinn Helleve, Didrik Frimann Vestrheim, Bjørn Gunnar Iversen and Sarah E. Rosenbaum
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2022 20:28
Content type: Commentary
Published on: 5 March 2022
Health Research Policy and Systems
http://www.health-policy-systems.com/content
[Accessed 05 Mar 2022]
Domains and processes for institutionalizing evidence-informed health policy-making: a critical interpretive synthesis
While calls for institutionalization of evidence-informed policy-making (EIP) have become stronger in recent years, there is a paucity of methods that governments and organizational knowledge brokers can use t…
Authors: Tanja Kuchenmüller, Laura Boeira, Sandy Oliver, Kaelan Moat, Fadi El-Jardali, Jorge Barreto and John Lavis
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems 2022 20:27
Content type: Review
Published on: 4 March 2022
International Health
Volume 14, Issue 2, March 2022
https://academic.oup.com/inthealth/issue/14/2
REVIEW ARTICLES
International stem cell tourism: a critical literature review and evidence-based recommendations
Samantha Lyons, Shival Salgaonkar, Gerard T Flaherty
International Health, Volume 14, Issue 2, March 2022, Pages 132–141, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihab050
JAMA
March 1, 2022, Vol 327, No. 9, Pages 799-885
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/currentissue
Viewpoint
Vaccination for Dengue Prevention
Laura E. Adams, DVM, MPH; Steve Waterman, MD, MPH; Gabriela Paz-Bailey, MD, MSc, PhD
JAMA. 2022;327(9):817-818. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.23466
This Viewpoint from the CDC summarizes the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for use of the FDA-licensed live-attenuated dengue vaccine in the US.
vaccines and global health :: ethics and policy 