WHO reported 14.9 million excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021
On May 5, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported estimates that show the full death toll associated…
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WHO reported Ebola virus disease in Democratic Republic of the Congo
On Apr. 28, 2022, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared an outbreak…
WHO recommended Paxlovid for high-risk COVID patients
On Apr. 22, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) made a strong recommendation for nirmatrelvir and ritonavir, sold…
WHO established the Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India
On Mar. 25, 2022, the WHO and the Government of India signed an agreement to establish the WHO…
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More than 80 million doses administered to southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives
On Mar. 18, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Malawi had launched the first round of…
First-ever malaria vaccine recommendation published in a position paper and in the WHO guidelines for malaria
On Mar. 4, 2022, the WHO announced it had published an updated position paper on the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S)…
WHO and MPP welcomed NIHﾒs offer of COVID-19 health technologies to C-TAP
On Mar. 3, 2022, the WHO and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) jointly welcomed the announcement that the…
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Sorrento announced COVISHIELD antibody strongly neutralized BA.2 Omicron sublineage virus
On Feb. 22, 2022, Sorrento Therapeutics announced that additional preclinical results demonstrate broad spectrum COVISHIELD (STI-9167) neutralizing activity…
WHO announced first technology recipients of mRNA vaccine hub
On Feb. 18, 2022, the WHO announced the first six countries that will receive the technology needed to…
WHO granted prequalification of Actemra/RoActemra for patients with severe or critical COVID-19
On Feb. 11, 2022, Roche announced that Actemraﾮ/RoActemraﾮ (tocilizumab) intravenous (IV) had been granted World Health Organization (WHO)…
WHO prequalified first monoclonal antibody – tocilizumab ﾖ to treat COVID-19
On Feb. 11, 2022, the WHO announced the addition of tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody, to its list of…
WHO and Viamo provided critical access to COVID-19 information to the next billion digital users via their mobile phones
On Jan. 28, 2022, the WHO announced that COVID-19 information had reached 1,292,209 people through Viamoﾒs 3-2-1 Platform…
COVAX delivered its 1 billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose
On Jan. 16, 2022, the WHO announced that it had shipped 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccines to Rwanda on…
WHO recommended two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
On Jan. 14, 2022, the WHO announced that it had recommended two new drugs for COVID-19, providing yet…
World Health Organization granted scond Emergency Use listing for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 20, 2021, Novavax announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) had granted a second Emergency Use…
Novavax and Serum Institute of India announced WHO Emergency Use listing for NVX-CoV2373 COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 17, 2021, Novavax and SK bioscience announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) had granted Emergency…
Democratic Republic of the Congo declared Ebola outbreak over
On Dec. 16, 2021, the Ebola outbreak that erupted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu…
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World Health Organization announced interim recommendations for use of the Janssen Ad26.COV2.S vaccine
On Dec. 10, 2021, the World Health Organization announced interim recommendations for the use of the Janssen Ad26.COV2.S…
WHO announced classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern
On Nov. 26, 2021, the World Health Organization announced that the Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution…
WHO and Medicines Patent Pool announced first transparent, global, non-exclusive licence for COVID-19 technology
On Nov. 23, 2021, the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool and the Medicines Patent Pool finalized…
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Global progress against measles threatened amidst COVID-19 pandemic
On Nov. 10, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that while reported measles cases had fallen compared…
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Novavax filed COVID-19 vaccine for Emergency Use listing with World Health Organization
On Nov. 4, 2021, Novavax announced the completion of its rolling submission to the World Health Organization (WHO)…
WHO issued emergency use listing for eighth COVID-19 vaccine
On Nov. 3, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for COVAXINﾮ (developed…
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WHO bestowed posthumous award on the late Henrietta Lacks
On Oct. 13, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) honoured the late Henrietta Lacks with a WHO Director-General’s…
Ebola case reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
On Oct. 8, 2021, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced that a…
WHO, UN set out steps to meet world COVID vaccination targets
On Oct. 7, 2021, the World Health Organization launched the Strategy to Achieve Global Covid-19 Vaccination by mid-2022…
Fifteen African countries hit 10% COVID-19 vaccination goal
On Sept. 30, 2021, the WHO announced that fifteen African countries – nearly a third of the continent’s…
Novavax and Serum Institute announced submission to WHO for Emergency Use Listing of COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 23, 2021, Novavax with its partner, Serum Institute of India announced a regulatory submission to the…
Africa faced 470 million COVID-19 vaccine shortfall in 2021
On Sept. 16, 2021, the WHO reported that the continent faced almost 500 million doses short of the…
Guinea declared end of Marburg virus disease outbreak
On Sept. 15, 2021, Guinea declared the end of the Marburg virus disease outbreak having recorded no new…