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Pandemic Action Network

May 11, 2022

Together with nearly 30 partners, Pandemic Action Network calls on leaders to revamp their response to the pandemic in upcoming Summits and global coordination meetings taking place in 2022 and stay the course and secure the future, by prioritizing the following actions:

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Amref Health Africa

April 7, 2022

Global public health experts Agnes Binagwaho, Githinji Gitahi, Vanessa Kerry, and John Nkengasong discuss a new plan to invest in the healthcare workforce in Africa, where 36 out of 57 countries face dire shortages.

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Stephanie Nolen, The New York Times

December 11, 2021

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Roche

September 23, 2021

Roche, the Kolisi Foundation, One-By-One Target Covid Campaign and Transnet launched a children’s book, “Keto and Zuri Learn about COVID-19,” to help parents and caregivers across Africa explain COVID-19 to children by sharing scientific facts in age-appropriate language.

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Pandemic Action Network

July 23, 2021

CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS URGE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT VOLKAN BOZKIR TO USE THE INFORMAL PLENARY ON JULY 28 TO FORMALLY START THE PROCESS FOR A UN HIGH-LEVEL SUMMIT ON GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY AND PANDEMIC PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS DURING THE 76TH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

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Pandemic Action Network

July 12, 2021

Pandemic Action Network, Africa CDC, the African Union, 3M and over 50 global, regional, and local partner organizations announced the launch of World Mask Week 2021, a global campaign aimed to underline the importance of masking in public, in combination with hand washing and physical distancing to protect against COVID-19.

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The Access Challenge

July 7, 2021

The Africa CDC, African Union, the Rockefeller Foundation, Clouds Media and the One by One: Target COVID-19 Campaign have joined celebrity Influencers from DRC, Zambia and Uganda to launch the Influencer COVID-19 Digital Content to combat COVID-19 and reduce misinformation.

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Abdi Latif Dahir

June 22, 2021

Africa is faced with 3rd and 4th waves of COVID-19 as higher transmitting variants rapidly spread across the region. Increased precautionary methods and vaccination must be implemented now to protect the population and healthcare systems.

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The Access Challenge

March 30, 2021

In order to combat the spread of misinformation and to mitigate the deadly spread of COVID-19, the One by One: Target COVID-19 Campaign, alongside the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, the African Union, and The Rockefeller Foundation today launched ‘AfricaCOVIDChampions.’

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COVAX, CEPI Vaccine

February 24, 2021

Ghana has become the first country to receive COVID-19 Vaccine through #COVAX. This is a major step towards #VaccinEquity and proof that the combined efforts of global and national leaders will help defeat the virus.

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Devex, Amref Health Africa

February 2, 2021

The global community is working endlessly to achieve #UHC2030. But it is time to change the narrative and focus first on providing services to the lowest-income communities because #UHC is a right for all.

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Africa CDC, African Union

January 21, 2021

Kenya is the 1st country to adopt the Africa CDC and African Union recommended Trusted Traveler program, allowing them to secure the Kenya border from COVID-19.

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The Guardian, Africa

January 18, 2021

Director-general warns of ‘catastrophic moral failure’ if richer countries hoard treatment

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World Health Organization

January 18, 2021

It is essential that health workers and vulnerable populations have access to the COVID-19 vaccine.
WHO is calling on all global and national leaders to assure and accelerate #VaccinEquity.

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Sabere Traore

January 15, 2021

We must consider the necessity of Universal Health Coverage if we want to ensure that populations affected by Complex Humanitarian Emergencies have access to healthcare including immunization programs.

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Bridget M. Kuehn

January 6, 2021

Africa defied many dire predictions during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic’s first wave. The continent’s success can be credited to a rapid, coordinated response among African leaders, experience with infectious diseases, an aggressive campaign to combat misinformation, and community engagement in the response.

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Africa CDC

December 20, 2020

A survey conducted by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in partnership with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has shown that a predominant majority (79% average) of respondents in Africa would take a COVID-19 vaccine if it were deemed safe and effective.

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Grace Bagdon, UHC Series

December 11, 2020

When developing healthcare systems equipped for the future, it is essential that we consider the persistent and emerging health trends that are present in the global population. Autoimmune disease incidence rates, while still uncommon, have been on the rise for the past several decades...

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December 3, 2020

Living Goods and The Access Challenge have signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding to innovatively support community health workers (CHWs) in the fight against COVID-19 through the One by One: Target COVID-19 Campaign.

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The One by One: Target 2030 Campaign

November 13, 2020

The One by One: Target Covid-19 Campaign announces a new partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation to support Africa CDC’s Covid-19 Response Strategy using strategic communication and behaviour change campaigns across the continent.

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GAVI, The Vaccines Alliance

October 21, 2020

Early action by the Government of Timor-Leste and development partners enabled the numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases to stand at 29.

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The Access Challenge and the Harvard Global Health Institute

October 16, 2020

On October 16, 2020, the One by One: Target 2030 campaign honored World Food Day, marking the 75th Anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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Brielle Dojer

October 16, 2020

While health systems around the world fight the pandemic, we must also remain focused on mothers, and cannot allow the pandemic to undo recent gains made in maternal health - digital tools are revealing themselves as our best weapon in this fight.

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Alex Levine

October 13, 2020

Harnessing aspects of urban design to prevent illness and promote population health has the potential to ease health system burdens and thereby facilitate universal health coverage.

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Communities at the Heart of UHC

September 22, 2020

In the one year since the Political Declaration, the global health landscape drastically changed with COVID-19. Despite these obstacles, many countries have been able to move forward with their commitments and have made substantial progress in strengthening community health for UHC.

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The One by One: Target 2030 Campaign

September 7, 2020

The first ever International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies underscores the environmental link to human health

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Stefanie Friedhoff, Harvard Global Health Institute, & Théa Klement, The Access Challenge

August 18, 2020

African leaders have already begun the innovative work of addressing access to water, clean air, and food, often more than one at once, to build person-centered, equitable health systems.

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David S. Evangelista and Kate Campana

August 12, 2020

How COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of international cooperation.

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The Access Challenge

August 4, 2020

GFLA joins the One by One Target 2030 Campaign in support of its One by One: Target COVID-19 campaign to ensure that steps to combat COVID-19 include equitable access to services for the most vulnerable, and that these actions contribute towards a vision for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Africa.

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The Access Challenge

August 1, 2020

Breastfeeding as a meaningful component of Universal Health Coverage for maternal and child health

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