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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.’
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.
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.
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.
The Guardian, Africa
January 18, 2021
Director-general warns of ‘catastrophic moral failure’ if richer countries hoard treatment
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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
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.
David S. Evangelista and Kate Campana
August 12, 2020
How COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of international cooperation.
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.
The Access Challenge
August 1, 2020
Breastfeeding as a meaningful component of Universal Health Coverage for maternal and child health
Landry Signé and Mary Treacy, Washington Post
July 27, 2020
The African Union helped spearhead a coordinated response to the pandemic.
Sara Jerving, DevEx
July 7, 2020
The African Union is setting up a continent wide regulatory agency tasked with ensuring access to good quality medicine and health technologies. It's just waiting on a legal commitment from 13 countries.
Toyin Saraki, Founder-President of The Wellbeing Foundation Africa
July 6, 2020
Primary health care must cover the breadth of the journey from hospital to hut in communities, and improve the social determinants of all those living and working therein.
Solomon Zewdu, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
June 15, 2020
Africa’s low number of COVID-19 cases offers lessons for the rest of the world on disease preparedness and response.
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