This article is published in association with United Nations. A World Health Organization (WHO) expert committee has again confirmed that there is no causal link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), following a new review of global scientific evidence. Meeting on 27 November, the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety examined 31 major research studies […]WHO expert group reaffirms no link between vaccines and autism
December 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A World Health Organization (WHO) expert committee has again confirmed that there is no causal link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), following a new review of global scientific evidence. Meeting on 27 November, the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety examined 31 major research studies […]Syria: UN teams support cholera vaccination in northeastern camps
January 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. In northeast Syria, UN teams pressed ahead with a lifesaving cholera vaccine campaign in Al Hol detention camp complex on Friday, despite rumours of attacks by ISIL extremists and uncertainty across the war-torn country, following the overthrow of the Assad regime. The cholera outbreak was detected in […]WHO identifies 17 pathogens as top priorities for new vaccine development
November 6, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) lists 17 bacteria, viruses and parasites that regularly cause disease as top priorities for new vaccine development. The study is the first global effort to systematically prioritize endemic pathogens based on their regional and global health impact. It […]Gaza: UN humanitarians ahead of polio vaccination target
September 4, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that 161,030 children under 10 have been vaccinated in central Gaza during the first two days of the UN-led mass vaccination campaign, surpassing the initial target of 156,000. The figure amounts to around a quarter of the total population […]Nigeria becomes first in Africa to receive mpox vaccines: WHO
August 29, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Nigeria received 10,000 doses of mpox vaccines on Tuesday, becoming the first African country to obtain vaccines aimed at combating the spread of the new strain of mpox virus. On 14 August 2024, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the rise of mpox, formerly […]Polio vaccines arrive in Gaza in boost to vaccination campaign: UNICEF
August 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Monday the arrival of 1.2 million doses of vital polio vaccines in Gaza, amid urgent calls for humanitarian pauses to reach hundreds of thousands of at-risk children. More than 640,000 children are targeted to receive the polio […]Commission secures access for Member States to 665,000 doses of zoonotic influenza vaccines to prevent avian flu
June 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) as part of its mandate on preparedness, has signed on behalf of participating Member States, a joint procurement framework contract for the supply of up to665,000 pre-pandemic vaccine doses of the up-to-date Zoonotic Influenza […]Health funders unite to support climate and disease research, plus other top health stories
May 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Shyam BishenHead, Centre for Health and Healthcare; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum 1. Health funders unite to support climate and disease research Three of the globe’s biggest health organizations have joined forces to address the impacts […]African nations have agreed a plan to increase locally produced vaccines. This is how it will work
March 8, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Simon Torkington, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda African leaders have agreed a deal aimed at providing greater health security for people across the continent. The initiative, led by Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), establishes a pooled […]European Health Union: Commission secures agreement with BioNTech-Pfizer on the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines
May 26, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission, acting with and on behalf of EU Member States through the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA), and vaccine developers BioNTech-Pfizer, have reached an agreement to better address Member States’ assessment of evolving needs for COVID-19 vaccines. The amendment […]World Immunization Week: 1 in 5 children still aren’t vaccinated against life-threatening diseases
April 27, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Shyam Bishen, Head of Centre for Health and Healthcare, Member of Executive Committee, World Economic Forum “The COVID-19 pandemic has been a disaster for childhood immunization.” So says UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children 2023 report, which reveals that […]The US invests $5 billion in new coronavirus vaccines, plus the other health stories you need to know about
April 13, 2023 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Shyam Bishen, Head, Shaping the Future of Health and Healthcare, Member of Executive Committee, World Economic Forum 1. The US invests $5 billion to develop new coronavirus vaccines The US government is spending over $5 billion to speed up […]Cervical cancer elimination: Why we need partnerships to scale equitable access to vaccines and screening
November 18, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sofiat Akinola, Director, Health Policy & External Affairs. Roche Diagnostics Solutions, Roche, Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, Founder/CEO, Medicaid Cancer Foundation, Tamika Felder, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer, Cervivor, Kim Simplis Barrow, Founder, Women for Peace, Justice & Equality A […]COVID-19 vaccines: Commission and Moderna adapt delivery schedules for late summer and winter
August 10, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission and Moderna have reached an agreement to better address Member States needs for COVID-19 vaccines for the late summer and winter period. This will ensure national authorities have access to the vaccines, including variant-adapted vaccines if authorised, at the time they […]HERA secures vaccines for EU Member states in response to the monkeypox outbreaks
June 15, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, HERA, the European Commission’s Health Preparedness and Response Authority, concluded a contract with the company Bavarian Nordic to purchase 109 090 doses of their 3rd generation vaccines in response to the current monkeypox outbreaks. As the number of cases continues to grow, this […]Communication Strategy: The Pathway to overcome Vaccine Hesitancy
June 15, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by two aspiring health advocates, Uma Gupta and Salman Khan from India. They are affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writers and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s view on […]COVID-19 Pandemic and Vaccine hesitancy: How to have right vaccine related conversations
June 10, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Sadia Khalid, Junior researcher, and a PhD candidate at Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writers and do not […]Reasons behind COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and efficient strategies to address it
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This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Mr. Olivier Sibomana, an enthusiastic and highly committed medical student at University of Rwanda (UR), college of medicine and health sciences, department of general medicine and surgery. He is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed […]EU strengthens partnership with WHO to boost local manufacturing and access to vaccines, medicines and health technologies in Africa
March 25, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission and the World Health Organization (WHO) are strengthening their partnership to improve equitable access to safe, effective, and quality-assured vaccines, medicines and health technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa, Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced today […]Why aligning global and local health needs is key to sustainable vaccine delivery
February 22, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Muhammad Ali Pate, Julio Frenk Professor of Public Health Leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Developed countries have immunized over 70% of their populations against COVID-19, whilst in most African countries it’s less than 10%.This inequity […]Free COVID-19 Vaccines For All, Will Bring An End To It All!
January 14, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Begum COKMEZ and Mr. Ahmet Kayhan KORKUSUZ, two second-year medical students at Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey. They are affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writer and […]Coronavirus: 70% of the EU adult population fully vaccinated
September 1, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the EU has reached a crucial milestone with 70% of the adult population now fully vaccinated. In total, over 256 million adults in the EU have now received a full vaccine course. Seven weeks ago already, the Commission’s delivery target was met, ahead […]Vaccines can win the race against COVID-19 variants. Here’s how
August 17, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Paul Stoffels, M.D., Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Scientific Officer, Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 variants threaten to undermine global vaccine programmes unless we accelerate the pace of delivery. Just over 1% of people in low-income countries […]EU strengthens support to speed up vaccination in the Eastern Partnership region
August 11, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. As part of the European Union’s efforts to support vaccination in partner countries, the Commission today increased from €40 million to €75 million its assistance package to deploy safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines and speed up the vaccination campaigns in the six Eastern Partnership […]Coronavirus: Commission approves new contract for a potential COVID-19 vaccine with Novavax
August 4, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission has approved its seventh Advanced Purchase Agreement (APA) with a pharmaceutical company to ensure access to a potential vaccine against COVID-19 in Q4 of 2021 and in 2022. Under this contract, Member States will be able to purchase up to […]Taxation: Historic global agreement to ensure fairer taxation of multinational enterprises
July 12, 2021 by 2 Comments
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission welcomes the historic global agreement endorsed by G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors today, which will bring fairness and stability to the international corporate tax framework. This unprecedented consensus will usher in a complete reform of the international corporate tax […]Accelerating vaccine rollouts to reach everyone
June 30, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Rich Bryson, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer , reach52 To date, global COVID-19 vaccination rollouts have been unequal and, particularly in low-income or rural regions, slow and inefficient.New public-private partnerships in many countries are trying to address some […]COVID-19: EU helps deliver vaccines to Kosovo
June 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Union is helping Norway to deliver over 180,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Kosovo, following Kosovo’s request for assistance via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. The Commission coordinates and finances up to 75% of the costs for transporting the assistance. Commissioner for […]António Guterres: “We must step up global vaccination efforts”
June 25, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The newly re-elected UN Secretary-General reiterated the need for a global vaccination plan for COVID-19, in a speech at the European Parliament on Thursday. In his second speech in Parliament as United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres said that the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed utterly […]What are variants of concern, and are COVID-19 vaccines effective against them?
June 4, 2021 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Johnny Wood, Writer, Formative Content The virus that causes COVID-19 is mutating constantly, and often these changes have little impact.But sometimes new variants present new threats.These can include being more transmissible or causing more severe symptoms.The WHO is […]Without enough vaccines, Brazil is heading for the third wave of COVID-19
May 30, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Luísa Eugênio Farias, 22 years old, a second-year medical student at UNICESUMAR, in Maringá, Brazil and Ms. Esther Serman Castro e Silva, a third-year medical student at UFF (Universidade Federal Fluminense), in Niterói, Brazil. They are affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), […]5 ways data can help build trust in vaccines
May 25, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Bob Goodson, President and Co-Founder, NetBase Quid The private sector has proven more agile that the public sector as organizations have struggled during the pandemic to keep up with change.The public sector can learn from strategies to build […]€1 billion Team Europe initiative on manufacturing and access to vaccines, medicines and health technologies in Africa
May 24, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced today at the G20 Global Health Summit in Rome a Team Europe initiative on manufacturing and access to vaccines, medicines and health technologies in Africa. The initiative will help create an enabling environment for local vaccines […]
