Collaboration can help find a vaccine within first 100 days

The challenge is not getting hold of COVID-19 vaccines, it is getting vaccines into arms. The healthcare community is continuing to showcase the value of vaccines throughout one’s life course. Over the last two years, the global healthcare community’s efforts in mounting a response to COVID-19 have materialised. This pandemic has brought home the power … Continued

Much of the discussion on ‘vaccine nationalism’ has been focussed on the vaccine supply ‘winners’ and ‘losers’, but the voices of public opinion have been more limited. To understand this better, we surveyed and interviewed participants in the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine trial. Trial participants favoured a COVID-19 vaccine allocated according to need worldwide. Despite national pride … Continued

Real-time temperature data monitoring of vaccine storage fridges is a critical step towards more effective immunisation programmes in low-and-middle- income countries. Reliable data is a key component in helping achieve greater vaccine equity. Central to that is access to and utilisation of real-time data to ensure vaccines are always stored at the correct temperatures so they … Continued